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Originally Posted by Butterfly_mj7

Nice to hear about the job cassmum.. wonderful news.. I am happy for you

How has everyone been today??
I tried on the Victorian blouse and vest I got in the mail yesterday.

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LarkRiser: my aunt loves to trace ancestors and family roots..She does the whole genealogy and has studied it at university for fun. She is an OR nurse.She found out that we do have family in the US, Canada, but unfortunately not in England.. I met a fourth cousin in 2010, she lives in the Madison area... My aunt and I took her and her husband on a road trip, to see where our ancestors are from..

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[Kapellmeister]

Exciting!

[Butterfly_mj7]

I meant Spud: congrats about the job.

cassmum, glad to see you are back with us again )


Good morning, everyone..
I am up early this morning, going to a fair.. I will buy a few books, I am certain of it..

take care.. talk soon...

[Schnuki]

Be still my beating heart!!!!! What are you doing to me LR, early passion from our Dorcas and Timothy. Reading the bit about the two of them under the oak tree reminded me of looking out at the ones at Chavenage.

Keep the story coming, that's all I can say!!

Hope everyone is OK? Lovely morning here, but cold. At least it's not raining. I'm enjoying all the ancestroy tracing. I've promised my dad we'll carry on with his. On my Nan's side, we've got back to the beginning of the 1800's. Good old hard working mill stock so far, but that's only on my Grandad's side. I might come up a bit stuck on my Nan's side as one line comes from Northern Ireland and I know that records in Ireland can be hard to find due to lots being lost and destroyed, so not holding out much hope after about the 1840's on that side.

As for my mum's side, with my mum being Austrian, my Oma started to look into their side many years ago and got back to French Aristocracy. We had a bit of good look with my Opa's side though. As he was a pilot in the airforce, they had to keep a log of all next of kin etc, and when we looked at some old documents my Oma had after she died, one of the books contains his family tree back to the mid 1700's. Glad we found that as I wouldn't know where to start with the European side to be honest.

Just read in the paper that Maggie Smith hasn't renewed her contract for a possible 4th series of DA. Neither at this stage has Dan Stevens. Don't panic yet LR!! Julian Fellowes is working on an ending for her if that's the case. The fantastic one liners will be no more.

[Schnuki]

Originally Posted by Butterfly_mj7

I meant Spud: congrats about the job.

cassmum, glad to see you are back with us again )


Good morning, everyone..
I am up early this morning, going to a fair.. I will buy a few books, I am certain of it..

take care.. talk soon...

Loved the waistcoat, I really do like that. I'm quite partial to waistcoats, but they are so expensive. Why??? They don't even have any sleeves. Have a good day at the fair.

Well I'm off to buy a new television for my bedroom. Thought I could do without one, but I'm getting fed up of dropping off on the couch and waking up in the early hours with the tele still on. No good at all.

Catch you all later!!

[LarkRiser]

Wow, a new thread already!! Always makes me sad to say goodbye to an old thread.

Originally Posted by Schnuki

Be still my beating heart!!!!! What are you doing to me LR, early passion from our Dorcas and Timothy. Reading the bit about the two of them under the oak tree reminded me of looking out at the ones at Chavenage.

Keep the story coming, that's all I can say!!

LOL!! Well, you could tell from the looks and what was said in the TV show that Dorcas and Timothy shared quite a passion in their young years together. Thought it needed a bit more fleshing out. Don't worry, lots more story coming. I wrote a bunch yesterday--the entire 3rd chapter--but it's not quite finished yet. Hopefully, I will have it ready later tonight for you to read tomorrow.

Hope everyone is OK? Lovely morning here, but cold. At least it's not raining. I'm enjoying all the ancestroy tracing. I've promised my dad we'll carry on with his. On my Nan's side, we've got back to the beginning of the 1800's. Good old hard working mill stock so far, but that's only on my Grandad's side. I might come up a bit stuck on my Nan's side as one line comes from Northern Ireland and I know that records in Ireland can be hard to find due to lots being lost and destroyed, so not holding out much hope after about the 1840's on that side.

As for my mum's side, with my mum being Austrian, my Oma started to look into their side many years ago and got back to French Aristocracy. We had a bit of good look with my Opa's side though. As he was a pilot in the airforce, they had to keep a log of all next of kin etc, and when we looked at some old documents my Oma had after she died, one of the books contains his family tree back to the mid 1700's. Glad we found that as I wouldn't know where to start with the European side to be honest.

