Where are you from?
Nov 17th 2010, 7:55 am
#47
Hit 16's
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Location: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine
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Nov 17th 2010, 8:02 am
#48
Hit 16's
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine
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Re: Where are you from?
Grew up in Saaarrrfend (thank God for Essex girls and Ford Capris), then lived in Riyadh (no, not lived, existed), Kobe for 7 years, Suffolk 3 years, Cairo 2 years, Osaka/Yokohama 1 year, Ilkley 10 years and now AD.
Home is most definitely Ilkley, although Osaka runs it a close second. AD could never be home--just somewhere where I work and play.
Home is most definitely Ilkley, although Osaka runs it a close second. AD could never be home--just somewhere where I work and play.
Nov 17th 2010, 10:02 am
#49
Excess Baggage
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: UK
Posts: 5,479
Re: Where are you from?
Born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, moved all over with being an army brat...Germany mostly, Norn Iron, Colchester. Went to boarding school in North Yorks. As I left school 21 years ago, my dad got his final posting to Catterick, so have lived in the North Yorkshire area since then, other than a year or two abroad in the USA, Taiwan and the Middle East.
I suppose I feel like Yorkshire is home now.
I suppose I feel like Yorkshire is home now.
Nov 17th 2010, 10:07 am
#50
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: High up in Joondalup.
Posts: 4,228
Re: Where are you from?
North Shields the Mogadishu of Tyne & Wear 
Nov 17th 2010, 11:13 am
#52
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,094
Re: Where are you from?
Birtley - the Jumeirah to Blue Cats Karama ( Shields )
Nov 18th 2010, 4:27 am
#53
Confirmed grumpy old man
Joined: May 2005
Location: Moved back to Riyadh KSA 2016
Posts: 1,298
Re: Where are you from?
Born Taunton, then: Birmingham, Worcester, Forest of Dean, Warrington, Riyadh, Cairo, now Dubai.
I have a house in Warrington, but class Birmingham as home town. Would like to return there one day if things work out.
On another note, I did a family tree about 2 years ago. Managed to go back to 1700's. Turns out both of my Grandmothers were Irish/Irish descent, Paternal Grand father descends from generations of Devon Farmers, Maternal Grandfather descends from generations of Sunderland Seafarers/Shipwrights.
I went to Devon and stayed in one of the Farms my descendants used to work (now B n' B), toured graveyards/found gravestones of descendants even found a LIVE relative (Dad's cousin) in his 80's who had loads of old photographs of descendants.
I would definitely recommend it, particularly if you don't know much about your family tree. Very rewarding
I have a house in Warrington, but class Birmingham as home town. Would like to return there one day if things work out.
On another note, I did a family tree about 2 years ago. Managed to go back to 1700's. Turns out both of my Grandmothers were Irish/Irish descent, Paternal Grand father descends from generations of Devon Farmers, Maternal Grandfather descends from generations of Sunderland Seafarers/Shipwrights.
I went to Devon and stayed in one of the Farms my descendants used to work (now B n' B), toured graveyards/found gravestones of descendants even found a LIVE relative (Dad's cousin) in his 80's who had loads of old photographs of descendants.
I would definitely recommend it, particularly if you don't know much about your family tree. Very rewarding
Nov 18th 2010, 5:45 am
#54
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 29,625
Re: Where are you from?
Born Taunton, then: Birmingham, Worcester, Forest of Dean, Warrington, Riyadh, Cairo, now Dubai.
I have a house in Warrington, but class Birmingham as home town. Would like to return there one day if things work out.
On another note, I did a family tree about 2 years ago. Managed to go back to 1700's. Turns out both of my Grandmothers were Irish/Irish descent, Paternal Grand father descends from generations of Devon Farmers, Maternal Grandfather descends from generations of Sunderland Seafarers/Shipwrights.
I went to Devon and stayed in one of the Farms my descendants used to work (now B n' B), toured graveyards/found gravestones of descendants even found a LIVE relative (Dad's cousin) in his 80's who had loads of old photographs of descendants.
I would definitely recommend it, particularly if you don't know much about your family tree. Very rewarding
I have a house in Warrington, but class Birmingham as home town. Would like to return there one day if things work out.
On another note, I did a family tree about 2 years ago. Managed to go back to 1700's. Turns out both of my Grandmothers were Irish/Irish descent, Paternal Grand father descends from generations of Devon Farmers, Maternal Grandfather descends from generations of Sunderland Seafarers/Shipwrights.
I went to Devon and stayed in one of the Farms my descendants used to work (now B n' B), toured graveyards/found gravestones of descendants even found a LIVE relative (Dad's cousin) in his 80's who had loads of old photographs of descendants.
I would definitely recommend it, particularly if you don't know much about your family tree. Very rewarding
