Lois: > Sometimes it would be so nice to be able to go back and help them. I guess that's something many family historians have thought about from time to time. I know I have. But I foresee two big problems (leaving aside the question of where you find a time machine). Would we be able to understand their speech (and they ours)? And surely we'd rapidly fall victim to one of the many diseases that were around that they were immune to and we wouldn't be. Any other problems? ATB Paul

Would we all be up to all of the walking they did, from town to town, carrying bags of shopping from the markets?? Linda....... ________________________________ From: Paul Prescott <paulgprescott@googlemail.com> To: eng-black-country@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 18 September, 2011 14:29:10 Subject: [Black Country] Time machine Lois: > Sometimes it would be so nice to be able to go back and help them. I guess that's something many family historians have thought about from time to time. I know I have. But I foresee two big problems (leaving aside the question of where you find a time machine). Would we be able to understand their speech (and they ours)? And surely we'd rapidly fall victim to one of the many diseases that were around that they were immune to and we wouldn't be. Any other problems? ATB Paul ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ------------------------------- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message