Wow! How fun that we are all trying to trace our ancestry! What a lucky break to find your Opa's family tree dating to the 1700's! I keep hitting walls with my family. Such poor records were kept pre-1800's in the U.S.

Just read in the paper that Maggie Smith hasn't renewed her contract for a possible 4th series of DA. Neither at this stage has Dan Stevens. Don't panic yet LR!! Julian Fellowes is working on an ending for her if that's the case. The fantastic one liners will be no more.

Yes, I saw that on Tumblr's DA site. The executive producer did let it slip that a major cast member was going to die in series 3 so now we know it will be the Dowager. Such a shame to lose her--she had the best and funniest lines! I'm still nervous about Dan not signing his contract as well. Looks like they'll have to write him out, too. If that is the case then I hope they just end the show after series 3 airs.

Have a lovely Sunday, everyone! I'm just going to sit here and get a little more writing done before I have to meet the folks for lunch.

[RainbowsEnd]

Butterfly - loving your outfit! You will look well good in it!

Spud - great news! Fingers crossed for an extension of your job. They must have been very pleased with you - and why not!

Cassmum - good to hear from you. Dont mean to be insensitive at all but would it be therapeutic to write an AC story now? In memory and honour of her.

IC - oh I do so admire your endless energy. I have spent all day putting off several jobs that seriously need to be done here. It winds me up that they are'nt done but all due to my procrastination.

LR - keep scribbling away - your fan base awaits!

Schnuki - great to hear from you. Hope you got your tv sorted. I got a very nice Toshiba tv for my bedroom a couple of weeks ago. So much more comfy waking in the night and all you have to do is grab the remote control, switch off and roll over back to sleep.

Hope everyone is keeping well and enjoying the weekend. Last part of Titanic tonight - hope it draws the three previous episodes together otherwise that would be a waste of 4 hrs of my life!

[Spud01]

Originally Posted by RainbowsEnd

Butterfly - loving your outfit! You will look well good in it!

Spud - great news! Fingers crossed for an extension of your job. They must have been very pleased with you - and why not!

Cassmum - good to hear from you. Dont mean to be insensitive at all but would it be therapeutic to write an AC story now? In memory and honour of her.

IC - oh I do so admire your endless energy. I have spent all day putting off several jobs that seriously need to be done here. It winds me up that they are'nt done but all due to my procrastination.

LR - keep scribbling away - your fan base awaits!

Schnuki - great to hear from you. Hope you got your tv sorted. I got a very nice Toshiba tv for my bedroom a couple of weeks ago. So much more comfy waking in the night and all you have to do is grab the remote control, switch off and roll over back to sleep.

Hope everyone is keeping well and enjoying the weekend. Last part of Titanic tonight - hope it draws the three previous episodes together otherwise that would be a waste of 4 hrs of my life!

Good afternoon everyone ..... I have spent a very fraught weekend trying to amend my email address on my internet banking account ... I had to call one of them ... oh dear Lord it was like pushing water uphill .....

LarkRiser .. I have followed your advice and have now written them down ....

I tell you this country is nuts ... as I had 3 days work I had to sign off job seekers allowance and as I am not sure about when the new job is starting (nothing has been confirmed) I contacted the job centre ... only to be told that I have to go back and do another 60 min interview .... eek I said to her but I only signed off as I had 3 days work ... you think they would freeze it for 3 days rather than having to through the whole process from the start again ... what a complete waste of their time and money ... I tell you it is no wonder folk stay on benefit .. they certainly don't make it easy ... so tomorrow at 0900 armed with passport and driving licence I will be at the job centre with all the other folk ....

Am getting fed up of watching tv in black and white in the bedroom .. am hoping that the retuning on Wed may work it out but I think not ...

Off to watch footie now ....

Oh yes am so upset if Dame Maggie leaves Downton ... she is the lynch pin but good on her wanting to do stage work .. at her age that is admirable

[RainbowsEnd]

Originally Posted by Spud01

Good afternoon everyone ..... I have spent a very fraught weekend trying to amend my email address on my internet banking account ... I had to call one of them ... oh dear Lord it was like pushing water uphill .....

LarkRiser .. I have followed your advice and have now written them down ....

I tell you this country is nuts ... as I had 3 days work I had to sign off job seekers allowance and as I am not sure about when the new job is starting (nothing has been confirmed) I contacted the job centre ... only to be told that I have to go back and do another 60 min interview .... eek I said to her but I only signed off as I had 3 days work ... you think they would freeze it for 3 days rather than having to through the whole process from the start again ... what a complete waste of their time and money ... I tell you it is no wonder folk stay on benefit .. they certainly don't make it easy ... so tomorrow at 0900 armed with passport and driving licence I will be at the job centre with all the other folk ....

