Hello Helen I'm sending this to you because you know more about the ins and outs of the rootsweb system than me, and although I do consult the help page, they don't seem to want anyone bothering them at the moment. Understandable I suppose. I'm just wondering whether Dorset Life has survived and whether we can still communicate on things Darzet. Hoping things are as well as possible Best regards Geoff

Hi Geoff, What is the problem with Rootsweb at the moment, Why would they not want you asking a question ? Regards Sarah ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit www.RootsChat.com - The exciting new Irish/British Genealogy Forum ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff" <geoffrey.everest@free.fr> To: <ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:57 PM Subject: [DOR-LIFE] Getting worried...? Hello Helen I'm sending this to you because you know more about the ins and outs of the rootsweb system than me, and although I do consult the help page, they don't seem to want anyone bothering them at the moment. Understandable I suppose. I'm just wondering whether Dorset Life has survived and whether we can still communicate on things Darzet. Hoping things are as well as possible Best regards Geoff ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visitng the Society of Genealogists? Check their online catalogue to see which Dorset registers they hold: http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/dor.html ============================== Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx -- This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net

Geoff, Like you I have not received any mail, until this morning when I went on for the first time. So it's not your computer or mine. Regards. Karen - Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff" <geoffrey.everest@free.fr> To: <ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 7:29 PM Subject: [DOR-LIFE] Total silence! > 'Evening all! > > Over the last few days I have not received anything from the various > lists to which I am subscribed. Does yhis mean that rootsweb is 'down', or > > am I doing something wrong (again!?). > > > Grateful for any advice > > > Regards > > Geoff > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from ENG-DORSET-LIFE List mode send a message to > ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with just the word unsubscribe in the subject line and message body. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Hi Geoff, The best way to find out is to go to the Rootsweb pages. 1) Check the Help page to see if they are having problems anywhere. The Help Desk is currently reporting: >Mail Lists: >2004-11-03 >One of our mailing list servers (LISTS5) is again partaking in conniptions >of a disruptive nature. To allow us to review the situation, this server >has been taken off-line for maintenance. There is no estimate of the time >that the server will be off-line. 2) Check at Password Central whether you are still subscribed or have been bounced for some reason and need to resubscribe. There are a range of things you can do from this page - not all of them to do with Passwords so the name is confusing. Cheers, Cathy At 19:29 4/11/2004, Geoff wrote: >'Evening all! > > Over the last few days I have not received anything from the > various lists to which I am subscribed. Does yhis mean that rootsweb is > 'down', or > >am I doing something wrong (again!?). > > > Grateful for any advice > > > Regards > > Geoff

At 12:29 04/11/2004 +0100, you wrote: >'Evening all! > > Over the last few days I have not received anything from the > various lists to which I am subscribed. Does yhis mean that rootsweb is > 'down', or > >am I doing something wrong (again!?). > > > Grateful for any advice > > > Regards > > Geoff > >==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from ENG-DORSET-LIFE List mode send a message to >ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with just the word unsubscribe in >the subject line and message body. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >-- >This email has been verified as Virus free >Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net Helen Jones, Weymouth, Dorset helen@dorsetbay.plus.com http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk

'Evening all! Over the last few days I have not received anything from the various lists to which I am subscribed. Does yhis mean that rootsweb is 'down', or am I doing something wrong (again!?). Grateful for any advice Regards Geoff

Hello Geoff, I have been recieving Rootsweb mail from some groups over the last few days. So it either means everybody on your groups are asleep or there is something wrong at your end (: Regards Gary Geoff <geoffrey.everest@free.fr> wrote: 'Evening all! Over the last few days I have not received anything from the various lists to which I am subscribed. Does yhis mean that rootsweb is 'down', or am I doing something wrong (again!?). Grateful for any advice Regards Geoff ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from ENG-DORSET-LIFE List mode send a message to ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with just the word unsubscribe in the subject line and message body. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

England Dorset Church of England Parish Church of Ibberton. Marriages 1731 - 1848 Film Number 1239201 Items 16 - 18. Original Micro Film at Wiltshire C.R.O. Trowbridge. Information taken from the L.D.S. Library Catalog. The above film may be ordered & read at any L.D.S. Church with a Family History Centre. Followed your messages with interest.. Hope this helps. Nancy N.Z.

