What a shame for a life to be cut so short. I have had an unhappy week. Several friends are seriously ill with cancer and not much hope for recovery. Also an elderly cousin died last week. Although death comes sooner or later it does not change the pain of losing someone you care for. Jean in NS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion" <mm@mmaychell.freeserve.co.uk> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] replying > This morning dear hubby says "how about we go see if those digital > cameras you liked are in the MAKRO sale" then we looked out the window > LOL so no camera to take any pics:-( > > Thanks heavens no one was hurt when the roof collapsed, makes you > realise how dangerous life can be. > > Their was a local tragedy here on Friday when a 21yr old young man was > killed at work, he was dragged into a vertical boring machine. > His family are devastated, I don't know them but my husband and son > knew the lad . > > TTFN > Marion > just read my mail and hope I haven depressed you all :-( > > <<<<<We too have more snow. It is hard to see the road when backing > out the > driveway. I am planning to take a picture soon. Yesterday the roof of > a > skating arena here collapsed. It had 3 feet of snow on the roof. The > arena > staff had not been able to clean it off because of bad weather. > Fortunately > no one was hurt although there were 100 people in the rink at the > time - > including two hockey teams playing a game. > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > The aims of this list are to create a comradeship of Northerners and those descendent from Northerners which can be beneficial to tracing the family history of the region. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.227 / Virus Database: 109 - Release Date: 1/17/01