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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 9,933 Send Message	Stella ~by~ Starlight★..★..★	Report	9 Mar 2009 08:30
	yes the glass ones were allies and the steel ones were bollies., some of the big allies were also bollies.....
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 1,940 Send Message	BOBBIE	Report	9 Mar 2009 08:26
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 1,940 Send Message	marilyn we used to call some marbles glass allies up here in the midlands
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8,346 Send Message	~♥footie~angel♥~	Report	8 Mar 2009 18:57
	you are funny Col Im actualy just about old enough to remember lol
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 7,458 Send Message	GRMarilyn	Report	8 Mar 2009 18:55
	Col, WE in Devon used to call marbles ....Allies .....?? Wonder why ....?
	Researching: Tregaskis- Blatchford- Bunker- ONeil.... Cornwall & Devon ( Ingram) Dorset .Bean Kent & Norfolk
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 5,730 Send Message	Staffs Col	Report	8 Mar 2009 17:39
	No Mel none of them made up...its how we lived on this island of ours not all that long ago
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 9,933 Send Message	Stella ~by~ Starlight★..★..★	Report	8 Mar 2009 17:10
	would you believe i used to play marbles under the gaslight in the street when i was little...now that was a long time ago...pmsl
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 497 Send Message	^ ^ ^ Ancient Egyptian Spinx ^ ^ ^	Report	8 Mar 2009 17:10
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 497 Send Message	OK OK OK I am old,now let me get over it !!!
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 1,940 Send Message	BOBBIE	Report	8 Mar 2009 16:35
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 1,940 Send Message	i must be really old gas lamps a copper (not the sort mentioned below)in the corner of the kitchen for boiling the washing
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 7,458 Send Message	GRMarilyn	Report	8 Mar 2009 15:32
	Col, You forgot to mention a Shilling for the Gas meter cause if you didn't have one you went back to the tin bath...LOL
	Researching: Tregaskis- Blatchford- Bunker- ONeil.... Cornwall & Devon ( Ingram) Dorset .Bean Kent & Norfolk
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	8 Mar 2009 14:35
	I can remember when coppers looked about 7 feet tall and always looked middle aged! bus conductors with a wooden clipboard thingy filled with tickets Clippies, lady bus conductors seats in the one and nines, room for 3 standing!!! going into the pictures any time, and coming out when you reached " This is where we came in!" Bob
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8,346 Send Message	~♥footie~angel♥~	Report	8 Mar 2009 14:14
	sneaks in ~ puts hand up yeah yeah I remember most really
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 8,346 Send Message	~♥footie~angel♥~	Report	8 Mar 2009 13:09
	Colin did you make them up? Im sure I haf no idea wat your on bout
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,724 Send Message	**MORockingGranny**	Report	8 Mar 2009 11:51
	Oh boy I remember when there was only one I also remeber getting our first tv to watch the coronation IM OLD Sits and sobs
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 9,933 Send Message	Stella ~by~ Starlight★..★..★	Report	8 Mar 2009 11:50
	hides pension book and tries not to think about it......
Member Since: February 2008 Posts: 301 Send Message	PME	Report	8 Mar 2009 11:49
	9 out of 52 (I think thats how many there are) I still know of shops that have chairs by the counter. I'm in my mid twenties the way I'd guess someone is younger than me is they can't remember life before Mobile phones The internet Sky TV Ipods/MP3 players Channel 5 (to them theres always been 5 channels, sadly I remember its launch)
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,724 Send Message	**MORockingGranny**	Report	8 Mar 2009 11:44
	So do I Rose But didnt want to admit to it lol
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	8 Mar 2009 11:39
	Almost all of them.... sobs, but I only feel 30! xx
	Researching:
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 13,457 Send Message	ShimmsRedRoseAndMistletoe	Report	8 Mar 2009 11:36
	Oh gosh ... don't think I was born then! >>>>>>
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,724 Send Message	**MORockingGranny**	Report	8 Mar 2009 11:33
	No cant remember any of those things
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 6,081 Send Message	me	Report	8 Mar 2009 11:33
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 6,081 Send Message	lol

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