28th May Thought for the day : " Every human being comes equipped with a brain at no extra cost. " 1533: England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage 1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia to invade England. The fleet of 130 vessels was the mightiest ever assembled. 1660: George I King of England is born(1714-27). 1738: Birth of Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French physician and revolutionary who suggested a decapitating machine which bears his name. Adopted in 1791, it was not a new invention. Similar instruments of execution were used in other countries including Scotland. 1742: The first indoor swimming pool in England opened in London. The entrance fee was one guinea. 1756: Williamsond Advertiser (Liverpool) first published. It came out weekly. 1759: Birth of William Pitt the Younger, English statesman, who was Prime Minister from 1783-1801. He was England’s youngest prime minister ever. He was elected again in 1804-6. 1858: Tonic water was patented by Erasmus Bond of London. 1884: Birth of Eduard Benes, founder of modern Czechoslovakia who was President of the republic from 1935. During the Second World War, he ran the government in exile from London. He was President again from 1945, resigning shortly before his death in 1948. 1891: The first world weightlifting championships were held at the Café Monico, Piccadilly. 1898: In Italy, the Shroud of Turin was first photographed by Secundo Pia in Turin's Cathedral, where it had rested for 320 years. 1906: Picton Road Baths, Wavertree, opened by J. Ball, Lord Mayor. 1917: Happy Birthday Gracie!!! 85 today!! 1932: The world’s largest sea dam was completed in Holland. It stretched 2,000m across the mouth of the Zuider Zee creating a new inland lake, the Ijsselmeer. 1934: Birth of the Dionne Quintuplets, to Mrs Oliva Dionne in Ontario, Canada: Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, Marie and Annette. 1951: The first Goon Show was broadcast by the BBC. Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (who also wrote the script) and Harry Secombe brought to life Henry Crunn, Major Bloodnock, Minnie Bannister, Bluebottle, Neddy Seagoon and Eccles. British comedy would never be the same - or sane - again. 1967: Francis Chichester, a 65-year-old English yachtsman, sailed into Plymouth to a huge welcome at the end of his solo circumnavigation of the world in Gypsy Moth IV. 1972: The Duke of Windsor dies in Paris at 77. 1982: Diego Maradona of Argentinos Juniors was bought by Barcelona football club for a record £5 million. 1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German, flew his small aircraft through Soviet air space from Helsinki to Moscow, landing right in Red Square. 1990: The Maiden arrived in Southampton, completing the Whitbread around-the-world yacht race. The first ever all-woman crew was skippered by Tracy Edwards. <><><><><><><><><> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/02

Is Gracie still with us? Never hear of her perhaps she is rather ill on Capri? On my one visit there with Sorrento girlfriend I bought a smart bag which was stolen next day in Rome ! Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:38 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] 28 May Trivia and Happenings 28th May Thought for the day : " Every human being comes equipped with a brain at no extra cost. " 1533: England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage 1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia to invade England. The fleet of 130 vessels was the mightiest ever assembled. 1660: George I King of England is born(1714-27). 1738: Birth of Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French physician and revolutionary who suggested a decapitating machine which bears his name. Adopted in 1791, it was not a new invention. Similar instruments of execution were used in other countries including Scotland. 1742: The first indoor swimming pool in England opened in London. The entrance fee was one guinea. 1756: Williamsond Advertiser (Liverpool) first published. It came out weekly. 1759: Birth of William Pitt the Younger, English statesman, who was Prime Minister from 1783-1801. He was England’s youngest prime minister ever. He was elected again in 1804-6. 1858: Tonic water was patented by Erasmus Bond of London. 1884: Birth of Eduard Benes, founder of modern Czechoslovakia who was President of the republic from 1935. During the Second World War, he ran the government in exile from London. He was President again from 1945, resigning shortly before his death in 1948. 1891: The first world weightlifting championships were held at the Café Monico, Piccadilly. 1898: In Italy, the Shroud of Turin was first photographed by Secundo Pia in Turin's Cathedral, where it had rested for 320 years. 1906: Picton Road Baths, Wavertree, opened by J. Ball, Lord Mayor. 1917: Happy Birthday Gracie!!! 85 today!! 1932: The world’s largest sea dam was completed in Holland. It stretched 2,000m across the mouth of the Zuider Zee creating a new inland lake, the Ijsselmeer. 