In a message dated 23/07/2012 09:30:32 GMT Daylight Time, kessie3@online.de writes: When I asked my mother what a "High Tea" was she told me it's when you stand up and eat your tea off the shelf...... (mining humour...all her family were miners).Rita in Germany Hi, I never heard that one but it is definitely right, that the miners always kept the best filled tables. We didn't always sit on proper chairs but anything even a box was acceptable, JUDY ELKINGTON [North Derbyshire] www.elkingtonfamily.com Elkington@rootsweb.com www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html