Jill Sparrow

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  1. I've come across the name in parish registers when researching, DB, but don't think there are any in my family tree. My lot are Thompson, Ward and the inevitable Smith! Farmers, Millers and bakers most of them and, after retirement, innkeepers of The Robin Hood & Little John, The Woodlark and the other one whose name I can't just remember...Nag's Head?
  2. There is scientific evidence that musicians have a greater number of synapses in their brains, Loppy. It's a very satisfying pastime, playing an instrument!
  3. Go on then, Ben url=https://postimages.org/][/url]
  4. He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a student. Teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep. Wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man. Follow him.
  5. url=https://postimg.cc/image/534hf9ooz/][/url] This is Homer. He lives at Cat Rescue. He's just one of those cats everyone who meets him loves instantly...including me! If he ever disappears, they need look no further than my house!
  6. I once lived in a village like that! Never met so many nosey people.
  7. Any names? My mum's side of the family were in Lambley in the 19th/early 20th century. We could be related!
  8. A timbered cottage in a field bordered by 10' high nettles would suit me fine. Cottage stuffed with cats, field stuffed with birds, hedgehogs, donkeys, etc. Anywhere in Nottingham,, so long as the locals keep out!
  9. Clap of distant thunder as I got into the car to drive to work this morning. Approaching Ripley, the pavements were wet and within minutes, lightning, thunder and torrential rain. 8.30, more torrential rain and then out came the sun, up went the temperatures. Sweltering all day. Still had no rain at home but it's coming. I have a pressure headache!
  10. Those were very brave women, many of them on the receiving end of abuse from their male counterparts. There was a fascinating tv programme made about them some years ago but there are now very few left.
  11. Hmm. Unlikely Lizzie. Don't think she'd have found a chap but there were rumours among the girls that she WAS a chap! Nuff said
  12. She knows it'll keep you quiet, Catfan!
  13. Not me. I'm quite happy to see information about people who are still living...and so are they. It jogs their memories! Whereas the 1939 register isn't going to tell me anything about my mum that I didn't already know.
  14. Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so, ad infinitum. And the great fleas, themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on; While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on This was frequently recited during maths lessons...not that I would ever dignify them with such a term....at The Manning by the dreaded Irish entrepreneur of the Pytagoras Tearoom. What on earth it has to do with maths I don't know. But then, what did diatribes about the potato famine have to do with maths? Barmy old
  15. Not who I thought. Looks a bit like an English teacher at the dreaded Manning!
  16. Much as I admire Coward, I prefer this
  17. So they tell us but I've found people in there who are still very much alive. For example, I can't see my mum who died in 2010 but I can see my aunt who is now 88 and very much alive!
  18. Juniper essential oil is very potent stuff and should be used with caution, certainly never by or around anyone who is pregnant. I think this may be the root of the old myth that drinking gin is a reliable method of causing an abortion. Certainly, juniper essential oil should never be used neat.
  19. Sorry to hear you've been ticked, Loppy. Good to know you're feeling better. My youngest moggie had one embedded in his head when he arrived at cat rescue as a kitten. He looked so miserable and frightened. A dose of Frontline soon removed it. Horrible as they are, you have to marvel at the efficient design!
  20. I hate flying. I go deaf driving over the north Yorkshire moors, so you can imagine the effects of being in a jet aircraft! I've had some really unpleasant experiences. GP once told me it was all due to the angle of my inner ear! Apparently, I also have the ability to hear sounds which are above the normal range for a human. The GP said I should have been a dog! Bl**dy cheek!
  21. And a pure silk pair of pyjamas with embroidered dragons. You can wear your liberty bodice underneath, of course!
  22. Who is the teacher, third row up, second from the right, wearing glasses, on the second photo? She looks somehow familiar?
  23. That reminds me of when I was teaching and a lovely little boy who was dyslexic wrote in his book, "Thou shalt only have one Dog!" I think our Loppy has broken that one an all!