Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Here is a Pathe news of the photo above being taken. My father is at the left of the middle row looking at the picture. The tall guy next to him is the Queen's detective. The tall guy behind the Queen is princess Di's father. The film clip will only play on a PC and not a tablet. The photo is being taken at about 1 minute 58 seconds into clip.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/queen-with-gothic-ships-company/query/gothic

Hay's

Great photo ., yes i have just found the photo. I only found out about Nigella's mother's family owned J Lyons. when i was reading about her court case , i alway's thought it was the Salmon family.

My Grandad's name was Tom Barrett , and he worked there for 50 years i think and retired about 1965.

It was the salmon family. Her mother was a Salmon. Vanessa Salmon.

I thought at the least she would have been a goldfish.

Here it is.

Barracuda more like.

Hay's

Yes , he also went as far as Balmoral

I must say its a nice change to chat about something other then politics

I wonder what she is saying to him.

Tom Barrett, what area? I have a Barrett in my family.

One has to wonder what the plebians are eating?

Foreign office or something like that.

Hays and Aldwick big thankyou for sharing your family history.

The photos are superb. A look back at glorious times. Amazing and so interesting to see your posts and the history behind the photos.

So glad you shared. Thankyou both.

WOW look at this......... Incredible photo for frozen Chicago from the sky.

WOW look at this.......

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A French restaurant in Pakistan has been shut down by police after it banned Pakistanis. http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/01/08/french-restaurant-shut-for-ban-on-pakistanis/?mod=e2tw

Only Frenchies would do that LOL.

i could show a picture of my cellar with 6/8" of water in it - rising water table rather than horizontal from the river - but my wines are high enough (of course!)

That snow and Ice is coming here I have heard.

Bought myself my first pair of wellys for years yesterday............green ones. Im told they are the fashion LOL.

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