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ALIVEINFRANCE24
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| 02 Jul 2008 02:49 |
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| HI MY NAME IS STUART AND I LIVE IN THE SOUTH WEST OF FRANCE.DID NOT KNOW I HAD GYPSY BLOOD IN ME UNTIL I STARTED LOOKING INTO MY ROOTS.MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE SHOCKED ABOUT SUCH FACTS BUT I FEEL PROUD TO BE PART OF SUCH A BIG FAMILY.FAMILY NAME IS PARKER AND CONNECTED NAMES ARE AYRES,PANNELL TO NAME BUT A FEW. |
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Tani
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| 02 Jul 2008 07:21 |
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Hello Stuart!
I'm quite new here myself, and I also have but recently discovered about my Sinti Roots - and proud of it!
Whereabouts in SW France are you? I know France quite a bit, lived there for a year and a half, as well as in Ireland - now that was just about the best time of my life!
I live currently in Germany, but don't like it at all. People are so different from the Irish, I'm very homesick!
I have just begun to explore this here web site, and it's very interesting and helpful, I think, so welcome (even if it comes from a newby :-)) |
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ALIVEINFRANCE24
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| 02 Jul 2008 07:34 |
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HI TANI.
I LIVE IN THE DORDOGNE LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED LANOUAILLE, BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS BUT SEEM TO BE GETTING ITCHY FEET.
LOVE THE AREA AND THE PEOPLE BUT LIVING IN A HOUSE SEEMS WRONG.
JUST BOUGHT ANOTHER CARAVAN SO WHO KNOWS? |
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setaside
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| 02 Jul 2008 11:36 |
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| helo aliveinfrance24 welcome to site, iv been a member for about ayear and have found it very interesting and met some good people, i worked on fairground when i was young and worked for a family headed by franky ayers he had 2 sons tommy and bertie bertie was head of showmans guild for years, he would now be about 60 odd, they were all related to sally beech very welknown showpeople i wonder if your ayers is the same ones? good luck from setaside |
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ALIVEINFRANCE24
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| 02 Jul 2008 11:59 |
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THANKS FOR THE WELCOME I'M TRYING TO WORK OUT THE FAMILY.IDO HAVE BEECH FAMILY BUT A BIT SHORT ON INFO AT MOMENT COS REST OF FAMILY DONT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE DARK SECRETS OF THE TRAVELING SIDE OF THE FAMILY.
AYRES IN MY FAMILY START WITH ALICE BORN PLEXTAL KENT SHE MARRIED MY GREAT GREAT GRANDAD MARK PARKER b1844 SO ANY INFO WOULD BE GREAT. |
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Tani
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| 02 Jul 2008 21:24 |
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Hi again, Stuart.
Dordogne is great! I've visited there some years back and found the landscape incredibly beautiful. I'm a trained archaeologist, so there was much to see for me, the caves, the museums, Lascaux and Perigueux... and I found the people quite nice, too. My fav part of France is Brittany.
I know about getting itchy feet. I live in a house too here in Germany and I can't even afford a car (let alone a caravan), just a small motorbike, so I'm chained here and it's getting worse by the day. I'm planning to do at least a months' hiking tour with my dog when that darned work project is over - just to get on the road again. I miss getting about terribly....
cheers, Tani |
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lyz
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| 07 Jul 2008 14:11 |
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| Hi everyone, I love France especially Brittany, I went to Samois Sur Seine last week to the Django Rheindhard festival. Lyz |
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kilby
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| 07 Jul 2008 14:24 |
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| Hi Lyz, bet it wasnt as wet as it is in your place right now, chin up an bowls out, dont ferget pics, stay safe------kilby------ |
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lyz
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| 08 Jul 2008 08:46 |
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| HA! your not kidding, raining inside and out!! |
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RomaniTisa
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| 14 Aug 2008 12:47 |
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| Hi Stuart, my cous whilst helping with the fam tree managed to get as far back as 1777 and we had a Sarah Ayres in the fam, but she married (I believe) into the Coopers. |
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Shahnee
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| 16 Aug 2008 05:12 |
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Hi ALIVEINFRANCE,
Lucky you to be in France - i do miss living there!
We lived in Tolouse, and travelled to Andorra, which was a beautiful place - and then went through to Spain. Have you ever been in those areas?
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ALIVEINFRANCE24
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| 16 Aug 2008 07:27 |
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BONJOUR TOUT/HELLO ALL
FRANCE IS GREAT, BUT WEATHER NOT MUCH COP THIS YEAR. I LIVE ABOUT 3 HRS DRIVE NORTH OF TOLOUSE IN THE DORDOGNE BUT WILL BE GOING THROUGH T INTO SPAIN EARLY SEPT ON MY HOLLS. (WITH CARAVAN IN TOW) REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TRIP AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE.:)
STUART. |
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Doe
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| 17 Aug 2008 00:09 |
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I too live in France, Normandie actually where it seems my family originated from donkey's years ago! Strange how fate springs little surprises like this when you least expect them.