Hello Pat Many thanks for your input which I will certainly follow up, I am still unsure if the name of ( Quintame ~ Quaintance ~ Quintence ) is a variation or typo for Quinton or Quainton, your suggestion that it these are close to Bryanston may prove the key. but the Ibberton parish ref is confusing, but I will keep trying. Kind regards Sally > <>Hi Sally > > A google search for Quinton+Dorset throws up quite a few suggestions > including Fifehead St Quinton and Frome St Quinton both are fairly close > to Bryanston. A search for Quainton shows a few more possibilities. > > Regards > Pat W > Bruton Somerset > Researching > > Dorset - > KEECH-DUNHAM-ACKERMAN-IRONSIDE-LEA-WALLIS-HOUNSELL-SAINT-RUSSELL > -WOODSFORD > Durham - WARDELL-CHAPMAN-METHLEY > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike & Sally Wills [mailto:dreamweavers@ozemail.com.au] > > Hello List > I am really stuck on this Dorset place name, I hope someone closer to > home can help me please. > I am trying to establish the birth place of the wife of Isaac Adlem > born 1816 / 18 Tollard royal Wilts, > On various records including census returns it is noted as: > Quintame ~ Quaintance ~ Quintence ~ Ilberton ( Ibberton ) Parish ~ > Bryanston . > I have only come up with Quainton Dorset & Quinton Dorset, another > thought is maybe it is a farm or house name. > Just to make matters more interesting she is sometimes known as Sarah or > > Jane or Sarah J. which gives > cause to suspect this may be two seperate wives, though the age remains > fairly constant. > Unless your local knowledge can link any of the above names & make some > sense, > fingers well and truly crossed as I am stumped > Kind regards > Sally Stainer Wills ~ W. Australia > OPC Ashmore Dorset. > > > > === > > > >

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Hello List I am really stuck on this Dorset place name, I hope someone closer to home can help me please. I am trying to establish the birth place of the wife of Isaac Adlem born 1816 / 18 Tollard royal Wilts, On various records including census returns it is noted as: Quintame ~ Quaintance ~ Quintence ~ Ilberton ( Ibberton ) Parish ~ Bryanston . I have only come up with Quainton Dorset & Quinton Dorset, another thought is maybe it is a farm or house name. Just to make matters more interesting she is sometimes known as Sarah or Jane or Sarah J. which gives cause to suspect this may be two seperate wives, though the age remains fairly constant. Unless your local knowledge can link any of the above names & make some sense, fingers well and truly crossed as I am stumped Kind regards Sally Stainer Wills ~ W. Australia OPC Ashmore Dorset.

Hi Sally A google search for Quinton+Dorset throws up quite a few suggestions including Fifehead St Quinton and Frome St Quinton both are fairly close to Bryanston. A search for Quainton shows a few more possibilities. Regards Pat W Bruton Somerset Researching Somerset -BEALE-KEEN-BRISTER-WILLIAMS-STOCK-HAWKEY -HAWKINS-BATSON Dorset - KEECH-DUNHAM-ACKERMAN-IRONSIDE-LEA-WALLIS-HOUNSELL-SAINT-RUSSELL-WOODSFO RD Durham - WARDELL-CHAPMAN-METHLEY Yorkshire - JEFFREY-DOBSON-DOYLE-MAUGHAN-CLIFFORD-BARKER-WADE-SWALE-ENGLAND-BECK-WAR DMAN-CARMALT -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Sally Wills [mailto:dreamweavers@ozemail.com.au] Sent: 27 October 2004 23:44 To: ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DOR-LIFE] Locating Place name ~help please Hello List I am really stuck on this Dorset place name, I hope someone closer to home can help me please. I am trying to establish the birth place of the wife of Isaac Adlem born 1816 / 18 Tollard royal Wilts, On various records including census returns it is noted as: Quintame ~ Quaintance ~ Quintence ~ Ilberton ( Ibberton ) Parish ~ Bryanston . I have only come up with Quainton Dorset & Quinton Dorset, another thought is maybe it is a farm or house name. Just to make matters more interesting she is sometimes known as Sarah or Jane or Sarah J. which gives cause to suspect this may be two seperate wives, though the age remains fairly constant. Unless your local knowledge can link any of the above names & make some sense, fingers well and truly crossed as I am stumped Kind regards Sally Stainer Wills ~ W. Australia OPC Ashmore Dorset. ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== For Looks Up in Dorset resources by list members, http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk/dorset/lookups.htm ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004

