FLASH news - the brilliant Brownlee Brothers, Alastair and Jonny, have done it !!! Alastair wins the gold medal in the triathlon and Jonny gets the bronze (despite having to serve a 15-second penalty stop). One commentator said this morning that if Yorkshire was a county we'd be in 10th place overall in the medals table. Apologies to our non-UK listers for the none-genealogy news, who may not be quite so interested, but this is fantastic news for all of us here who have been loving Team GB's - and especially Yorkshire's - success. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE
I was amused when I saw the news items about the number of winners from Yorkshire because a couple of days ago one of the Scottish papers was going on about how many winners were from Scotland with the implication that a Scottish team would do equally well but ignoring that many of them train in England with facilities that might not be available to them if they were independent. I don't think the Yorkshire press has gone that far (yet). Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of roy.stockdill@btinternet.com Sent: 07 August 2012 13:25 To: YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! FLASH news - the brilliant Brownlee Brothers, Alastair and Jonny, have done it !!! Alastair wins the gold medal in the triathlon and Jonny gets the bronze (despite having to serve a 15-second penalty stop). One commentator said this morning that if Yorkshire was a county we'd be in 10th place overall in the medals table. Apologies to our non-UK listers for the none-genealogy news, who may not be quite so interested, but this is fantastic news for all of us here who have been loving Team GB's - and especially Yorkshire's - success. -- Roy Stockdill
On the contrary, Roy - I was barracking for the Brownlees, and for the Poms in whatever events they have so brilliantly won. It is a lovely thing to see you all so proud, and the home ground advantage has surely lifted many of your athletes to that further dimension. Good on you all! Patsy Melbourne -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of roy.stockdill@btinternet.com Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012 10:25 PM To: YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! FLASH news - the brilliant Brownlee Brothers, Alastair and Jonny, have done it !!! Alastair wins the gold medal in the triathlon and Jonny gets the bronze (despite having to serve a 15-second penalty stop). One commentator said this morning that if Yorkshire was a county we'd be in 10th place overall in the medals table. Apologies to our non-UK listers for the none-genealogy news, who may not be quite so interested, but this is fantastic news for all of us here who have been loving Team GB's - and especially Yorkshire's - success. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Well Roy, I believe you no longer live in Yorkshire but still celebrate the Yorkshire athletes achievements, and so do we who have been exiled to the colonies. Yorkshire blood runs in all "Yorksgen" veins, even though some is more diluted than others. Pam from Australia, which has many less medals than Yorkshire. ----- Original Message ----- From: <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: <YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:25 PM Subject: [YORKSGEN] More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! > FLASH news - the brilliant Brownlee Brothers, Alastair and Jonny, have > done it !!! > > Alastair wins the gold medal in the triathlon and Jonny gets the bronze > (despite having to > serve a 15-second penalty stop). > > One commentator said this morning that if Yorkshire was a county we'd be > in 10th place > overall in the medals table. > > Apologies to our non-UK listers for the none-genealogy news, who may not > be quite so > interested, but this is fantastic news for all of us here who have been > loving Team GB's - and > especially Yorkshire's - success. > > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >