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lesley153
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Two signatories? You're royalty! *curtseys* Think I'll stick with the distaff side. The spear side sounds scary. Reply #101. Mar 05 16, 4:52 PM |
MiraJane 
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Well.... The Declaration of Independence was kind of telling royalty to get lost. Reply #102. Mar 05 16, 7:24 PM |
MissCirrus
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My aunt is the UK’s first female editor of two national broadsheet newspapers. Reply #103. Mar 05 16, 8:39 PM |
SisterSeagull
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I have a cousin who is the comedy poet Pam Ayres. Reply #104. Mar 06 16, 4:28 AM |
callie_ross
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LOL @ what Lesley said! :) Reply #105. Mar 06 16, 2:30 PM |
| lesley153
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MissCirrus, is there Beer in her name, or is that too long ago? My kinship with Pam Ayres is that we share a birthday with Jasper Carrott and Albert Einstein and Eleanor Bron. (Not a real kinship, like a cousin!) Thanks, Callie. *curtsies again* Reply #106. Mar 06 16, 6:20 PM |
| MissCirrus
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Erm, no... was that a cryptic question, Lesley? If so, you could say there was cider... Reply #107. Mar 06 16, 6:41 PM |
| lesley153
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Only a bit cryptic! ;) This is what I was reading, with mentions of Frederick Beer and Rachel Sassoon Beer. No? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Times#Founding_and_early_history_.281821.E2.80.931915.29 Reply #108. Mar 06 16, 6:48 PM |
| lesley153
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PS Completely bemused by reference to cider. Reply #109. Mar 06 16, 6:50 PM |
| MissCirrus
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No... but close! Reply #110. Mar 06 16, 6:53 PM |
| lesley153
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Which was the close bit? :) Reply #111. Mar 06 16, 7:13 PM |
| MissCirrus
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Messaged you... Reply #112. Mar 06 16, 7:15 PM |
| lesley153
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Got it, thank you, and answered. Interesting! Reply #113. Mar 06 16, 7:51 PM |
Mixamatosis
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None whatsoever as far as I'm aware. However I live in a part of London where lots of minor celebrities live or have lived, some of which I've seen going about their business over the years. They include 2 actors who have played Dr Who, one actor who was in Pirates of the Caribbean, one half of the Eurythmics - the less famous half) one actress from "The Thick of It", one actress who played Becky Sharp in a TV version of "Vanity Fair", one actress who played the lead character's wife in "All Creatures Great and Small", an actor who played the pathologist in the "Midsomer Murders" series, an actor who played the Duke of Norfolk in the film "Anne of the Thousand Days", an actor who played Richard of York in "The Hollow Crown series 2" - the wars of the roses and a comedian who regularly chaired one of the teams on the TV music quiz programme "Never Mind the Buzzcocks". It's quite fun seeing familiar faces sometimes and trying to remember where you've seen them on TV or in the cinema. I wonder if anyone can guess the names of those I've referred to above. Reply #114. Jul 27 16, 4:49 AM |
| Mixamatosis
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I like watching "Who do you think you are"? the genealogy show. It was fun to find that the actor Danny Dyer, who is a real cockney and whose more recent ancestors lived in dire poverty, was eventually traced back as a direct descendant of Thomas Cromwell, Edward III and all the English kings before him back to William the Conqueror. No one was more astonished than Danny Dyer himself. Perhaps he will be cast in some historical dramas in future. He has the Plantagenet build though not the prominent nose. Reply #115. Nov 25 16, 6:17 AM |
veronicavee
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Don't know if this counts as being famous. He was to me. He took part in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, as part of the team in the Road Walk. He didn't win and I am unable to find any information. I was very young at the time, but can remember him going to London on the train. We lived in Hove, Sussex. In those days they didn't receive any of the help that they receive today. He continued with his sport until he died at a very young age, when I was sixteen. I still have some of his medals for 100 miles, London to Brighton and a few other races. Reply #116. Nov 25 16, 9:32 AM |
| veronicavee
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The above was my Dad...somehow that got left off. Reply #117. Nov 25 16, 9:35 AM |
13LuckyLady
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veronicavee, while the word Dad may have been missing, your words conveyed who you meant very well. Hurray for your Dad! :) Reply #118. Nov 25 16, 10:03 AM |
| veronicavee
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Thanks Lyndi Reply #119. Nov 26 16, 10:00 AM |
| Mixamatosis
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Re my response at #114, to clarify - I had an aunt on my mother's side who used to say that we were related to the Irish President Mary McAleese but it was a complicated tale which I did not fully take in. Later, after my aunt died, I tried researching the claim but was unable to find any proof. My husband's father was a pacemaker for Roger Bannister at Oxford Uni, I understand, but it was later that Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile record and my husband's father was not involved at that time, so his name does not appear in the publicity about it. My husband's great grandfather was one of the early founders of Bristol City F.C. I'm informed, but I've not been able to find any records on that either. Reply #120. Dec 31 16, 8:19 AM |
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