Pat and Bill My partner and I watch this list every day, and only occasionally contribute, but I have a real interest in the Liverpool/Merseyside area. We're in NZ and we're doing our big OE to Scotland and England next year. I hope, and know, that we will get the same feelings you have. Our whole trip is being arranged around genealogy - the villages and cemeteries, and a trip to France to visit the battleground where my grandad earned his NZ Military Medal in World War One: a couple of days on the Isle of Skye where my great great grandad came from...and everything in between! Culloden, where I'm sure there will be tears shed. While we may do some of the 'touristy' areas, our real interest is in the places of our forebears. A picnic on the shores of Loch Shiel or stopping in a pretty village. My partner is hoping to find some living relatives, yet undiscovered. Thank you for your posting....it fills me with more dreams of our holiday to come. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat and Bill" <[email protected]> To: "Eng-Merseyside" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 12:21 PM Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Wonderful Memories of the UK. > Hello List, > I am still on cloud nine with all the meetings of family and being able to > get a feel of the area our ancestors lived, worked and played. And the > lovely Churches. > England and Scotland are much different then here in Canada. To see all > the > brick buildings in England and stone buildings in Scotland. It was all > so breath taking for me. When you live in a place, you have no idea as to > how others see what " you, we " take for granted. Our whole trip was a > learning experience, one can never imagine till you see with your own > eyes. > What a joy it was to visit the U K. The epitome of my family research to > go > to the places our families came from and to meet and be with my cousins. > We were first in London and did the tourist things there. Then on to > Nottinghan and Leicestershire where Bill's family were from. > We then took the coach to Liverpool. Where we were met and went by taxi > for > to visit and tour Birkenhead, Chester, Hoylake, Frankby and the cemeteries > many are buried in. > It brought tears to me when I visited these places for the first time. To > be > and see were my ancestors walked, worked, played and lived. To see the > Churches they married in. To be with the families and spend time with > them. > We went on the Mersery ferry to Liverpool. To see things in Liverpool > including inside St. Nicholas Church where many of my family married and > had > there babies Bapt. Also went on the tour under the Mersey tunnel. I had > no > idea Birkenhead and Liverpool were only a 10 minute ferry ride apart. And > Wales being so close. > We then took the train to Scotland and enjoyed our stay there. Where here > the buildings were of beautiful stone. also many of there fences. > When we set out on our trip. We wanted to include as much as we could > including forms of travel. Everything was so different for us. > When we live in a place. We take so much for granted. To be a visitor we > see > so much. With doing my family research it was all on paper. But to go > visit > and see with my own eyes was truly a blessing which I will remember > always. > The people were all so friendly and the hospitality was wonderful. We were > so well treated and cared for where ever we went. We were truly made > welcomed. Many things to be Thankful for with this being our Canadian > Thanksgiving weekend and always the memories will last forever. > > My family names FULTON, FOGG, BROWN, HARDMAN , SHERLOCK, ASHTON and many > more. > Cheers for now, > Pat and Bill > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >