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--- In , "Chris Highcock"
<chrishighcock@y...> wrote:
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> I have not contributed recently - bit of a family crisis diverted
me. My Mum was rushed into hosptial with a ruptured bowel. She is
ok now, but my parents are about 225 miles away so visiting the
hospital was a bit time consuming!
...Dear God! Chris, that must have been quite a horrible ordeal!
Glad she is better.
"labourer at coke ovens".
What the heck is "coke" (I know you are not writing about the drug
or the soda) I have heard about "coke and steel", is this some kind
of burning material, like coal? Well I guess I'll consult my
dictionary.
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> Needless to say, this transformed my next SG session, with me now
visualising life in the 1890s/1900s shovelling around the coke
ovens....
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> If I keep digging round the archives I might find the ancestral
lumberjack, and those 14 minutes will never be the same again!
.....Make history now man, future Highcocks need a lumberjack
ancestor...Now chop down some trees! LOL
Okay enough preaching. I'm getting to work :)
Good to have your company Mr. H. God Save the Queen!
Peace,
Deb
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