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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 8th March 2026
« on: Thursday 05 March 26 11:20 GMT (UK)  »
RJ
I'd like to know the answer to that, too!  Most of my sheet music was inherited from my mother, who was a gifted pianist, also have some from my similarly musical nephew (her grandson). I'm a bog-standard pianist and sing in choirs, too, so also have lots of choral music.  I've even got my grandmother's Tonic Sol-Fa version of the Messiah!  She couldn't read music and Grandfather thought this would be easy for her.
My great-grandfather used to own a music shop, selling, repairing and tuning musical instruments, but he also sold sheet music.  My grandfather, his son, had the job as a lad of going to the railway station every morning to pick up parcels of sheet music, which arrived every day from London, according to the shop's billhead.
I have sometimes seen sheet music on sale in charity shops, so you could try that way if you have any charity shops near you.   

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Lancashire / Re: Melling in Lonsdale, 1733 Marriage Bond, SMITH & WEBSTER
« on: Sunday 01 March 26 11:09 GMT (UK)  »
I'm a Lancastrian, but went to school not all that far from Arkholme.  It's quite close to the old Westmorland border, which would influence the pronunciation of the name, but I have always heard it with the stress on the first syllable Ar-and the k clearly sounded and the h almost dropped altogether at the beginning of the second syllable, so something like Ar-kome (rhymes with "home").

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary wk/ ending Sunday 1st March
« on: Sunday 01 March 26 10:22 GMT (UK)  »
I'm not telling, but I'm a little bit younger than you, Viktoria.  Just a little bit. ;)  Birthday coming up soon, though.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary wk/ ending Sunday 1st March
« on: Wednesday 25 February 26 10:19 GMT (UK)  »

It's a beautiful sunny morning here in Devon today.  Long may it last (ever the optimist)!

Off to the eye hospital today with my husband, who has to undergo a battery of tests to check things out.  Since he is our sole driver, we are hoping that he won't be stopped driving, as our local bus service is pretty poor.

Keep warm, dry and healthy, everyone.   :)

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 22nd February 2026
« on: Monday 23 February 26 11:21 GMT (UK)  »
"Database error" -I got this message once this morning.  It told me to try again later and report to administrators if it still didn't work, but actually it did work the next time I tried for a while.  Now I'm getting it again when I try to move to another page.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 22nd February 2026
« on: Wednesday 18 February 26 17:01 GMT (UK)  »
It's raining again today - boring, isn't it, but also threatening flooding on our country roads.  We will make a quick dash to the supermarket and be glad to be back home with our purchases.

I have made an arrangement with a friend to go for a walk on the next fine day.  I wonder when that will be.  She lost her husband a few months ago and although she seemed to be coping well at first, the realisation seems to have just hit her quite badly.  Neither of us is good at walking the sort of distances that various local groups seem to tackle, so we shall just take a stroll for the odd half hour and do a lot of chatting while we walk.  I hope it helps her.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 15th February 2026
« on: Monday 16 February 26 11:07 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, the building societies didn't take the wife's earnings into account as a rule when we got married in 1968, as she might get pregnant and stop earning.  We found it particularly annoying, as I was in a better paid job than my husband at that time

We set up something we called the Holiday and Present savings account and put away a small amount of money each month, so we always had something to fall back on for birthday and Christmas presents and the very occasional holiday. As it was an interest-bearing account (Burnley Building Society, from memory) we made a little bit of interest at times, too. :) 

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Lancashire / Re: finch hall secondary modern, Huyton c1950
« on: Saturday 14 February 26 14:00 GMT (UK)  »
Love the range of footwear, from prim and proper Clarke's sandals to wellies turned over at the top!

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 15th February 2026
« on: Saturday 14 February 26 13:58 GMT (UK)  »
Happy Valentine's Day to all!  And in this part of Devon it's  a lovely sunny day, too.  What a treat to see the blue sky and to feel the warmth of the sun, though I fear that may mean frost tonight.  My husband has presented me with red roses and some extremely naughty chocolate biscuits (he knows my weaknesses!).  He always puts lovely words in his cards, words which he has obviously given a great deal of thought to.  I gave him his favourite Turkish Delight and did my best to add meaningful words to the card, but I'm not as good as he is at this.  We had coffee at my daughter's and caught up with her family's activities.  Grandson (15) is preparing for the Ten Tors hike next May and is getting quite tough and ready to meet this challenging activity. 
Do read all about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Tors hike
Granddaughter  (13) is just busy growing up and borrowing her mother's clothes and make-up. 

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