davep5491 360 Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 MargieH He could afford to have it well groomed and very similar to todays Hipster trend. Apparently he was a rich man in the 1890s earning £800 per year, unfortunately in his bankruptcy proceedings he was said to be spending £900. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Another Great Granddad involved in the beer trade, William Burder Brumby b.1855 - alcohol must be in my genes and I do try my best to keep up. Publican, Innkeeper, Farmer, horse breeder and dog breeder he also still found the time to sire his own brood of 11 His son James Leonard Burder Brumby emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1913 and became a leading dog breeder/handler. Below Granddad Herbert Webb and most of his grandkids I'm in the middle on the floor His sister married Len Brumby - Len's sister married Herbert Last pic is me, mam must have used up all of her coupons to buy that coat. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Me & me Uncle Sid Brixton Road Sunny Radford ....... I'm on the stakes 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Dave, I think your ancestors were 'go getters' - didn't let the grass grow under their feet! It's good when people decide to really make something of their life. At the end of their lives they could look back and see that they had really achieved something. Paul and I were talking the other day about what people would remember us for... and particularly what we'd LIKE them to remember about us. We came to the conclusion that our demise almost certainly wouldn't make the TV news and, after the grandchildren had gone in less than 100 years from now, we'd just be names on someone's Family Tree, unless one of our descendants has kept photos and some DVDs/videos/Super8 cine film (and has access to something to play them on!) RR I had some skates like that... loved them. You were very cute btw 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 This was taken when I was 4. I was on my own while mam went to a neighbours for a cuppa, and the photographer came to the door and asked to take my photo. When I told mam about it when she came home, she went spare. Not because a stranger had come to the door, but because she didn't have the chance to clean me up, change my clothes etc. Oh the good old days, when you were safe to be left on your own and talk to strange men! 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 This time mam knew the photographer was coming, and she was able to 'tart' me up! Curled my hair, ribbon in, and party frock. The frock was lemon, and the bolero was white with lemon trim. I wore that outfit for all the parties on the street, for ages. I was about 9 on this photo. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Both are beautiful, katyjay and you are still recognisable from these early photos! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Margie #558 I have always been impressed by what they did, in the case of George Chilvers not sure if it was a plan or circumstances dictated his action. His future wife gave birth to a daughter in 1871, the weekly wage for a labourer in Norfolk was 8s 0d, in the north it was 14s 0d. Both good reasons to move on. GG.George left Norfolk for Leeds in 1871 married a girl from his home village 1872 his occupation was labourer. He left Leeds for Nottingham 1882 occupation Maltster. He left Nottingham for Sawbridgeworth Essex 1887 occupation Maltster's Manager, employing Maltster's at £70 a year. Left Sawbridgeworth and returned to Nottingham 1900. Just the logistics of moving home over large distances in those days seems daunting, I don't think Pickfords were around then. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 #559 &560. Little gels grow up to be big gels. How about a Nottstalgia Ladies' calendar? We have a start; we need just eleven more. Let's see now, there's carni, Cranky Pig, Lizzie M, Hippo Girl, SueB48, MargieH Jill Sparrow, NonnaB, Melissa and Blondie, plus one more. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 #563 Check the boots out on her? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 #563 That's never Mrs Chulla...is it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 It's our Katy, wont ya cowd meduck Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Now pack it in, Chulla. You'll only start your ticker off atrially fibrillating again. Yer shouldn't be looking at things like that! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 822 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 I bet Chulla has files and files of similar............. Quite reasonably he requires more. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Spot the family resemblance. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 #563 How about Ben, as the token male. Wearing his liberty bodice, of course! #569 I don't know who took that photo of Chulla but he looks rather two dimensional, as though he had a flat head. Could it be that Mrs Chulla caught him ogling his calendar girls? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Cheeky.............oh go on then...............lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,377 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Actually Dave Pickfords have been around since the 17th century... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Resemblance? Tell me CT, does katyjay look like a 77-year-old man, Or do I look like a 4-year-old girl? JS. Me, a flat-head? I'm a three-dimensional person. I saw House of Wax at the Elite in 1953. Siddha, Oh no I don't! CT. Where was the photo of me taken? Yes, Benji stripped down to his liberty bodice would make a good calendar picture, As would JS wearing a red beret and grey flannels and a cheeky pout whilst holding two moggies close to her. (In yer dreams, Chulla) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 573 Are you sure you're still taking the tablets, Chulla? I can see your blood pressure from here! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Chulla said: CT. Where was the photo of me taken? It's from a Meet-up photo from a couple of years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 #575. I stop taking the horse pills tomorrow in readiness for the chemo. Maybe that will dampen my ardour Ardour, what's that? Oh yes I seem to remember it, vaguely. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Good luck Chulla, think positive, we're all wishing you a successful course of treatment 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 #560. Off subject I know, but I have given examples of dad's handiwork in the past and there is some in this photo. The living-room wall at the back of KJ. It was decorated in panels made up from a plastic paint, that was much thicker than normal paint. While it was still tacky it was rag-rolled or something similar to get the texture required. The edges and borders were scraped using a straight-edge and a narrow blade. The zig-zag border was a stencil that he cut. When finished and everything had set hard he painted it in a light beige and brown scheme. It could, of course be repainted in other colours if necessary - it would last for ever. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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