cressida Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 MY grandfather was in the jewellery business 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 All good Sheffield stock traced back into the late 1700's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 A dozen or so lasses without clothes and with big smiles, then at 30 years old I met our lass. Been together 40 years next March. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkieontheTyne Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 (edited) 15 hours ago, Padders said: Very interesting topic... I've often wondered about the origins of "Padders Bar" I can go back to the 1600's when "Sir Raymondo-De-Padders" was gifted it for services to the realm.. But I've recently discovered more information about my past.. 4000 years ago, my ancestor Queen Elastoplastara, Queen of the Pharaoh's vanquished many enemies, saved the Egyptian people from starvation by diverting a tributary of the River Nile. This is where she got the idea of of creating a watering hole for the Egyptian peasants. But first she needed to gain knowledge of how to build such a "Temple of Beer" So she started practicing by building a pyramid, all by herself, transporting several thousand five ton blocks of stone hundreds of miles, then stacking them perfectly with her "One person pyramid machine" a structure that could allow a single person to do miraculous feats of engineering... This woman was a genius. She devised pitfalls and traps to kill any intruders and future grave robbers, doors that could not be opened, and even created a curse. She was not the most poetic person, in spite of her genius, the only spine chilling curse she could think of was "SOD OFF" She even spent fifteen years carving carving her own hieroglyphs inside the pyramid, extolling her greatness and success at building such a monument. Once this magnificent work of art was completed, she walked inside to examine her great works, felt a bit of a draught and closed the door.. Remember I mentioned doors that could never be opened, duh. She was an engineering genius, but still managed to be thicker than pig-****.... Her plans to build "A temple of Beer" were passed down to her only son "The Emperor Padders" Who finally managed to construct the now famous "Padders Bar" Now in ruins by the side of the Nile, it was discovered by the famous explorer "Sir Thomas Padders" And rebuilt in the quaint surroundings of Longley... Ah. That explains the graffiti on the outside wall. I thought you’d been tagged, whereas it’s actually hieroglyphics. Edited July 16 by YorkieontheTyne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 11 hours ago, Bellatrix said: I've been looking at the 1861 census. What do you make of this?: It's an occupation for a man in his 30s. Could it be some variation on 'manages own business' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slighty batty Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 11 hours ago, Bellatrix said: I've been looking at the 1861 census. What do you make of this?: It's an occupation for a man in his 30s. I read it as Manager Scisser Business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelace Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Definitely Manager Scissor Business. Yes, you have to verify everything on the computer, there are lots of mistakes. Also people take info from each other's trees & we end up feeding each other duff information that gets carried on. It's good fun though. When you'ved traced a family through the Census from about 1841 you feel that you know them personally . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhill Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I have searched my ancestry and gone back to the 1400's. found royalty, Lords, and Sirs etc. also found that my Great, Great Grandad, murderd his wife. He was transported to Australia ,on a convict ship, where he served 7 years in prison. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelace Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Wow, hope he thought it was worth it. It's funny how we find we're descended from nobility but it's filtered down over the years to herbs like us from Parson Cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz 786 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 What a cracking thread ...I reckon if we go far enough back we were all monkeys 🐒 🙈 🙊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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