Hi again Sally That one was still alive, for the Burials I would need the location as there are about 100 Thomas HELLYERS listed Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "SALLY-ANN GARRETT" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] On this day.................22 Jan > Hi Ben > > Could you please look up Thomas Hellyer, 1811 to 1894.? Thanks. > > Sally-Ann > > Ben Skeates <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Edna > Have you got the Ham burials 1400-1870, if not there are dozens of > Hellyer, > Hellyar etc etc in there. Can look up if required > Regards > Ben > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edna & Ken" > To: > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:52 AM > Subject: [HantsLife] On this day.................22 Jan > > >> Hi Chris and Caroline, Enjoying your snippets. Be on the look-up for my >> great-grandpa William James Hellyer (1854-c1891) who might have fallen >> from >> his horse n' cart and died a couple of weeks later. Can't locate his >> death nor burial. He might have been involved in some other calamity in >> Hampshire. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Edna - snowy Ottawa >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Chris & Caroline" >> To: >> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 6:05 AM >> Subject: [HantsLife] On this day.................22 Jan >> >> >> *1879: *Disaster befell the centre column of Lord Chelmsford's army >> which had advanced into Zulu territory. Whilst Chelmsford was away >> leading a force against a reported Zulu concentration, the 1,250 British >> (mainly from the 24th Regiment - South Wales Borderers) and African >> troops left behind in camp at Isandlwana were attacked by 20,000 >> warriors under Ntshingwayo and overrun - very few survived the >> massacre. Later that day, 4,500 Zulus led by Dabulamanzi attacked a >> small garrison of the 24th Regiment at Rorke's Drift. The famous >> defence of the outpost cost 17 lives from the South Wales Borderers, and >> secured the award of no less than eleven Victoria Crosses. Three >> Victoria Crosses, two of which were posthumous, were also awarded for >> gallantry at Isandlwana. The third, often forgotten, action that day >> was fought at Nyezane, where the right hand column of Chelmsford's army, >> commanded by Colonel Pearson, fought off another fierce Zulu attack. >> >> *1941: *Australian infantry with British tank and artillery support, >> including gunfire from Royal Navy gunboats and monitors, took the key >> Libyan town of Tobruk in the face of fierce resistance from its Italian >> garrison. >> >> *1944: *Commonwealth and US forces landed at Anzio in an attempt to >> break the deadlock in the Italian campaign, landing behind the >> formidable German defences of the Gustav line. The first day of the >> landings proved a great success, 50,000 men and 3,000 vehicles being put >> ashore with only 13 casualties, mainly caused by mines. German >> resistance escalated significantly, however, in the following days. >> >> *1945:* 3 Commando Brigade, consisting of 42 and 44 Commandos Royal >> Marines, and 1 and 5 Army Commandos, conducted an assault landing at >> Kangaw in Burma. >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 21/01/2005 >> >> >> ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >> Visit Where your ancestors lived..... >> SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages >> >> ============================== >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >> "GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Visit Where your ancestors lived..... > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > "GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Hi Sally there was a T HELLYER (Architect) who lived at Melville St Isle of Wight in the 1867 trades directory. Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "SALLY-ANN GARRETT" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 2:15 AM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] On this day.................22 Jan > Hi Edna > > I saw your email to Chris, and wondered if your William Hellyer had any > relatives on the Isle of Wight, namely Thomas Hellyer, who was an > architect on the Island? I'd be pleased to hear from you if he was > related. Thanks > > Sally-Ann > > Edna & Ken <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris and Caroline, Enjoying your snippets. Be on the look-up for my > great-grandpa William James Hellyer (1854-c1891) who might have fallen > from > his horse n' cart and died a couple of weeks later. Can't locate his > death nor burial. He might have been involved in some other calamity in > Hampshire. > > Cheers, > > Edna - snowy Ottawa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris & Caroline" > To: > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 6:05 AM > Subject: [HantsLife] On this day.................22 Jan > > > *1879: *Disaster befell the centre column of Lord Chelmsford's army > which had advanced into Zulu territory. Whilst Chelmsford was away > leading a force against a reported Zulu concentration, the 1,250 British > (mainly from the 24th Regiment - South Wales Borderers) and African > troops left behind in camp at Isandlwana were attacked by 20,000 > warriors under Ntshingwayo and overrun - very few survived the > massacre. Later that day, 4,500 Zulus led by Dabulamanzi attacked a > small garrison of the 24th Regiment at Rorke's Drift. The famous > defence of the outpost cost 17 lives from the South Wales Borderers, and > secured the award of no less than eleven Victoria Crosses. Three > Victoria Crosses, two of which were posthumous, were also awarded for > gallantry at Isandlwana. The third, often forgotten, action that day > was fought at Nyezane, where the right hand column of Chelmsford's army, > commanded by Colonel Pearson, fought off another fierce Zulu attack. > > *1941: *Australian infantry with British tank and artillery support, > including gunfire from Royal Navy gunboats and monitors, took the key > Libyan town of Tobruk in the face of fierce resistance from its Italian > garrison. > > *1944: *Commonwealth and US forces landed at Anzio in an attempt to > break the deadlock in the Italian campaign, landing behind the > formidable German defences of the Gustav line. The first day of the > landings proved a great success, 50,000 men and 3,000 vehicles being put > ashore with only 13 casualties, mainly caused by mines. German > resistance escalated significantly, however, in the following days. > > *1945:* 3 Commando Brigade, consisting of 42 and 44 Commandos Royal > Marines, and 1 and 5 Army Commandos, conducted an assault landing at > Kangaw in Burma. > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 21/01/2005 > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Visit Where your ancestors lived..... > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > > ============================== > 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 > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > "GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: [email protected] > To unsubscribe from the list: > Mail: [email protected] > Digest: [email protected] > In both cases put "unsubscribe" in the subject header and no text in the > message box > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >

Len Payne <[email protected]> wrote:"...going past Southern Television in the late 50's early 60's with my little nippers Frick and Frack, howling because Sooty lived there and I could not take them in to see him..." Hi Len, Ha - how we see things differently from the same place - in those days I was far more interested in the breakers yard on the other side of the bridge, where I picked up spares or better trim etc for my car !! Brian Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E Incoming mail is certified virus free Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005

All this nostalgia coming through recently, anyone remember May 24th, Empire Day, when we used to celebrate being part of the great British Empire on which the sun never set. At school we used to have a pageant and each dress up to represent one of the colonies. I was a banana to represent Jamaica. (no comments thank you). Then we marched round the town singing land of Hope and Glory and Rule Brittania. Were they the "Good old days? I like to think so. Len Strong.

There's a lot of "Bull" coming out of Bristol recently!! You sound a great character Ernie. Keep up the good work, if only to give Dianne a laugh.

Forgot to send this one sorry folks! On this day...... 19 May *1652:* Following the demand by an English captain of a salute from a Dutch convoy on 12 May, the first action of the First Anglo-Dutch War was fought in the Straits of Dover, when a Dutch fleet of forty ships under Tromp sought to assert its freedom of navigation. It was met by 23 ships under General-at-Sea Blake. The action was inconclusive, but marked the formal start of hostilities. *1915:* Ottoman forces mounted a major counter-attack against the northern bridgehead in Gallipoli, held by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The ANZACs held their ground, and inflicted some 10,000 casualties on the Turkish troops, their worst losses of the First World War. Lance Corporal Jacka was awarded the Victoria Cross for his lone defence of a position at Courtney's Post - his comrades having been killed, seven Turks broke into the trench, but he killed all of them in a close-quarter fight. *1917:* On the Western Front, Sergeant White of the South Wales Borderers charged a German machine-gun in an attempt to open the way for his company to advance. When only a few feet from the position, he was caught by a full burst from the weapon and killed. He was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. *1918:* In France, Sergeant Ruthven rallied a company of the 22nd Australian Battalion after the company commander fell casualty, then advanced alone to capture a machine-gun post and kill or capture some 40 enemy. He received the Victoria Cross. *1941:* During an action in Abyssinia, Italian tanks led a counter-attack against men of the King's African Rifles. However, Sergeant Leakey, a Kenyan, managed to scramble atop one of the tanks, forced open the hatch, and killed all the crew inside, except for the driver, who he induced to drive the vehicle into the British lines. He then went forward again and attacked another tank in similar fashion, but was killed fighting its crew. His actions disrupted the Italian attack, which was successfully driven off. He was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. In Iraq, the British forces defending the RAF base at Habbaniyah succeeded in taking Fallujah from troops loyal to the pro-Axis regime of Rashid Ali. *1944:* As the date for the Normandy landings drew closer, Bomber Command <http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/index.html> launched another major effort against railway yards and coastal batteries in France. 900 aircraft attacked marshalling yards in Boulogne, Orleans, Amiens, Tours and Le Mans, as well as gun positions at Merville and Le Clipon and a radar station at Mont Couple. Seven aircraft failed to return. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005

