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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:17
	Must be a good year for them, someone else told me they have plums in excess and only so many things you can do with them lol.
	Researching:
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 2,111 Send Message	Wenders	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:20
	theres always the old fallback plum wine and plum gin lol
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Welshy	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:20
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Yes Rose and my plums seem to be very purple this year
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 2,111 Send Message	Wenders	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:21
	sorry forgot to say Hi to everyone ~~~~~~~~~
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Welshy	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:22
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Wenders, thanks, I'll bear that in mind for next year, never thought of that, is it easy to make?
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:22
	Nice, I left my plum tree behind when I moved, those were purple ones and very tasty.
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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:23
	Hi Wenders ~~~~~
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Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Welshy	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:27
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Actually Rose, I very well known around these parts for my plums, some say that they're the biggest they have seen
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 2,111 Send Message	Wenders	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:29
	Hi RR and Welshy yes welshy it is easy to make use to make my own wine all the time out of anything growing un the garden or what we could scrump of hedgerows like elderberries
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 28,517 Send Message	ButtercupFields	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:29
	Could we have that recipe, Wenders? I am sure it would go down well on this lovely thread:-)
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 2,111 Send Message	Wenders	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:31
	Hi Buttercup would have to find it out as havent done it for a while, we had the garden landscaped, so grow much now
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Welshy	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:32
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Isn't it a bit dangerous Wenders, I mean I've heard thaere can be explosions and the like, how many plums do I need for a gallon of gin?
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:32
	Pictures BC going round streets with tartan trolley full of home made wine
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:33
	If you eat too many plums, you can make your own explosion ;))
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 2,111 Send Message	Wenders	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:34
	you make sloe or plum gin in jars Welshy a pound of fruit to a pound of sugar (sorry not a metric person) top up jar with cheap gin takes about 8 weeks or till or the sugar dissolved
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 28,517 Send Message	ButtercupFields	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:34
	*licks lips....my Dad used to make wine from parsnips, Marion! BCXX
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Welshy	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:35
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 162 Send Message	Thanks Wenders, do my plums need stamping on or is a squeeze adequate
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 13,123 Send Message	UzziAndHerDogs	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:35
	marion even worse picture is me trying to mug.....errr entice intice, aww F***k corrupt her to part with said tarten trolley !
	Researching: Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,724 Send Message	**MORockingGranny**	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:37
	Hi all I can picture Bc drinking it all lol Waves to BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 2,111 Send Message	Wenders	Report	1 Sep 2009 15:38
	you only have to prick the plums with a fork (no rude jokes there please) lol

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