Hi - can someone help me out- I had loads of sites about Liverpool and Merseyside past and Maritime history of the area. Last Wednesday my computer blew up and I have not only lost all my links - but my external back-up drive went also! I had so many linjks in there - but all gone - so i am asking for help get them back! Jackie

Hi Tom, saw the message below on the eng-merseyside@rootsweb Great to see you are still involved, how is life treating you, in case you dont remember me, I am Irene from Norfolk originally from the Pool ;-) It is a long time since we "spoke" last I think your son had just got married, any grandkids yet? all the best. Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Miller" <scouse-one@cogeco.ca> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Christmas >I still listen for the ships sirens at midnight on New Years Eve...... I'm 3000 miles away from them now... (Not only that, midnight in Ontario is 5am New Years Day in Liverpool) I can still hear them though.... you just have to listen harder ;-)

I remember those Grottos, too. The best one for us was always Lewis's, and we knew the REAL Father Christmas was there - the others were just his helpers. When we came to live in Southport, in 1967, the local people didn't know what the Grotto was - it just wasn't a tradition here. A friend asked me did I know what "Grotto Day" was - it was the Christmas Shopping day that Liverpool Schoolchildren were always given in December. We missed it in Southport! Marged Hello, Christmas and New Year - Merseyside memories - As a child I recall the "Grottos" in Lewis and Blacklers Stores - remember one where you went on water in a small boat - Father Christmas always with a gift at the end. Usually went to Morning Service Chistmas Day (Childwall or Mossley Hill). New Year Sirens etc and the Tall Dar Man bearing coal and I think Salt. Happy thoughts as I sit in Queensland in high temps. Happy Christmas to you all. Regards Maureen

Herbert, I wonder if you were in Alder Hey hospital? My husband spent 11 months in there during 1942, as the result of a road accident. I suppose you would be in the quarantine ward - he was in there for a short time with gastro enteritis. Marged My first memory of christmas was in the very early war years,i was in a Liverpool hospital with Scarlet Fever,the bombing was going on and i know it was christmas time because i remember the nurse,s singing I,m dreaming of a white christmas,we must have been in a cellar or something like that because i can still see it today.All my life i have not been too fond of christmas time,maybe this has been my hangup. New Year is better and i also remember all the ships horns in or on the Mersey. I come from Litherland and not far from the docks. Merry Christmas to all Bert in Oz

Or thereabouts. My daddy, like all the other daddies roundabout, was away at the war. He was in the Royal Navy, an Able Seaman, and we were very proud of him, especially when he was chosen to take part in the King's broadcast to the nation on Christmas Day. We all sat around in the kitchen, while the dinner bubbled away in the back kitchen - I can still smell the carrots and turnips, and see the rivulets of condensation as they ran down the windows as we all sat waiting for Dad to come on the radio. His bit began "My name is Robert Edward Mackay Campbell Ingham. I have served on this ship .........." There is a script of this broadcast somewhere in this house - once upon a time there was a black record of the whole thing, and even a steel one. I broke the black one myself, bringing it home from Grandma's one day, and only wish I knew what become of the steel one. The BBC deny all knowledge of the broadcast - I would pay real money to get a copy of it, to hear Dad's voice again, for he died in 1953, aged only 41. Not killed in the war, but killed BY the war. Marged

My first memory of christmas was in the very early war years,i was in a Liverpool hospital with Scarlet Fever,the bombing was going on and i know it was christmas time because i remember the nurse,s singing I,m dreaming of a white christmas,we must have been in a cellar or something like that because i can still see it today.All my life i have not been too fond of christmas time,maybe this has been my hangup. New Year is better and i also remember all the ships horns in or on the Mersey. I come from Litherland and not far from the docks. Merry Christmas to all Bert in Oz

Merry Christmas to Everyone, As I was born in Mayo, Yukon. Canada. I can only enjoy the stories and tradition from Merseyside which I read on the list. Memories my families in years past would have also heard the boats and there horns and such. I enjoy reading of history in the past. A fond memory which I have was Christmas 1948. As we had left the Yukon in 1944 and moved to North Vancouver, British Columbia. I had not seen my Grandmother till 1948. When she came for a visit. She arrived late at night on the train. I as a young girl that could not go to sleep till I knew my Grandmother had arrived. As I was in bed, she came to my bedside. She had on a beautiful muskrat fur coat. It was so soft. I had to run my fingers up and down the sleeve. Hearing a train whistle always brought back memories to me after that. We took my Grandmother shopping and all along the streets the stores had wonderful Christmas music playing. I was so full of excitement and skipped along holding onto my Mom's hand. As a treat that Christmas. My grandmother took my sister and I for our very first perm. At that time it was called a Cold Wave. All I remember was it was like a big spider with all these cords attached to curler's. All these attached curlers were so heavy. I could not keep my head up. My hair was pretty curly that Christmas. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all, may you have much success with your genealogy research in the coming year. A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous and Peaceful New Year. Best Wishes for 2007 Pat and Bill mayo-gal@telus.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.23/591 - Release Date: 17/12/2006

Glad to hear from you Rory - you are NOT butting in! Marged Sorry to butt in Marged. Happy Christmas to you and list & thanks to Ron for that card viewing it was great. Rory

Sorry to butt in Marged. Happy Christmas to you and list & thanks to Ron for that card viewing it was great. Rory --- Ron Fitzpatrick <fitzp369@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Marged, > > I have sent a E-Card addressed to you, could you > post the pick up notice on the Eng-Merseyside site, > addressed to everyone, the Jacquie Lawson Web site > does not except the eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com > Email Address. > > Speak with you before Christmas. > > Thanks Marj > > Ron > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > >

