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Two small Sussex villages standing side by side
In my forefather’s steps I tread, I have dug the earth they turned ... walked down the same lanes & stood looking at the same view across into Kent
As I look at my tree I see that my Maternal Great Granddad would have known my Paternal Great Grandmother, both living in the same small village.
I went to the school that my maternal Grandmother & my Father attended
My children went to the same school that their Maternal Grandmother attended
Ancestors lie side by side in the churchyards ... never knowing how over the next 300years marriage would connect them... when I breathe my last I will join them

Well I come from the..............

Haplogroup K :))

Half Irish, Half Scottish and live in Bucks

Out and out pit yacker!

That's me.....

Hey,wait a minute,this thread was about "where I come from" not how we would like things to be. The fact is,this is life in the neck of the woods were I live at the moment

I forgot to mention the idle loafers who spend their days wandering between the bookies on one corner,and the pub on the other,mostly,but not all, men.

The land where I come from originally is a world away. Babbling brooks,lush green fields, woods full of the calming sound of birdsong,and the noisiest sounds are tractors and cocks crowing. Where neighbours all pull together and help out in adversity,and you can leave your door unlocked without fear.

Does that make you all feel better,I refuse to apologise for being a plain-speaking northern bred person,either like it or lump it.

Approved American Import lol

Uggers-the voice of reason,thank you.

Women become single parents for a variety of reasons & where you live makes no difference nor does colour or creed.

Can there never be a discussion on the *state of the country* these days without "PC" being written or spoken? I think anyone who uses that phrase should be forced to buy a dictionary or rent an imagination.

Annina, you're quite entitled to your view without me telling you so but my life isn't being smothered by the PC parade, so it's not a fact of my life. As far as I see, there are plenty of people who sponge of the taxpayer and don't think the whole burden of things can be blamed on single mothers. Apart from anything else, it generally takes a man to make someone a mother....

"I'm a lassie from Lancashire".....and in fine voice this morning ;O)........
.... but raised in the North East where three generations, from my maternal side, have lived and worked on the banks of the Tyne.

We are all the same- the genetic differences between all the different "Races" are minute.


xxxxx mick

all together.
Take a pinch of white man
Wrap it up in black skin
Add a touch of blue blood
And a little bitty-bit of red indian boy

Mm, curly latin kinkies
Mixed with yellow Chinkees
If you lump it all together
Well, you've got a recipe for a get-along scene
Oh, what a beautiful dream
If it could only come true
You know, you know

What we need is a great big melting pot
Big enough to take the world and all it's got
Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more
And turn out coffee-coloured people by the score
Yeah, Lord

I've seen many multicoloured children - mainly tomato sauce, chocolate and blackcurrant but some variations

mmmm about 5 billion years ago we where all star dust

Oh our Mick,,how white is your hair and beard after 70000 years old boy,:}}

I came from Africa 70000 years ago - you probably did too.


xxxxxx mick

"Where jobless women with multi-coloured children live on crapburgers and chips."

I'm not a member of the PC Brigade but that's offensive, Annina. However I'm not reporting it because you are entitled to an opinion.

Sue

Well where I come our North Island was fished out of the sea by Maui.

We have many myths legends - our Lake Wakatipu where Queenstown is is the shape of a giant and the level of the water rises and falls each day and this is the giant's heartbeat.

Then we have our four mountains - Tongariro, Ruapehu, Ngaruahoe and Taranaki - and they fought and Taranaki got kicked out to the West Cape and in its place is Lake Taupo - the base of Taranaki and the Lake are practically the same shape.

Aroha Nui Persephone

That a bit harsh Annina,

Multi coloured children????

i can assure you my kids dont live on crapburgers and chips,

And they not muli coloured either, dual heritage is the politically correct term these days,

Sheesh x

Dunno where I came from - well I do - born in Sussex, but whisked off to Wales ASAP. First memories are of Malta.
I worked out I'd moved at least 28 times in my life - I've lived where I am now for 27 odd years - and I'm only just over my half century!
I suppose the song 'Wherever I lay my hat' is my song!

However - I live in (apparently ) one of the wealthiest cities.
Many homeless.
Many alcoholics.
Far too much drug addiction
Many old buildings
Many ignored - I (and others) Ignore 'Hooray Henry's' - they may ignore the homeless - but the homeless are quite grateful!!

Very many nice people
A society - say 'hello' and you will get a response - even from the homeless and those who need drugs to survive
The best pub in the world - that I don't visit enough
A place, after many years roaming, that I can call 'mine'.

I come from where a man got a poke in the eye..............