Am getting fed up of watching tv in black and white in the bedroom .. am hoping that the retuning on Wed may work it out but I think not ...

Off to watch footie now ....

Oh yes am so upset if Dame Maggie leaves Downton ... she is the lynch pin but good on her wanting to do stage work .. at her age that is admirable

I love that expression 'pushing water uphill'. Gotta remember it!

Crazy Crazy about the Job Centre! All the man hours and admin needed just to sign you off for 3 days and then on again! As you say no wonder why people dont bother. Not exactly encouraging are they.

Oh please dont say our tvs wont magically repair themselves on the 18th...

Maybe Dame Maggie has become a bit despondent over the poor reviews of DA2 and also Titanic and would rather just finish off on a high? Will miss her LOADS though.

[LarkRiser]

Originally Posted by RainbowsEnd

I love that expression 'pushing water uphill'. Gotta remember it!

Crazy Crazy about the Job Centre! All the man hours and admin needed just to sign you off for 3 days and then on again! As you say no wonder why people dont bother. Not exactly encouraging are they.

Oh please dont say our tvs wont magically repair themselves on the 18th...

Maybe Dame Maggie has become a bit despondent over the poor reviews of DA2 and also Titanic and would rather just finish off on a high? Will miss her LOADS though.

Yes, that is really crazy about the job centre taking you off benefits just because you got three day of TEMPORARY work! What a way to run a railroad.

The executive producer of DA was also saying that Dame Maggie is quite difficult to work with and knows what she's worth. I wonder if there was a falling out and DM just decided to blow off the show? I sure will miss her.

Typing away like crazy on the story. It's a LONG scene!

[Schnuki]

Originally Posted by LarkRiser

Yes, I saw that on Tumblr's DA site. The executive producer did let it slip that a major cast member was going to die in series 3 so now we know it will be the Dowager. Such a shame to lose her--she had the best and funniest lines! I'm still nervous about Dan not signing his contract as well. Looks like they'll have to write him out, too. If that is the case then I hope they just end the show after series 3 airs.

Well they did say she may succumb to an illness. Not sure if there was another epidemic around or whether it's just a bit of a cough that's see's her off. We'll just have to wait.

Well I've spent a really lazy day today. Got my tele this morning, just need to twist my dads and my brother-in-laws arm for them to put the wall bracket up for me. Anyway with that done, I settled down to watch two films I just adore. Magnificent Obsession and All That Heaven Allows. Lovely to just sit and while away a couple of hours. They don't make films like that anymore, ah well. Those were the days of romance (sigh...)

[Schnuki]

Originally Posted by RainbowsEnd

Schnuki - great to hear from you. Hope you got your tv sorted. I got a very nice Toshiba tv for my bedroom a couple of weeks ago. So much more comfy waking in the night and all you have to do is grab the remote control, switch off and roll over back to sleep.

Hope everyone is keeping well and enjoying the weekend. Last part of Titanic tonight - hope it draws the three previous episodes together otherwise that would be a waste of 4 hrs of my life!

Tele all got and still in box as I write. Had to take my two nieces with me though when I bought it as my sister was doing an assignment for uni and her husband had been called into work unexpectedly, so I, as the dutiful and doting aunt that I am said I'd pick them up from his work. He had thought he'd only be an hour, but that was wishful thinking on his part. Anyway, nipped to Tesco as the tele I'd seen was on offer. Only thing I hadn't figured on was the size of the tele and having two children in the car. I hadn't planned that one well at all.

Two of the salesmen came out of the storeroom and the youngest (6 year old) piped up "Aunty Christine, that tele won't fit in the car with us in as well". The boxes are always a lot bigger!!! The first chap was pushing a big 40+inch tv out in front of mine. I had to tell her that mine was the rather smaller tele at the back and even though it might be a squeeze, it WOULD fit, just. Even if she had to sit with her legs crossed, I wasn't leaving it now I'd geared myself up for it. Can somebody remind me that my next car must have a back seat that splits in two!!!! It would've made my life a lot eaiser this afternoon. It only just fit with an inch on either side.

I've been watching all the Titanic programmes this past week. It's amazing what new stuff I found out. I'm taping tonights, so will look forward to that tomorrow.

