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Yorkshire Lad wrote:

Pete wrote:High Needham is in Derbyshire.
I'm led to believe that this is where my ancestors originated from.
...and no smart comments please from anyone about the cattle sign!!!!

Pete

I see you have your hands in your pockets Pete holding on to your money . Are you sure you are not a Yorkshireman kidnapped at birth
YL

I had my hands in my pockets because it was a tad cold or maybe to look cool:)
Derbyshire born and bred me
DL

Diane wrote:I hope somebody eventually picked you up, Pete:-(

Nope..I'm still there

pete...you must have a very clever family member who has been able to trace the very derbyshire country road lay by of your ancestral beginings...it makes my family history that includes an american general, a long line of manchester jewish cantors, new york policemen, a family of international renown glass engravers, various cumbrian landowners etc. etc. etc seem quite exotic....plus you disappoint me as i never had you down as from peasant stock....ta ken

liverpoolken wrote:pete...you must have a very clever family member who has been able to trace the very derbyshire country road lay by of your ancestral beginings...it makes my family history that includes an american general, a long line of manchester jewish cantors, new york policemen, a family of international renown glass engravers, various cumbrian landowners etc. etc. etc seem quite exotic....plus you disappoint me as i never had you down as from peasant stock....ta ken

Ken....this is from only one side of the family
btw ...It's not a lay by...High Needham consists of one farm and about 3 houses. I'm led to believe that the name Needham derives from 'needy hamlet'.

Anyway, I've obviously descended from those who moved in high circles... thus 'High Needham' and nothing to do with illegal substances may I add...before you do


Pete

Pete wrote: btw ...It's not a lay by...High Needham consists of one farm and about 3 houses. I'm led to believe that the name Needham derives from 'needy hamlet'.

Anyway, I've obviously descended from those who moved in high circles... thus 'High Needham' and nothing to do with illegal substances may I add...before you do


Pete

Can we take then Pete that your descendants lived in the three houses and the circles they moved in were crop circles on the farm .
YL

I always thought you were descended from the Melton Mowbray Needhams' who cries could be heard through the quiet lanes. I think that is where your first name orginated too.

Need ham does anyone need ham for Pete's sake does anyone need ham.

Unfortunately it wasn't a sucessful business and Melton Mowbray went on to become the epicentre for cheese.

Pete wrote: Ken....this is from only one side of the family
Pete

...when you say 'only one side of the family' i'm guessing the other side of the family were from the other side of the road....how quaint...you certainly lead very interesting lives out there amongst the dales and the sheep.....ta ken

liverpoolken wrote:

Pete wrote: Ken....this is from only one side of the family
Pete

...when you say 'only one side of the family' i'm guessing the other side of the family were from the other side of the road....how quaint...you certainly lead very interesting lives out there amongst the dales and the sheep.....ta ken

I think I walked into that....

Pete wrote:I think I walked into that....

These "Townies" are only jealous Pete because they don't live in a county that has miles of rolling countryside to ramble in like us two
YL

I am lost on this subject, so waiting for it to change

tinderella wrote:I am lost on this subject, so waiting for it to change

Come on Bernadine you will have to try and keep up now that the thread is back up to speed . Just follow these rules and you will be ok
1 I solemnly promise to log on to the Welsh thread every day
2 I promise not to waste my time on facebook
3 I will pay my broadband bill on time so as not to be disconnected
4 I will respond to all thread messages directly or indirectly concerning myself or any other member of my family
5 I promise to involve myself with the current subject even if it bores me to tears
6 I will read the thread messages from the beginning in case I have missed an important point
7 I promise to be involved with this thread to the bitter end
8 I must participate more
9 I promise not to join any other forum and therefore get involved with another set of "loonies "
10 I promise to keep reading Phils poetry
YL

Ha ha. I love your ten commandments Phil.

I don't have time for any other Forum, and facebook just gets a look in about twice a day. It is all very short and informal there, I think all the real intelligent writers are here

Okthen, the last subject was regarding names.

My maiden name is Kinsella ( which I am considering returning to soon).
I come from a long line of royalty as the King of Leinster ( i think it was him) had two sons, called Cheavanaigh and Choinseallaigh. (Kavanagh and Kinsella ) So feel free to call me Your Highness or Princess anytime.

My husband... ex i must stress....on the other hand, came from a long line of cowards.

His family name was Lynam, a very Irish name, but when the black and tans came here on the authority of the English government, some Lynams added a H to the name... hence Lynham... to make it sound more english. There are very few Lynhams in Ireland.

so there ya go!!
Bet you are sorry now , you asked me to participate in every subject .

Have a great weekend folks!!!

Yorkshire Lad wrote: I promise not to join any other forum and therefore get involved with another set of "loonies"

Phil you are funny, but I am devastated that you forgot my stick of rock.

Paula you are telling porkies again!

Still on the signs theme, I took this in my neighbourhood this morning (the blobs are rain drops on the lens). A woman stopped her car to ask me if there was something in the bushes. She was obviously trying to figure out why I was kneeling on the ground in the rain, apparently taking a picture of a road sign. I decided not to try to explain. I just told her it was complicated.

Beautifully shot Diane

I'll not have Ken questioning the pedigree of my heritage.
Today I revisted the ancestral home from the 'other side' of the family. Here's some photos.
Impressed?? I bet you are! and here's a view from one of the windows