Weather has been pretty awful here at times and certainly not what is expected for august, yet I feel I am Home in every sense of the word. We came here before I discovered the connection, nevertheless I feel I have always known this place, the fields and flowers and my beautiful old house, plus the odd thing is that this house was built the year my grandfather was born. Its as if she has been waiting for me and I will never leave her now because life here is far too precious to go back to the rat race in uk. I shall grow old with our dogs, my birds, the goat and our little pig instead. |
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Shahnee
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| 18 Aug 2008 03:19 |
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Hello ALIVEINFRANCE,
Well i do hope you get a chance to visist Toulouse, and please see Andorra, still the smallest principality in northern Europe, it is the most stunning place - the Perinies (pardon spelling) as just amazing!
Hello Doe,
My great-grandfather's ancestors were form Normandy, France. And when we visited thiere while we lived at Toulouse, i also felt a stange "coming home" sensation, maybe there is more then just genes to who and what we are, eh?!
All the best to you both,
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ALIVEINFRANCE24
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| 18 Aug 2008 08:16 |
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HI SHAHNEE AND DOE.
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, I HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW YEARS NOW AND YES I SPEAK FRENCH BUT AS YOU SAY IT'S THAT "COMING HOME" FEELING. BETTER THAN THAT RAT RACE OF A PLACE THEY CALL ENGLAND.
HOPE TO STOP IN TOULOUSE ON ROUTE AND IF I CAN I WILL COME HOME VIA ANDORA BUT THE CARAVAN IS QUITE A SIZE AND ONLY A MID RANGE CAR SO I DONT KNOW. IF NOT I WILL DO ANDORA ANOTHER TIME.
NOW HAVE TO SORT OUT THE GARDEN COS IT WILL BE A JUNGLE BY THE TIME I GET BACK.
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Shahnee
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| 18 Aug 2008 08:52 |
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Hi ALIVEINFRANCE,
I do hope you will stop in Toulouse and yes - i know exactly what you mean about the size of your caravan/car versus the roads up to Andorra roads LOL!
I can remember we had a red French Citroen (right-hand drive) and on the way up the mountain to get to Andorra my mam was screaming her head off! You see, there are no barriers on the dead drop side of the road, (which also happened to be the passenger side - my dad was driving), and it is literally a sheer drop and only wide enough for the "slimmer" car! So everytime my mam looked out she got the fright of her life - as she is terrified on hieghts LOL! I shouldn't laugh - she was so upset that my dad had to pull up, (which was difficult as there is little space to do that!) and she had to climb in to the back, on his side! Then i had to climb in to the front passenger seat - which i didn't mind as i'm not bothered by hieghts!
Before we set off back to Toulouse my Mam was much calmer as she could only see the side of the mountain on the passenger side! LOL!
Arrrrrrr! Memories! LOL!
I'll let you get to your garden - but when you go, have a safe journey, won't you?
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Shahnee
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| 18 Aug 2008 08:54 |
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oopps - i meant left hand drive - the car was bought in France!
I can never get the hang of me left and right - that was definetly a dinlo moment! LOL!
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Tilly's back
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| 20 Aug 2008 15:07 |
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Hello Stuart, welcome to you.
Tani I didn't relise you live in Germany please tell me more, whats it like out there? Do the Germans really hate Gypsies as its portrade in the press? I read near on 80% of Germans want all Roma out of the country? |
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Gypsy hawkins
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| 29 Aug 2008 16:08 |
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| Hello to all, I have left a few messages around this site tonight, basically i don't know where to begin.I am directly decended by Romany blood from the Ayres,Smith,Bowers,Pannell and Stanley families.My wife of 24 years is a traveller through and through,she is from the Black,Smith,Green,Ray,Isaacs,Mitchell,Rose families and is a cousin of the Barney and Frankham families to name but a few. I have suggested that if any of you can make it to our Romany and Traveller open day that i am organising at Selborne village hall in Hampshire on Saturday 11th October 2008 at 10.30am - 4.pm. We could swap information and see family photos and trees, all over a cup of tea.I am planning a few displays of Gypsy culture and a hop picking theme,some model Gypsy waggons and maybe if we'r lucky some kushti music and song and step dance at the end.All who can make it will be assured of a warm welcome,i am putting my gals to work serving the tea and coffee,and my eldest boy should be there with his lap-top handy with internet access.Should be a kushti day for all, kind regards,Kom ta bok ,kerry (aka Gypsy hawkins) |
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Shahnee
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| 30 Aug 2008 08:23 |
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Hi Kerry,
We are a far distance from you all, but i think it's a great idea - will have to twist the hubby's arm! LOL!
Being as we are lazy folki, and have a sat nav, any possibility of the postcode? That way it will make things easier to find you.
I am really looking forward to it - tell me so you want any cakes or owt else bringing?
All the best to you and the family,
Shahnee |
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