On this day...... 20 May *1216:* Prince Louis, the Dauphin of France, landed in Kent to assist English rebels, and quickly took Sandwich. *1339:* A French and mercenary Genoese fleet attacked English merchant shipping in Plymouth Sound, then landed on the shore to raid the four small villages that made up the community of Plymouth at that time. However, word of their presence had reached the elderly Earl of Devon, Hugh Courtenay, who force-marched his militia to the Sound, arriving just as the French and Italians were firing the villages. A bloody fight ensued, with the raiders finally driven back to their ships. *1756:* Rear Admiral Byng, who had been belatedly dispatched with a fleet to relieve the besieged British garrison on Minorca, engaged the French fleet under de la Galissonniere off Port Mahon. The action was indecisive and Byng decided to withdraw to Gibraltar with some of his ships having suffered serious damage. Minorca subsequently fell, and Byng was tried by court martial and executed the following spring on 14 March. *1858:* During the Second China War, British and French ships bombarded the Taku Forts at the mouth of the Peiho River, forcing them to surrender. *1900:* During an action with Boers, Lance Corporal Mackay of the Gordon Highlanders repeatedly braved enemy fire to tend wounded men lying in the open. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. *1915:* Lieutenant Commander Nasmith took the submarine HMS /E-11/ through the extremely dangerous Dardanelles Straits and began a devastatingly successful patrol in the Sea of Marmora against Turkish shipping supporting the Gallipoli campaign. His exploits won him the Victoria Cross. *1941:* Following the fall of mainland Greece, the Germans launched their largest ever airborne operation in an effort to seize Crete - Operation /Merkur/. The operation opened with heavy air attacks, followed by the paratroopers and gliders of the German 7th Parachute Division aiming to secure airfields at Maleme and the beach at Canea. A second wave headed for the airfields at Retimo and Heraklion. The paratroopers suffered very heavy casualties from the defending Greek, New Zealand and British troops; the German divisional commander was killed and his deputy was seriously wounded. The fighting hung in the balance for a few days, as the Royal Navy caught and sank ships carrying German Mountain troops to the island. But eventually Maleme airfield fell and the Germans were able to fly in reinforcements. General Freyberg conceded defeat on 28 May and Allied forces retreated to the south coast for evacuation by the Royal Navy. Sergeant Hulme of the New Zealand Canterbury Regiment was awarded the Victoria Cross for repeated acts of gallantry during the week-long fighting, including stalking and eliminating no less than eight enemy snipers. Following their losses on Crete, German forces never again mounted a major airborne attack. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005

Long time ago since Southern was there Len, it became Meridian a while ago and now they have moved further east of the city, and the cinema is being demolished to make room for more housing. Don't forget SUE the Panda either!! The only one that spoke! Chris Len Payne wrote: >And then there was Harry Corbett with "Sooty", the bus could never go past >Southern Television (the old Plaza, oh! the memories of the Plaza), but that >is another story...as I was saying before I interrupted myself, on a bus >going past Southern Television in the late 50's early 60's with my little >nippers Frick and Frack, howling because Sooty lived there and I could not >take them in to see him........Len > > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >To contact the List Administrator: [email protected] >To unsubscribe from the list: >Mail: [email protected] >Digest: [email protected] >In both cases put "unsubscribe" in the subject header and no text in the message box > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005

