Thanks Chris, Every week my Mother sent me to the St. Augustines church hall, on Holly Road, at Aldershot, to pay the Rechabite lady. Didn't know what it was, thought it was some kind of Insurance. My parents were definitely teetollers, in fact we were not allowed to have playing cards, and my Mother always said to stay away from women who smoked or wore red dresses as they were prostitutes. Isn't that funny, but just to be on the safe side I have never learned to play cards, smoke or wear red dresses. As they say, you can't be too careful, LOL !!! Cheers, Pam, an Aldershot, Hants gal in Arizona. always looking for - ROGERS - REEVES - MALT - CROOK - Hampshire. RENNEY - County Durham or ???

Forgot to add that was from Nuttals Dictionary published in 1929!! This is probably the original meaning, then taken on as a friendly society Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pmc248@cs.com> To: <chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk>; <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:56 PM Subject: Re: Rechabites or Reckabites --- Insurance ..definetly not!! Thanks Chris, Every week my Mother sent me to the St. Augustines church hall, on Holly Road, at Aldershot, to pay the Rechabite lady. Didn't know what it was, thought it was some kind of Insurance. My parents were definitely teetollers, in fact we were not allowed to have playing cards, and my Mother always said to stay away from women who smoked or wore red dresses as they were prostitutes. Isn't that funny, but just to be on the safe side I have never learned to play cards, smoke or wear red dresses. As they say, you can't be too careful, LOL !!! Cheers, Pam, an Aldershot, Hants gal in Arizona. always looking for - ROGERS - REEVES - MALT - CROOK - Hampshire. RENNEY - County Durham or ??? --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.486 / Virus Database: 284 - Release Date: 29/05/2003