[LarkRiser]

Originally Posted by Schnuki

Tele all got and still in box as I write. Had to take my two nieces with me though when I bought it as my sister was doing an assignment for uni and her husband had been called into work unexpectedly, so I, as the dutiful and doting aunt that I am said I'd pick them up from his work. He had thought he'd only be an hour, but that was wishful thinking on his part. Anyway, nipped to Tesco as the tele I'd seen was on offer. Only thing I hadn't figured on was the size of the tele and having two children in the car. I hadn't planned that one well at all.

Two of the salesmen came out of the storeroom and the youngest (6 year old) piped up "Aunty Christine, that tele won't fit in the car with us in as well". The boxes are always a lot bigger!!! The first chap was pushing a big 40+inch tv out in front of mine. I had to tell her that mine was the rather smaller tele at the back and even though it might be a squeeze, it WOULD fit, just. Even if she had to sit with her legs crossed, I wasn't leaving it now I'd geared myself up for it. Can somebody remind me that my next car must have a back seat that splits in two!!!! It would've made my life a lot eaiser this afternoon. It only just fit with an inch on either side.

I've been watching all the Titanic programmes this past week. It's amazing what new stuff I found out. I'm taping tonights, so will look forward to that tomorrow.

LOL!! I understand what you were going through. I sure miss my little Ford pickup truck! I can't fit anything in my Honda!
Would love to get a big-screen TV but a certain country keeps wooing me with its siren song and all my money is saved to go there. Probably by the time I get around to buying one they will be dirt cheap!

[LarkRiser]

Originally Posted by Schnuki

Well I've spent a really lazy day today. Got my tele this morning, just need to twist my dads and my brother-in-laws arm for them to put the wall bracket up for me.

Wait a minute.....you're telling me Little -Miss-Fixes--It- Herself is waiting for men to come over and put a wall bracket up for her?????

[LarkRiser]

Chapter 3 of my story is now up: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7994384/1/

[LarkRiser]

Schnuki, Cassmum, did you read this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/...-villages.html

[Schnuki]

Originally Posted by LarkRiser

Wait a minute.....you're telling me Little -Miss-Fixes--It- Herself is waiting for men to come over and put a wall bracket up for her?????

Lol!! No little miss fix it needs another pair of hands to help lift the Tele onto the bracket. I suppose I could've set up a block an tackle (tee hee). There are some things that need a fella's strong arms.

[Schnuki]

Originally Posted by LarkRiser

Schnuki, Cassmum, did you read this? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/...-villages.html

Yes I did. How far does he want to throw his doll out of the pram. One rule for one and one for the rest of them.

[LarkRiser]

Originally Posted by Schnuki

Lol!! No little miss fix it needs another pair of hands to help lift the Tele onto the bracket. I suppose I could've set up a block an tackle (tee hee). There are some things that need a fella's strong arms.

LOL!! Just had to give ya a hard time....

[Idlecat]

Morning Larkies, nice new thread for a new week.
I'm catching up with TV this morning, I thought Titanic was an excellent episode last night, so pleased I never got sucked into the Titanic thread, I can't believe how many people hated it, I think they were watching a different show to me or perhaps they have attention spans of gnats. How enjoyable it was to have something meaty to get your teeth into. Everyone I know who loves history are more than happy with what we have watched but I think those who wanted scandal, glamour and happy endings were sorely disappointed.
Pity there isn't a sequel

Glad you have been back in the office again Spud, sorry it didn't last but it's all experience, your time will come. I was almost exactly your age when I decided to stop driving 50,000 miles a year and it took a couple of false starts before I found my teaching niche, it will be ok in the end. Stupid waste of time in the employment office though, that really does want sorting out!

Cassmum, glad you are ok and keeping busy, I miss your amazing tales of life at the yard with Bluebell and Cassie, maybe someday...

larkriser I've just read your most recent episode, whoa, the whole circus arena complete with fortune teller and reindeer - that reminded me of the moose which lopes across at the start of Northern Exposure.

I wonder what the gypsy was about to tell Dorcas when she fled?
I went to a clairvoyant ( before I got into the whole medium thing) about 25 years ago. Everyone had been raving about her but she told me that the one I was thinking of spending the rest of my life with was NOT the one and would lead to unhappiness.
She couldn't have been more wrong! Thank goodness for gut feelings.

Rainbow we'll do our best to meet up with Spud during your week off, I'm sure we can manage it somehow.