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Just a wee bit before my time Brian! It was me that saved Britain from the Germans, Hitler saw me coming and gave up three months before I arrived!! :-) Chris Brian Cave wrote: > Funny how one remembers these things Chris - probably never thought > about them in umpteen years, but something jogs the memory and it all > comes flooding back. > > Talk in the news recently about making yobs wear a 'uniform' of boiler > suits - during the war they were called 'Siren Suits' and were very > popular as I'm sure you will recall. Probably the first time women > were allowed to wear trousers 'out' so to speak. > > Brian > > */Chris & Caroline <[email protected]>/* wrote: > > My mother died in 1986 and right up to then she was "turning the > collars" on Dads shirts, his shirts lasted him years through > having this > done. As soon as the collar was worn or badly stained out would > come the > scissors needle and white cotton. She used to darn all the socks, and > never once saw her use a toadstool only her hand. My gran had one > though. My aunt who is 96 still sends me a dozen white hankies each > Christmas, she makes them out of cotton sheets that are worn > out!!! And > they last three times as long as the ones you buy in the shops > nowadays, > even through boiling! > Chris > > > > Brian Cave wrote: > > >Ernest wrote: > >"I've got 4 pairs of socks need darning and countless shirts with > buttons missing." > > > >Now there's a wartime memory jogged too - I bet you can't even > get a darning toadstool nowadays - I remember mum 'turning shirt > collars' too, and sheets cut in half and 'turned' by sewing the > outter edges to the centre - the only material you could buy was > 'blackout material' Do you remember the 'utility' trademark in > clothing? > > > >Brian > > > > > > > >Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E > > > >Incoming mail is certified virus free > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) > >Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005 > > > > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >Visit Where your ancestors lived..... > >SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > > > >============================== > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date: > 19/05/2005 > > > > Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E > > Incoming mail is certified virus free > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) > Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date: 19/05/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date: 19/05/2005

Cannot remember them David but can remember the little plastic stiffeners you slid into the ends of the collars to keep them straight. And even in the army back in the 60s and 70s we had Shirts Khaki Cotton with separate collars and even a collar stud issued to put them on with, a cheap little plastic one!! Can always remember my grandfather with his white collarless shirt and black waistcoat, his trousers tied just below the knee with string!! He only wore the collars on Sundays to church, or funerals, weddings etc, even went to his local collarless!! Chris DAVID PARKER wrote: > Now I admit that this was post-war, but do you remember white >plastic detached collars? I was introduced to them by some of my Tiffy >friends. You could buy them in the shop next to the Embassy. A wonderful >idea, which eliminated starching and turning and could be cleaned in a >couple of minutes, but they easily stained > >David > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brian Cave" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 1:56 PM >Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Re: WW2 Spiv & Tizer > > > > >>Ernest <[email protected]> wrote: >>"I've got 4 pairs of socks need darning and countless shirts with buttons >> >> >missing." > > >>Now there's a wartime memory jogged too - I bet you can't even get a >> >> >darning toadstool nowadays - I remember mum 'turning shirt collars' too, and >sheets cut in half and 'turned' by sewing the outter edges to the centre - >the only material you could buy was 'blackout material' Do you remember the >'utility' trademark in clothing? > > >>Brian >> >> >> >>Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E >> >>Incoming mail is certified virus free >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) >>Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005 >> >> >>==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >>Visit Where your ancestors lived..... >>SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages >> >>============================== >>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 > > > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >This is YOUR list so please treat it the way you wish yourself treated. >Remember: "FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION" It comes bundled with the software! > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date: 19/05/2005

