Speaking of where we came from. My great grandparents came over, from
the port of Manchester, on an old leaking ship called the "Mayflower" in the
late 1880's.
John Beckett, LSR #79
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From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
To: "Malcolm Pittwood" <MPittwood@compuserve.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: jWhose got an odd name ?
> Malcolm, good to hear from a Brit, everyone's input is welcome.
>
> The bit about "a Brit telling you what to do" reminds me of a show I saw
> on TV about the great wit and playwright George Bernard Shaw. They had
> some footage about the time Shaw went to visit some little village. The
> locals asked him to speak to the small literary group that greeted him
> at the train station, so he stood before them and said, "The last time I
> was here I told you what to do. Then I went away, and you didn't do it.
> Now I come back, and you're in trouble up to your necks!"
>
> Cheers from ArdunBill Hoddinott, whose ancestors reportedly emigrated to
> the New World a long time ago from the old Norman town of Hodnet in
> Shropshire, England
>
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