1934: Birth of the Dionne Quintuplets, to Mrs Oliva Dionne in Ontario, Canada: Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, Marie and Annette. 1951: The first Goon Show was broadcast by the BBC. Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (who also wrote the script) and Harry Secombe brought to life Henry Crunn, Major Bloodnock, Minnie Bannister, Bluebottle, Neddy Seagoon and Eccles. British comedy would never be the same - or sane - again. 1967: Francis Chichester, a 65-year-old English yachtsman, sailed into Plymouth to a huge welcome at the end of his solo circumnavigation of the world in Gypsy Moth IV. 1972: The Duke of Windsor dies in Paris at 77. 1982: Diego Maradona of Argentinos Juniors was bought by Barcelona football club for a record £5 million. 1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German, flew his small aircraft through Soviet air space from Helsinki to Moscow, landing right in Red Square. 1990: The Maiden arrived in Southampton, completing the Whitbread around-the-world yacht race. The first ever all-woman crew was skippered by Tracy Edwards. <><><><><><><><><> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/02 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming, terrified, like his passengers. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07-May-02

I'm afraid Gracie is long dead and so is Boris. There's a superb theatre built in remembrance of her in Rochdale just 3 or 4 miles from me. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: mikemail <michael@ae.net.sa> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 28 May Trivia and Happenings > Is Gracie still with us? Never hear of her perhaps she is rather ill on Capri? On my one visit there with Sorrento girlfriend I bought a smart bag which was stolen next day in Rome ! > > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marged > To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:38 AM > Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] 28 May Trivia and Happenings > > > 28th May > > Thought for the day : > " Every human being comes equipped with a brain at no extra cost. " > > > > 1533: England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage > > 1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon under the command of the Duke > of Medina Sidonia to invade England. The fleet of 130 vessels was the > mightiest ever assembled. > > 1660: George I King of England is born(1714-27). > > 1738: Birth of Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French physician and revolutionary > who suggested a decapitating machine which bears his name. Adopted in 1791, > it was not a new invention. Similar instruments of execution were used in > other countries including Scotland. > > 1742: The first indoor swimming pool in England opened in London. The > entrance fee was one guinea. > > 1756: Williamsond Advertiser (Liverpool) first published. It came out > weekly. > > 1759: Birth of William Pitt the Younger, English statesman, who was Prime > Minister from 1783-1801. He was England’s youngest prime minister ever. He > was elected again in 1804-6. > > 1858: Tonic water was patented by Erasmus Bond of London. > > 1884: Birth of Eduard Benes, founder of modern Czechoslovakia who was > President of the republic from 1935. During the Second World War, he ran the > government in exile from London. He was President again from 1945, resigning > shortly before his death in 1948. > > 1891: The first world weightlifting championships were held at the Café > Monico, Piccadilly. > > 1898: In Italy, the Shroud of Turin was first photographed by Secundo Pia in > Turin's Cathedral, where it had rested for 320 years. > > > 1906: Picton Road Baths, Wavertree, opened by J. Ball, Lord Mayor. > > 1917: Happy Birthday Gracie!!! > 85 today!! > > 1932: The world’s largest sea dam was completed in Holland. It stretched > 2,000m across the mouth of the Zuider Zee creating a new inland lake, the > Ijsselmeer. > > 1934: Birth of the Dionne Quintuplets, to Mrs Oliva Dionne in Ontario, > Canada: Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, Marie and Annette. > > 1951: The first Goon Show was broadcast by the BBC. Peter Sellers, Spike > Milligan (who also wrote the script) and Harry Secombe brought to life Henry > Crunn, Major Bloodnock, Minnie Bannister, Bluebottle, Neddy Seagoon and > Eccles. British comedy would never be the same - or sane - again. > > 1967: Francis Chichester, a 65-year-old English yachtsman, sailed into > Plymouth to a huge welcome at the end of his solo circumnavigation of the > world in Gypsy Moth IV. > > 1972: The Duke of Windsor dies in Paris at 77. > > 1982: Diego Maradona of Argentinos Juniors was bought by Barcelona football > club for a record £5 million. > > 1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German, flew his small aircraft > through Soviet air space from Helsinki to Moscow, landing right in Red > Square. > > 1990: The Maiden arrived in Southampton, completing the Whitbread > around-the-world yacht race. The first ever all-woman crew was skippered by > Tracy Edwards. > > <><><><><><><><><> > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/02 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather, not > screaming, terrified, like his passengers. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07-May-02 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather, not > screaming, terrified, like his passengers. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Sorry - that greeting was for a Gracie on the Scousers' List Mike No, "Our Gracie" Fields died some years ago. Marj Is Gracie still with us? Never hear of her perhaps she is rather ill on Capri? On my one visit there with Sorrento girlfriend I bought a smart bag which was stolen next day in Rome ! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/02

I think Gracie must be dead - she'd be very old. We visited Capri - what a wonderful place but so incredibly expensive. I must admit that we were warned about getting things stolen in that area of Italy, yet we found northern Italy very good. Bubbles from Robin Hood Country ----- Original Message ----- From: "mikemail" <michael@ae.net.sa> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] 28 May Trivia and Happenings Is Gracie still with us? Never hear of her perhaps she is rather ill on Capri? On my one visit there with Sorrento girlfriend I bought a smart bag which was stolen next day in Rome ! Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:38 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] 28 May Trivia and Happenings 28th May Thought for the day : " Every human being comes equipped with a brain at no extra cost. " 1533: England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage 1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia to invade England. The fleet of 130 vessels was the mightiest ever assembled. 1660: George I King of England is born(1714-27). 1738: Birth of Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French physician and revolutionary who suggested a decapitating machine which bears his name. Adopted in 1791, it was not a new invention. Similar instruments of execution were used in other countries including Scotland. 1742: The first indoor swimming pool in England opened in London. The entrance fee was one guinea. 1756: Williamsond Advertiser (Liverpool) first published. It came out weekly. 1759: Birth of William Pitt the Younger, English statesman, who was Prime Minister from 1783-1801. He was England’s youngest prime minister ever. He was elected again in 1804-6. 1858: Tonic water was patented by Erasmus Bond of London. 1884: Birth of Eduard Benes, founder of modern Czechoslovakia who was President of the republic from 1935. During the Second World War, he ran the government in exile from London. He was President again from 1945, resigning shortly before his death in 1948. 1891: The first world weightlifting championships were held at the Café Monico, Piccadilly. 1898: In Italy, the Shroud of Turin was first photographed by Secundo Pia in Turin's Cathedral, where it had rested for 320 years. 1906: Picton Road Baths, Wavertree, opened by J. Ball, Lord Mayor. 1917: Happy Birthday Gracie!!! 85 today!! 1932: The world’s largest sea dam was completed in Holland. It stretched 2,000m across the mouth of the Zuider Zee creating a new inland lake, the Ijsselmeer. 1934: Birth of the Dionne Quintuplets, to Mrs Oliva Dionne in Ontario, Canada: Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, Marie and Annette. 1951: The first Goon Show was broadcast by the BBC. Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (who also wrote the script) and Harry Secombe brought to life Henry Crunn, Major Bloodnock, Minnie Bannister, Bluebottle, Neddy Seagoon and Eccles. British comedy would never be the same - or sane - again. 1967: Francis Chichester, a 65-year-old English yachtsman, sailed into Plymouth to a huge welcome at the end of his solo circumnavigation of the world in Gypsy Moth IV. 1972: The Duke of Windsor dies in Paris at 77. 1982: Diego Maradona of Argentinos Juniors was bought by Barcelona football club for a record £5 million. 1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German, flew his small aircraft through Soviet air space from Helsinki to Moscow, landing right in Red Square. 1990: The Maiden arrived in Southampton, completing the Whitbread around-the-world yacht race. The first ever all-woman crew was skippered by Tracy Edwards. <><><><><><><><><> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.365 / Virus Database: 202 - Release Date: 24/05/02 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming, terrified, like his passengers. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.361 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 07-May-02 ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming, terrified, like his passengers. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237