In message <001c01c46d5f$92786160$0200a8c0@bob>, John Barton <bartonlander@free.net.nz> writes >Whilst on heraldry, apparently what most people call a star is actually a >mullet. So the Star-spangled Banner should be the mullet-spangled banner. Doesn't have quite the same ring, does it? >ot that my family has arms- we fell on hard times in the 18th century, when >Bartholomew Barton lost his fortune at Walton-on-the-Naze. He owned 600-acre >Horsey Island off the east coast, but the sea broke in and flooded it This sort of inundation is happening now, from time to time, and is currently blamed on global warming (rather than the Ebglish climate). Just shows, doesn't it? And there was precious little insurance, other than against fire loss. >permanently. >I'd be interested if there is a history of this island, try Google - should be > which I think has >only one house. Also re Vauxhall 'cars; are they pronounced 'Vokesel' or >'Vohsle'? Vox 'all -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society