I have made a breakthrough in my search for my Seddon ancestors. My gg grandfather Thomas was born in Ince Blundell c.1837 and his father John was born there c. 1791 and was a shoemaker. There was also a Richard Seddon who was also a shoemaker so it seems that the family went back some way but I cannot trace their parents. Does any one else have information on this family or know where I might find some? ( I live in London so it is difficult to look at parish records) Best wishes Paul ( and I remember the foghorns on the Mersey too) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.19/587 - Release Date: 14/12/2006

Hello, Christmas and New Year - Merseyside memories - As a child I recall the "Grottos" in Lewis and Blacklers Stores - remember one where you went on water in a small boat - Father Christmas always with a gift at the end. Usually went to Morning Service Chistmas Day (Childwall or Mossley Hill). New Year Sirens etc and the Tall Dar Man bearing coal and I think Salt. Happy thoughts as I sit in Queensland in high temps. Happy Christmas to you all. Regards Maureen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Marged Yes I lived in Wallasey. Pam -----Original Message----- From: eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marged Sent: 15 December 2006 08:44 To: eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Christmas I remember the ships' sirens, and the fog horns too, Pam - perhaps we didn't live too far from one another. I was in Liverpool 7, but looking at your mail again, I see you were in the Wirral. Would give a lot to hear those sounds again Marged No Christmas recollections but New Year. When I was a child my mum and dad always woke me up before midnight and I remember standing at the doorway or out in the street with all the neighbours as everyone gathered around waiting for midnight when all the ships in dock on the Mersey let off their sirens. It always seemed exciting and something to look forward to. That is New Year to me and it has never been the same since I moved away to the south of England. Best wishes Pam (ex Wirral) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Marged, I have sent a E-Card addressed to you, could you post the pick up notice on the Eng-Merseyside site, addressed to everyone, the Jacquie Lawson Web site does not except the eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com Email Address. Speak with you before Christmas. Thanks Marj Ron

We get container ships that take seven miles to stop, ferries to and fro the Continent, Naval ships returning from wherever, they do ;-) Other commercial ships that may be moored out there over night. Sure, there's enough going on. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <marged36@btopenworld.com> > And do they still have the same number of ships in the Solent, Janet? Sadly, the shipping in the Mersey is a fraction of what it was - but it is getting a bit better now with cruises and "regeneration", and of course, the promise of the "City of Culture" 2008 > > Marged > > > The ships in the Solent do it similarly. ;-) > > Janet

And do they still have the same number of ships in the Solent, Janet? Sadly, the shipping in the Mersey is a fraction of what it was - but it is getting a bit better now with cruises and "regeneration", and of course, the promise of the "City of Culture" 2008 Marged The ships in the Solent do it similarly. ;-) Janet

The ships in the Solent do it similarly. ;-) Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Craven" <pamcraven@mynow.co.uk> > Hi Marged > > No Christmas recollections but New Year. When I was a child my mum and dad > always woke me up before midnight and I remember standing at the doorway or > out in the street with all the neighbours as everyone gathered around > waiting for midnight when all the ships in dock on the Mersey let off their > sirens. It always seemed exciting and something to look forward to. That is > New Year to me and it has never been the same since I moved away to the > south of England. > > Best wishes Pam (ex Wirral)

I remember the ships' sirens, and the fog horns too, Pam - perhaps we didn't live too far from one another. I was in Liverpool 7, but looking at your mail again, I see you were in the Wirral. Would give a lot to hear those sounds again Marged No Christmas recollections but New Year. When I was a child my mum and dad always woke me up before midnight and I remember standing at the doorway or out in the street with all the neighbours as everyone gathered around waiting for midnight when all the ships in dock on the Mersey let off their sirens. It always seemed exciting and something to look forward to. That is New Year to me and it has never been the same since I moved away to the south of England. Best wishes Pam (ex Wirral)

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Hi All Yes, that was a New Year's Eve tradition even in Kirkby, some way inland from the docks. We could hear the sirens, too. That was while the "tall, dark" man of the family was going round the block with a piece of coal, expecting a glass of whisky as he let the New Year in. Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: Pam Craven To: eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 12:22 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Christmas Hi Marged No Christmas recollections but New Year. When I was a child my mum and dad always woke me up before midnight and I remember standing at the doorway or out in the street with all the neighbours as everyone gathered around waiting for midnight when all the ships in dock on the Mersey let off their sirens. It always seemed exciting and something to look forward to. That is New Year to me and it has never been the same since I moved away to the south of England. Best wishes Pam (ex Wirral) -----Original Message----- From: eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marged Sent: 14 December 2006 23:47 To: MERSEYSIDE Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Christmas I wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas, followed by a prosperous and peaceful New Year. In the lead up to Christmas, perhaps we could have some Christmas recollections - if they concern Merseyside, all the better. If they don't, well - we can overlook it for once and look forward to some good contributions. Perhaps people would just like to tell us what their plans are for Christmas - staying home or visiting family? All the best, everyone Marged ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Marged No Christmas recollections but New Year. When I was a child my mum and dad always woke me up before midnight and I remember standing at the doorway or out in the street with all the neighbours as everyone gathered around waiting for midnight when all the ships in dock on the Mersey let off their sirens. It always seemed exciting and something to look forward to. That is New Year to me and it has never been the same since I moved away to the south of England. Best wishes Pam (ex Wirral) -----Original Message----- From: eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marged Sent: 14 December 2006 23:47 To: MERSEYSIDE Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Christmas I wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas, followed by a prosperous and peaceful New Year. In the lead up to Christmas, perhaps we could have some Christmas recollections - if they concern Merseyside, all the better. If they don't, well - we can overlook it for once and look forward to some good contributions. Perhaps people would just like to tell us what their plans are for Christmas - staying home or visiting family? All the best, everyone Marged ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message