ah but, the regional accents are connected to genealogy in that what one rector heard when recording say a baptism, might be something different heard by another more local chap. Hence we have variations of surnames and some almost completely distorted. Now I shall add my twopenny worth regarding accents, in particular the Dorset accent. Both my elder children (aged 13 and nearly 18) were, like me, born in London and while they have had the London twang in their ears since they were babes, since living in beautiful sunny Weymouth (last 11 years), both now have some definitely Dorset pronounciations. Where I say grass (said as grarse - Queen's English you know as she lives in London too), they say grass like gr-ass; Dance - I say darnce, they say danse. They come out with the strangest words too and I have come to realise they are "local" words unheard of in London. My dear Dorset born cousin with a broad, deepest Dorset accent, said to me when I moved here "you'll soon lower the tone of the neighbourhood with an accent like yours!", but I have been told that the Londoness has mellowed over the years, although I can still bring it on ;-) Know wot I mean like? Debby > No it was DORSET list admin who asked for it to be continued on Dorset > life, something about it not being connected to genealogy, it has more > to do with the way our folks lived than many of the messages that > appear. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004

Dear Eleanor This is one of those any and all topic lists, which listowner of the Dorset list suggested we ignorant Dorset yokels use for talking about Dorset things. Ain't that right Lynne? Maybe you should unsunscribe from the Dorset Life list if it makes you grumpy? Geoff

No it was DORSET list admin who asked for it to be continued on Dorset life, something about it not being connected to genealogy, it has more to do with the way our folks lived than many of the messages that appear. Sorry Iain the cheapest I can remember is half crown, but when I started buying it was 3 gallons for a quid, happy days!! Regards Pat W Bruton Somerset Researching Somerset -BEALE-KEEN-BRISTER-WILLIAMS-STOCK-HAWKEY -HAWKINS-BATSON Dorset - KEECH-DUNHAM-ACKERMAN-IRONSIDE-LEA-WALLIS-HOUNSELL-SAINT-RUSSELL-WOODSFO RD Durham - WARDELL-CHAPMAN-METHLEY Yorkshire - JEFFREY-DOBSON-DOYLE-MAUGHAN-CLIFFORD-BARKER-WADE-SWALE-ENGLAND-BECK-WAR DMAN-CARMALT -----Original Message----- From: Elenor Ross [mailto:crowe@oberon.ark.com] Sent: 25 October 2004 19:10 To: ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DOR-LIFE] ACCENTS Hi all, I have found the accent thread very interesting to a point but now feeling somewhat grumpy in B. C.that it goes on and on. And I do have some recall of the list admin asking that it terminate. Would it not be a good topic to discuss on one of the any and all topics sites for those who wish to continue? Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: <IHPARSONS@aol.com> To: <ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:21 AM Subject: [DOR-LIFE] ACCENTS > Good afternoon, List! > > I have followed the discussion about accents with great interest. In > 1947, the family moved from Lancashire to Dorset. I suppose that I must have > spoken 'Lancashire' then, although each town had and still has its clearly > defined and easily recognisable, to the Lancastrian native, characteristics of > speech. > > We lived in the heart of the glorious countryside between Broadwindsor > and Crewkerne, but I must have taken to the Dorset accent like a duck to > water, as I never noticed that it was different. One thing that I did remember was > when my Dad bought petrol during the journey - that memory has never left > me. It must have been somewhere near Worcester that he bought those three > gallons. The lad who served us advised that the account was 'foive and noinepence! > in proper money (five shillings and ninepence, or about 29 pence for the > modern generation's benefit!). Can anyone else remember when petrol cost one and > elevenpence a gallon? > > Recent return visits to the beautiful county have shown me that the > accent is still strong in West Dorset. perhaps this is because of the relative > isolation, which has kept the county mercifully free of that abomination of > 'Estuary English' and the dumbing down of our wonderful English heritage. > > It was huge source of regret that we had to return to Lancashire, but my > time in Dorset remains a blessed memory for which I ever grateful. > > Iain, Brampton, Cumbria. > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > For old maps, see the Landmark Map site > http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from ENG-DORSET-LIFE List mode send a message to ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with just the word unsubscribe in the subject line and message body. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004