My Ancestry work is going from strength to strength, I have teamed up with another family member who has been researching the pianoforte makers for years, we both do very thorough research so we work well together. There are a lot of problems online with enthusiasts copying whole chunks of family records and adding them tenuously to their own which leads to a whole lot of problems - as I think has happened with your Beams LR.
I am planning a trip into Westminster tomorrow to their archives department to check up on removed gravestone records - they are well documented in London so I am hoping to find some more name connections, hopefully my old rellies had granite stones so the lettering would still be legible.
The other side of my family ( who were land workers and gardeners) only had common old stone which disintegrated.

Larkriser, sadly the titled side of my family is only by marriage and it is through the line of the father of one of my cousins.
The gent in question was a hosiery worker with a menial job but my father liked him very much , often having very intellectual convos about philosophy with him, he said more than once that he wondered where Harry got it from, He was a direct descendant through his father to the Earl of Ashby Robert de Esseby his 20th great grandfather and his father Phillip De Sasfrid ( Norman) b.1125.

I just have the Piano maker and the violin maker ( why can't I sing?)

I had a big carry on at the boot sale yesterday buying plants ( they are a fraction of the cost of the garden centres) I only had my little MX5 so you can imagine what it looked like. - A huge pot of blue iris (£4) on the floor well, a dozen ivy leaf geraniums , 6 fuschia, 2 tall scrambing plants 30 plants for hanging baskets - there wasn't a spare inch - I don't know how I changed gear. I would have loved a pick up truck! I always use the Ford with the back seats taken out anyway.

Very excited 2 days until my greenhouse arrives.
Sold some more stuff on eBay, my skis went and the boots, hair curling wands, straighteners, empty printer cartridges... yes they fetch good money- and lots more, all posted off.
This week I have put up lots of cut and pressed glass and some coloured venetian glassware which hasn't seen the light of day for years - I'd forgotten about most of it - and now I have 1 empty shed ( being demolished) and 1 nearly empty shed. JB has promised to build a potting solar shed with a bench...

I am getting together odd bits for the picnic, ( to wear). No-one wore anything elaborate last year, I think those of us who dressed up all wore home made things or like me- stuff from boot sales. I'm thinking of making a hat with feathers but definitely flat boots after the performance last time.
really looking forward to our LarkRise Sumer break and hope you can all take holiday that week. Looking forward to meeting our Lark Rise Butterfly too.
We will all have such fun.

Very surprised that you are not putting your own tv bracket up Schnuki, I was shocked when I saw what you had written. Borrowed your dad's tools maybe, what's up , have you broken an arm? Or maybe you missed him so much when you were away being independent that you need to show him, I bet that's nearer the truth.

[LarkRiser]

Originally Posted by Schnuki

Yes I did. How far does he want to throw his doll out of the pram. One rule for one and one for the rest of them.

This guy sounds like a real tool. I hear "baronet" and think of them as something from the past, forgetting that such titled people still exist and still think they can get away with whatever they darn well please. Hatt Farm is part of Neston Park's property--wonder what they are thinking about it?

[Idlecat]

Originally Posted by Schnuki

Lol!! No little miss fix it needs another pair of hands to help lift the Tele onto the bracket. I suppose I could've set up a block an tackle (tee hee). There are some things that need a fella's strong arms.

Oh you posted whilst I was writing, I couldn't figure out a way to quote from the last thread so it was a long one.
I understand. JB has always managed to do these 2 people jobs on his own and he does rig up a block and tackle occasionally, you should have seen the bracket thing he invented to fit on the 2 ladders which we used to erect the sun canopy last year. He always says " but I'm an engineer".

[Idlecat]

Originally Posted by LarkRiser

This guy sounds like a real tool. I hear "baronet" and think of them as something from the past, forgetting that such titled people still exist and still think they can get away with whatever they darn well please. Hatt Farm is part of Neston Park's property--wonder what they are thinking about it?

Is it? I thought they were talking about the place where they filmed Candleford where the Golden lion was. I had no idea that Hatt farm was part of the same estate.

The English aristocracy is, unfortunately still driven by the class system and the do what I say not what I do idiom is still alive and well.
Royalty and the aristocracy is imo on the whole populated by a load of wazzocks.( great word there) In breeding has a lot to answer for. I have no time for them!

[LarkRiser]

Originally Posted by Idlecat

I'm catching up with TV this morning, I thought Titanic was an excellent episode last night, so pleased I never got sucked into the Titanic thread, I can't believe how many people hated it, I think they were watching a different show to me or perhaps they have attention spans of gnats.

