Had quite a chat with Dad today. It seems shortly after WWII, his father, my Granddad bought several acres of land in one of our former far flung colonies. Apparently a fair amount of it was wooded and my Dad remembers about twice a year- if not more frequently- Granddad would receive a cheque from a logging company, which he then gave to a friend to cash into Sterling. Granddad didn't believe in bank accounts LOL.
Dad tells me the intention was for the family, Granddad, Grandma, Dad and his older brother to emigrate to a new, better life. Granddad never made it there, even for a visit and the land was eventually sold, it's exact location lost to us now.
Makes you think how life might have been so very different, doesn't it?
Good to see Tony "Baldrick" Robinson and the
Time Team crew back on our screens today, now into something like their 15th series.
stralia Day, the Aussies welcomed Leo Sayer as a citizen.
Click here to see what the BBC News web site has to say on the subject.
(population 5000). The salary for the period equates to around £70,000 for approximately 12 hours work per month. That's £972 per hour! As if that wasn't enough the employee will get to live rent free in a 3 bed house for the period, overlooking a palm tree ringed lagoon.
nd sound experiments, hot air balloons and even a small hydrogen fuel cell demonstration. You get the picture. Later on they put on a small (40 mins) planets and the stars show, so we got to sit on the floor in the dark and stare at the night skies. Cool.
Optician. Next over to the local hospital for some (fairly routine) tests and finally to my own GP, for some advice regarding some bites on my legs I have picked up over the Christmas period that seem to have had an adverse reaction.