Hello list! I thought you were all hibernating (except for those in more southern climes). I though I'd pick up the accent thread because I think it's really interesting. When I was just a little bit younger, in the 1950's and early sixties, most youngsters dreamed of only one thing, and that was to get away from Dorset just as fast as they could. Especially Weymouth where I lived because although a jolly sea-side resort for 2 or 3 months a year, for the rest of the time life was so boring that you actually had to fall back on homework to pass the time! We never thought about having an accent at all. There was the way we spoke and the way the 'posh' people spoke. Then in about 1950 we went to some sort of party at what I think was the Conservative Club on top of Portland, and someone had bought along a tape-recorder, huge great thing that must have weighed a ton, with reels at least a foot wide! First time many of us had even seen one, let alone using one. Why I remember this particular detail I have no idea, but I recited "The vulture eats between his meals, And that's the reason why, He very rarely looks as well As you or I!" When this was played back it brought the house down because my accent was so marked - I must remind you that all present were themselves Dorset, so it must have been really something! I left Dorset (and England) in 1965, with my accent, although perhaps somewhat influenced by three years in Exeter, safely tucked into my cardboard suitcase. The years go by, and lots of family 'pass on', and friendships seem to fizzle out. I must point out that at that time everything happened by Royal Mail, the international telephone via half a dozen operators was lengthy and expensive, so I only got to actually speak to Dorset friends and family about once a year. I had noticed that my playground mates, having left "home", seemed to have lost their accents and were speaking "posh", at least to my ears - and I even heard once or twice that I had kept mine and I should get that straw out from behind my ears! The irony of the thing is that I was doing quite a lot of part-time teaching of English - I had to eat while I was going on with studying! So, if ever you meet up with a French person, or even German, who speaks with a heavy 'Pye Hill/Chickerell Road' accent, then there's a good chance he/she may be one of my ex-pupils! I hope I haven't bored you overmuch, Geoff