It is amazing how people see things so differently than we do, isn't it? I had to get off the DA threads because the people there were definitely watching a different show than I was watching! I will have to check out Titanic when I get a chance.

larkriser I've just read your most recent episode, whoa, the whole circus arena complete with fortune teller and reindeer - that reminded me of the moose which lopes across at the start of Northern Exposure.

I wonder what the gypsy was about to tell Dorcas when she fled?

LOL! That's funny that you thought of Northern Exposure because I was thinking of Morty (the moose in the opening credits of Northern Exposure) when I wrote it. NE was one of my favourite shows ever.

As for what the gypsy was going to tell Dorcas before she fled...Dorcas should have stayed for Madame Zelda was going to reassure her that although her young man was going to marry another he would one day come back to her and that she much have patience. But Dorcas has had these fears of Timothy leaving her behind in the back of her mind already, and hearing the gypsy reinforce those fears was too much for her and she fled.

I went to a clairvoyant ( before I got into the whole medium thing) about 25 years ago. Everyone had been raving about her but she told me that the one I was thinking of spending the rest of my life with was NOT the one and would lead to unhappiness.
She couldn't have been more wrong! Thank goodness for gut feelings.

I have been to two, one of which was a famous one, Chip Coffey, and neither told me anything at all accurate. I actually do better reading Tarot cards for people! Maybe I should change careers.... Oooh, that reminds me to put my Tarot cards with my stuff going to England. Might be fun to give you guys readings while were staying at Lodge Farm!

There are a lot of problems online with enthusiasts copying whole chunks of family records and adding them tenuously to their own which leads to a whole lot of problems - as I think has happened with your Beams LR.

Yes indeed. I think they see a name and think "oh, that has to be my relative!" then don't go the extra steps to see that it is an entirely different family tree. My aunt did that--saw the Philadelphia Beams and ran with it. They were not in my family line.

I am planning a trip into Westminster tomorrow to their archives department to check up on removed gravestone records - they are well documented in London so I am hoping to find some more name connections, hopefully my old rellies had granite stones so the lettering would still be legible.
The other side of my family ( who were land workers and gardeners) only had common old stone which disintegrated.

Wow, how often did they remove gravestones??? Do they dig up bodies after so many years to make room for new ones??

Larkriser, sadly the titled side of my family is only by marriage and it is through the line of the father of one of my cousins.

Awww, rats.

Very excited 2 days until my greenhouse arrives.
Sold some more stuff on eBay, my skis went and the boots, hair curling wands, straighteners, empty printer cartridges... yes they fetch good money- and lots more, all posted off.

You are an eBay wonder, IC!! You definitely have the magic touch. I put some good stuff up and either get no bids or lousy ones. I have original, vintage Star Wars toys to sell and so far they aren't bringing much at all. Must be the lousy economy here. Not really worth the trouble of listing them anymore.

I am getting together odd bits for the picnic, ( to wear). No-one wore anything elaborate last year, I think those of us who dressed up all wore home made things or like me- stuff from boot sales. I'm thinking of making a hat with feathers but definitely flat boots after the performance last time.

I don't have anything Victorian to wear--I'm lucky to find anything modern to wear these days! I might wear a regular summer dress, though. Finally found one that fits me!

[LarkRiser]

Originally Posted by Idlecat

Is it? I thought they were talking about the place where they filmed Candleford where the Golden lion was. I had no idea that Hatt farm was part of the same estate.

Yes, there are speaking of Neston Park, where the Candleford sets were, but it's just down the road from Hatt Farm. I had asked the Popes if they owned Hatt Farm and they said no, they've rented it for the last 30 odd years as it was part of the Neston estate. Although I could have misunderstood them. But the roads they are speaking of as being impacted are all in that area where we were.

The English aristocracy is, unfortunately still driven by the class system and the do what I say not what I do idiom is still alive and well.
Royalty and the aristocracy is imo on the whole populated by a load of wazzocks.( great word there) In breeding has a lot to answer for. I have no time for them!

I wonder if the baronet of Neston owns all the property where these roads/houses are being impacted? If so, I guess he has a right to do whatever he wants on his land. If not, it was the planning commissions fault for approving his selfish request in the first place. It's funny, when I was there and was told that the public wasn't allowed on the property ever to see the Candleford sets, my first thought was, 'these people sound like they are not nice people at all' which was silly at the time because it IS their property and I wouldn't want strangers strolling through my property either, but now I see my initial feelings were right! They simply couldn't care less about anyone else because they feel they don't have to.