My mother died in 1986 and right up to then she was "turning the collars" on Dads shirts, his shirts lasted him years through having this done. As soon as the collar was worn or badly stained out would come the scissors needle and white cotton. She used to darn all the socks, and never once saw her use a toadstool only her hand. My gran had one though. My aunt who is 96 still sends me a dozen white hankies each Christmas, she makes them out of cotton sheets that are worn out!!! And they last three times as long as the ones you buy in the shops nowadays, even through boiling! Chris Brian Cave wrote: >Ernest <[email protected]> wrote: >"I've got 4 pairs of socks need darning and countless shirts with buttons missing." > >Now there's a wartime memory jogged too - I bet you can't even get a darning toadstool nowadays - I remember mum 'turning shirt collars' too, and sheets cut in half and 'turned' by sewing the outter edges to the centre - the only material you could buy was 'blackout material' Do you remember the 'utility' trademark in clothing? > >Brian > > > >Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E > >Incoming mail is certified virus free >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) >Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005 > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Visit Where your ancestors lived..... >SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > >============================== >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 > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date: 19/05/2005

Hi all, Not sure if the message below got through so I am resending it. 1841 census of East Meon and surrounding areas now on my site at:- http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/eastmeon/index.htm colin

Hi Folks About a week ago I uploaded the Steep marriages and forgot to post the fact, sorry about that, it might be something to do with all the preparations for our 46th wedding anniversary on the 23rd and our eldest grandsons 21st birthday on the 29th that is consuming my thoughts this week. They are to be found at my website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~buriton/index.html Also haven't mentioned before that my site has been nominated for a Golden Web Award and also Chris and Caroline from Hampshire Life very kindly presented me with a " British Built website Award" of which I am very proud, although having lived in Australia most of my life, I, and my ancestors are very British, and most from Hampshire. Good luck all Lesley

Ernest <[email protected]> wrote: "I've got 4 pairs of socks need darning and countless shirts with buttons missing." Now there's a wartime memory jogged too - I bet you can't even get a darning toadstool nowadays - I remember mum 'turning shirt collars' too, and sheets cut in half and 'turned' by sewing the outter edges to the centre - the only material you could buy was 'blackout material' Do you remember the 'utility' trademark in clothing? Brian Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E Incoming mail is certified virus free Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005

On 20 May 2005, at 00:11, Chris & Caroline wrote: > Like the one over here Ben "I bulieve" or something, you take it so > you believe the pain goes!! Keep your eyes open for anyone selling round tuits. I've got 4 pairs of socks need darning and countless shirts with buttons missing. Margaret says she'll fix 'em when she gets a round tuit. I didn't even know that they made square ones! Ernie Bull Bristol

And then there was Harry Corbett with "Sooty", the bus could never go past Southern Television (the old Plaza, oh! the memories of the Plaza), but that is another story...as I was saying before I interrupted myself, on a bus going past Southern Television in the late 50's early 60's with my little nippers Frick and Frack, howling because Sooty lived there and I could not take them in to see him........Len

Now I admit that this was post-war, but do you remember white plastic detached collars? I was introduced to them by some of my Tiffy friends. You could buy them in the shop next to the Embassy. A wonderful idea, which eliminated starching and turning and could be cleaned in a couple of minutes, but they easily stained David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Cave" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Re: WW2 Spiv & Tizer > Ernest <[email protected]> wrote: > "I've got 4 pairs of socks need darning and countless shirts with buttons missing." > > Now there's a wartime memory jogged too - I bet you can't even get a darning toadstool nowadays - I remember mum 'turning shirt collars' too, and sheets cut in half and 'turned' by sewing the outter edges to the centre - the only material you could buy was 'blackout material' Do you remember the 'utility' trademark in clothing? > > Brian > > > > Lat. 50:45:38N Long. 0:16:34E > > Incoming mail is certified virus free > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) > Version 7.0.308 Virus database 266.11.13 - Release date: 19/05/2005 > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Visit Where your ancestors lived..... > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > > ============================== > 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 >

I don't think that anyone has mentioned "Toy Town" starring Larry the Lamb (played by Dennis McCulloch aka Uncle Mac), Dennis the Dog, Mr Growser, Mr. Mayor (by Felix Felton), P.C. Ernest (by Peter Claughton) and Mr. Witherspoon. Dennis was a Dachshund. Did they change his name from Dennis the Dachshund to Dennis the Dog ? David Good night children everywhere

Summer is upon us, and I won't be at the house much. Trailer living is my summer goal Thank you Linda Essex County, Ontario,Canada -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.11 - Release Date: 5/16/2005