My apologies to Geoff and all in that case. Perhaps my gremlin has switched lists on me as I could have sworn (obviously mistaken) that I was on the Dorset list rather than the Dorset life list. Bye, Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: "pat.williams" <pat.williams14@ukonline.co.uk> To: <ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 11:42 AM Subject: RE: [DOR-LIFE] ACCENTS > No it was DORSET list admin who asked for it to be continued on Dorset > life, something about it not being connected to genealogy, it has more > to do with the way our folks lived than many of the messages that > appear. > > Sorry Iain the cheapest I can remember is half crown, but when I started > buying it was 3 gallons for a quid, happy days!! > > Regards > Pat W > Bruton Somerset > Researching > Somerset -BEALE-KEEN-BRISTER-WILLIAMS-STOCK-HAWKEY -HAWKINS-BATSON > Dorset - > KEECH-DUNHAM-ACKERMAN-IRONSIDE-LEA-WALLIS-HOUNSELL-SAINT-RUSSELL-WOODSFO > RD > Durham - WARDELL-CHAPMAN-METHLEY > Yorkshire - > JEFFREY-DOBSON-DOYLE-MAUGHAN-CLIFFORD-BARKER-WADE-SWALE-ENGLAND-BECK-WAR > DMAN-CARMALT > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elenor Ross [mailto:crowe@oberon.ark.com] > Sent: 25 October 2004 19:10 > To: ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DOR-LIFE] ACCENTS > > Hi all, > > I have found the accent thread very interesting to a point but now > feeling > somewhat grumpy in B. C.that it goes on and on. And I do have some > recall > of the list admin asking that it terminate. Would it not be a good > topic to > discuss on one of the any and all topics sites for those who wish to > continue? > Eleanor > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <IHPARSONS@aol.com> > To: <ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:21 AM > Subject: [DOR-LIFE] ACCENTS > > > > Good afternoon, List! > > > > I have followed the discussion about accents with great interest. > In > > 1947, the family moved from Lancashire to Dorset. I suppose that I > must > have > > spoken 'Lancashire' then, although each town had and still has its > clearly > > defined and easily recognisable, to the Lancastrian native, > characteristics of > > speech. > > > > We lived in the heart of the glorious countryside between > Broadwindsor > > and Crewkerne, but I must have taken to the Dorset accent like a duck > to > > water, as I never noticed that it was different. One thing that I did > remember was > > when my Dad bought petrol during the journey - that memory has never > left > > me. It must have been somewhere near Worcester that he bought those > three > > gallons. The lad who served us advised that the account was 'foive > and > noinepence! > > in proper money (five shillings and ninepence, or about 29 pence for > the > > modern generation's benefit!). Can anyone else remember when petrol > cost > one and > > elevenpence a gallon? > > > > Recent return visits to the beautiful county have shown me that > the > > accent is still strong in West Dorset. perhaps this is because of the > relative > > isolation, which has kept the county mercifully free of that > abomination > of > > 'Estuary English' and the dumbing down of our wonderful English > heritage. > > > > It was huge source of regret that we had to return to Lancashire, > but > my > > time in Dorset remains a blessed memory for which I ever grateful. > > > > Iain, Brampton, Cumbria. > > > > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > For old maps, see the Landmark Map site > > http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from ENG-DORSET-LIFE List mode send a message to > ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with just the word unsubscribe in > the subject line and message body. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004 > > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > The Dorset Museum homepage can be found at: > http://home.clara.net/dorset.museum > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Good afternoon, List! I have followed the discussion about accents with great interest. In 1947, the family moved from Lancashire to Dorset. I suppose that I must have spoken 'Lancashire' then, although each town had and still has its clearly defined and easily recognisable, to the Lancastrian native, characteristics of speech. We lived in the heart of the glorious countryside between Broadwindsor and Crewkerne, but I must have taken to the Dorset accent like a duck to water, as I never noticed that it was different. One thing that I did remember was when my Dad bought petrol during the journey - that memory has never left me. It must have been somewhere near Worcester that he bought those three gallons. The lad who served us advised that the account was 'foive and noinepence! in proper money (five shillings and ninepence, or about 29 pence for the modern generation's benefit!). Can anyone else remember when petrol cost one and elevenpence a gallon? Recent return visits to the beautiful county have shown me that the accent is still strong in West Dorset. perhaps this is because of the relative isolation, which has kept the county mercifully free of that abomination of 'Estuary English' and the dumbing down of our wonderful English heritage. It was huge source of regret that we had to return to Lancashire, but my time in Dorset remains a blessed memory for which I ever grateful. Iain, Brampton, Cumbria.

Hi all, I have found the accent thread very interesting to a point but now feeling somewhat grumpy in B. C.that it goes on and on. And I do have some recall of the list admin asking that it terminate. Would it not be a good topic to discuss on one of the any and all topics sites for those who wish to continue? Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: <IHPARSONS@aol.com> To: <ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:21 AM Subject: [DOR-LIFE] ACCENTS > Good afternoon, List! > > I have followed the discussion about accents with great interest. In > 1947, the family moved from Lancashire to Dorset. I suppose that I must have > spoken 'Lancashire' then, although each town had and still has its clearly > defined and easily recognisable, to the Lancastrian native, characteristics of > speech. > > We lived in the heart of the glorious countryside between Broadwindsor > and Crewkerne, but I must have taken to the Dorset accent like a duck to > water, as I never noticed that it was different. One thing that I did remember was > when my Dad bought petrol during the journey - that memory has never left > me. It must have been somewhere near Worcester that he bought those three > gallons. The lad who served us advised that the account was 'foive and noinepence! > in proper money (five shillings and ninepence, or about 29 pence for the > modern generation's benefit!). Can anyone else remember when petrol cost one and > elevenpence a gallon? > > Recent return visits to the beautiful county have shown me that the > accent is still strong in West Dorset. perhaps this is because of the relative > isolation, which has kept the county mercifully free of that abomination of > 'Estuary English' and the dumbing down of our wonderful English heritage. > > It was huge source of regret that we had to return to Lancashire, but my > time in Dorset remains a blessed memory for which I ever grateful. > > Iain, Brampton, Cumbria. > > > ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== > For old maps, see the Landmark Map site > http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I have to say that it wasn't me who located the school photos. It was David Lane, but he was having problems getting messages posted to the list. I merely forwarded on an email on his behalf. Debby > Hello Debby, > > Thank you for locating the school photographs. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004