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Its a good job you don't live on Anglesey:D

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It's bitter cold out there Susie, leave the gardening.
My garage roof wants re-sealing but 'till the weather improves I think I'd rather count letters!

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Uncle Bob is an AGSOB. We've got to stick together!

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Well it's better than being an ASGOB I suppose - talking out of one's rear end!

My bro is too - an AGSOB I mean - but he would have been between you and Bob, having been born in 1950.

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So am I but if you're all sticky I'll not get too close!

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When I was delivering the Beers round Germany there was a Pub up Lüneburg way run by a couple of Sisters, now there old Dad must of been a right one for his Cars as the girls were called Porsche & Mercedes. :) (I kid you not, that's a true story that)

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I once met a bird called Mercedes in Rotterdam way back, thought i was stoned but she showed me her I.D.

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You lot should try being called Shanida

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It don't really suit a bloke shaz.:D

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Mercedes was the name of the daughter of one of the founders of the Mercedes Benz company

Mercedes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The History Behind The Mercedes-Benz Brand And The Three-Pointed Star | eMercedesBenz - The Unofficial Mercedes-Benz Weblog

"On June 23, 1902, ‘Mercédès’ was lodged as the trade name and this was legally registered on September 26. From June 1903, Emil Jellinek obtained permission to call himself Jellinek-Mercedes, commenting that “this is probably the first time a father has taken his daughter’s name.”

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I realise that this is a late response to the original post on this subject, but Alexander C L L G M O B S Broughton (all Russian general names) was my maternal great grandfather.

In Bob Dobsons post (no 10) he lists his children, my grandmother Ethel was the youngest of his children.

Am just starting researching family tree so any further information would be welcome.

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Margaret has resurrected a thread that hasn't appeared for over 2 years. I had forgotten about it. I shall PM her with some advice, which in short is -join the Lancashire Family History Society, even if for one year only. There is plenty of assistance to be had , esp if you live in NE Lancs......I cannot recall where I got the info about 'Gortcha' from.