Happy Memories

[rich47]

It is the tenth anniversary of my grandfather's death at the ripe old age of 107
he having lived in three centuries. He was 7 years old when Queen Victoria died; can you imagine the changes that he witnessed and experienced over the years since 1894?
He was a farmer working with animals all his life and was the most contented person I ever met.
I will never forget his parting shot every time I left after a visit - "haste ye back"
he would say in the marvellous Doric dialect which he spoke.
In fact an American professor from Aberdeen University spent many hours tape recording the stories he told of his life. She was fascinated by the Doric.
Happy memories.

[dotty.]

I miss my maternal Grandmother, she was only 75 when she died, my Mum was oly 72, worries me abit that I will be 72 in 16 years, hope I enjoy longer with my grandchildren than either of them did. : (

[ummmm]

Only? That's not a bad age....

I'm lucky enough to still have my Nan and Grandad. My memories....she's a beautiful person. He, haha...he's soooo grumpy it's funny.

[rich47]

no problem yogi ... we all get it wrong sometimes

[dotty.]

I think early 70s is quite young, especially as you get nearer to it!

[yogi-bear]

Thanks, rich.....think i'm Quick Draw Mcgraw today......lol

This is a lovely thread and cheered me up no end. :0)

[rich47]

em, have you tried using any of the heritage or census sites.
I built my family tree back to the early 1700's

[ummmm]

I suppose Dotty...I'm probably judging it from the wrong angle...

[yogi-bear]

You're gonna live till you're 100+, dot..........someone needs to keep the Garth Crooks

http://i.thisislondon...th-crooks-415x275.jpg

hold up....not him...sorry....

Brooks.......

http://www.vinylrevin...8/08/garth-brooks.jpg

thats him^

......fanclub going :0) x

[emmie]

Rich I did, but it was getting quite expensive, if there's one which doesn't charge i'm sure could make more inroads. Did go back to 1850's which was quite good, the confusion comes when you get the same name, like William Smith, and son William Smith, and so forth.

[Sammy48]

Both my grandads died when I was 12 - one I absolutely adored and was completely heartbroken when he died, the other one was a bully and had no time for me, choosing only 2 of the other grandchildren as his favourites. My other lovely grandad was only 65 when he died, he never drew a day of his pension and all his lovely plans of retiring by the sea with my grandma never materialised.

[Bambiagain]

My maternal grandfather died when he was 98 - he was born in 1891. In his retirement he traced the family tree (well before the internet, so it was much harder work in those days), and when I inherited my mother's copy (all painstakingly handwritten and photo-copied for each branch of the rather large family) I found a copy of his memoires, also hand-written, which finished abruptly sometime in the second world war. I wonder when and why he stopped writing, but I'll sadly never know. He was a wonderful man, and my grandmother, ten years his junior, only out-lived him by eighteen months. We should feel privileged to have had such amazing relatives.