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MM Links August 2009 [Week 1]
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Good Morning ABers everywhere!
Let me introduce myself. Latching on to my Christian name, crofter appears to have dubbed me Pope Adrian, which is marginally better than his alternative of Emperor Hadrian. You will know me better as twix123. In fact, my paternal grandfather came from Kent and his wife was from Liverpool of Irish descent, whereas my maternal grandfather emigrated from Germany where there was no place for him in the family wine barrel making business and his wife was born in London of German parentage � so as you can see I'm a bit of a 'bitza'.
Let me introduce myself. Latching on to my Christian name, crofter appears to have dubbed me Pope Adrian, which is marginally better than his alternative of Emperor Hadrian. You will know me better as twix123. In fact, my paternal grandfather came from Kent and his wife was from Liverpool of Irish descent, whereas my maternal grandfather emigrated from Germany where there was no place for him in the family wine barrel making business and his wife was born in London of German parentage � so as you can see I'm a bit of a 'bitza'.
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My grandfather came over to England in 1893 to join some of his cousins already here and like them became a baker and confectioner. There were many German bakers in London around that time, many of whom seem to be my relatives as my grandmother had 4 brothers who were bakers and 3 sisters who all married bakers. The baking tradition has skipped a generation, although after my brother took early retirement from the City, he took a part time job with a supermarket chain and subsequently became one of their in-house bakers.
My grandfather became naturalised English in 1910, his papers being signed by His Majesty�s Principal Secretary of State at the Home Office at the time, one Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. I think that Adolf Hitler decided that he would have his revenge, as granddad�s bakery in Bermondsey was destroyed by a bomb in 1940, although by that time he was living outside Bromley, with my mother, brother and my mother�s sister, my father being away serving in the forces. Adolf had another go in 1944, when a doodlebug destroyed the church next to our house and seriously damaged our house.
My grandfather became naturalised English in 1910, his papers being signed by His Majesty�s Principal Secretary of State at the Home Office at the time, one Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. I think that Adolf Hitler decided that he would have his revenge, as granddad�s bakery in Bermondsey was destroyed by a bomb in 1940, although by that time he was living outside Bromley, with my mother, brother and my mother�s sister, my father being away serving in the forces. Adolf had another go in 1944, when a doodlebug destroyed the church next to our house and seriously damaged our house.
When I came along just after the war, we had a ready built playground alongside the house as the church wasn�t rebuilt until 1955, therefore we kids could run wild in the wasteland, building camps, playing hide and seek etc., with no Health and Safety brigade or other worries. There wasn�t a lot of entertainment in those early days, we bought a television in time for the Coronation, but before that we would go to one of our neighbours and crowd round their small set with the curtains drawn, which was the only way you could see the picture. The BBC would shut down in the early evening, unlike today with multiple channels and 24 hour broadcasting.
Anyway, enough of the blether, I�m sure that you want to get stuck in with the links.
Once again, I shall follow the rules relating to the word length as introduced by crofter. Each of my chosen link words contains at least four letters and at most eight. Stray outside this range and you will be wasting one or more of your attempts! Each of my selected words may go in front of or after my challenge word. The competition will officially close at 7.00pm on Sunday evening when my selected words will be declared, and points awarded in the usual manner. My first set of words to be linked should appear below at 9.00am.
Anyway, enough of the blether, I�m sure that you want to get stuck in with the links.
Once again, I shall follow the rules relating to the word length as introduced by crofter. Each of my chosen link words contains at least four letters and at most eight. Stray outside this range and you will be wasting one or more of your attempts! Each of my selected words may go in front of or after my challenge word. The competition will officially close at 7.00pm on Sunday evening when my selected words will be declared, and points awarded in the usual manner. My first set of words to be linked should appear below at 9.00am.
