On 9/2/09 22:34, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:35:31 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 9/2/09 17:59, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:34:27 GMT, Jennifer Sparkes
wrote:
snip Now that reminds me of the snow in 1947 - and I only missed 1 day
at
school, and it wasn't closed and I had to travel 5 or 6 miles from the
village. Having got there I was sent home in case the buses stopped
running - but they didn't. The next day my parents did think the snow
was a bit too deep to send me to school but after that it was school as
usual!

I travelled across Leeds by tram and bus to go to school in 1947, I never
missed
a day

I do NOT believe you and Jennifer are old enough to have been at school in
1947!

I certainly am. I can believe Jennifer is too.

I can remember the cold winter and chilblains of 1944 too.


Should I now call you Father Time? ;-)

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On 9/2/09 23:29, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:10:47 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 9/2/09 22:34, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:35:31 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 9/2/09 17:59, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:34:27 GMT, Jennifer Sparkes
wrote:
snip Now that reminds me of the snow in 1947 - and I only missed 1 day
at
school, and it wasn't closed and I had to travel 5 or 6 miles from the
village. Having got there I was sent home in case the buses stopped
running - but they didn't. The next day my parents did think the snow
was a bit too deep to send me to school but after that it was school as
usual!

I travelled across Leeds by tram and bus to go to school in 1947, I never
missed
a day

I do NOT believe you and Jennifer are old enough to have been at school in
1947!

I certainly am. I can believe Jennifer is too.

I can remember the cold winter and chilblains of 1944 too.


Should I now call you Father Time? ;-)

or just Martin, sir? )

Pah! In your dreams!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Perennials & shrubs online

On 10/2/09 09:36, in article ,
"Jennifer Sparkes" wrote:

The message
from Martin contains these words:

On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:35:31 +0000, Sacha wrote:

Snip

I do NOT believe you and Jennifer are old enough to have been at school in
1947!

I certainly am. I can believe Jennifer is too.

Yes ...

I can remember the cold winter and chilblains of 1944 too.

Yes ...

... and snow in 1940, I think - if pics of me sitting in my pram
aren't faked!

All I can say is, whatever you're on, I want some!

On topic - there were usually a few Snowdrops out on my birthday though!

Jennifer

Nothing seems to be stirring on mine - being born in mid-January makes for a
flowerless garden on the whole!
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Perennials & shrubs online

... and snow in 1940, I think - if pics of me sitting in my pram
aren't faked!


The River Thames froze at Kingston upon Thames and I can just remember being
pushed onto it in my pram. Towards the latter end of the war we would go to
an Aunt's Summer Residence on Hayling Island and I can remember travelling
down in some pretty shocking weather.

Mike

On 10/2/09 13:19, in article ,
"Jennifer Sparkes" wrote:

The message
from Sacha contains these words:
snip

On topic - there were usually a few Snowdrops out on my birthday though!

Jennifer

Nothing seems to be stirring on mine - being born in mid-January makes for a
flowerless garden on the whole!

Ah - a week is a long time for a snowdrop - depending, of course, on
the variety. ;-)

Jennifer

;-) It is indeed. I think you, Val and I are all Capricorns. Does this
make us a herd, I wonder. ;-)
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Sacha
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South Devon
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On 10/2/09 16:51, in article ,
"Aries" wrote:

On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:35:27 +0000, Sacha wrote:

;-) It is indeed. I think you, Val and I are all Capricorns. Does this
make us a herd, I wonder. ;-)

Me a Capricon ? Look at me 'andle missus -

Daft old me - who am I muddling you up with, I wonder. Ah well, your turn
will come but you chose a better birth month than I did!


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South Devon
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