I wish I could go back in time.

[hepburn]

It would be 1881,I'd walk down the hill to the town centre,relish the sights of the old market place, the elaborate facade of the town hall,the horses and carts trundling along the cobbles,and make my way to the Dolphin hotel.This is the place where I know exactly, where my elusive ggrandfather was working as a waiter."Hello Henry"I'd say,"how are you","very well thank you madam".he'd reply. Henry would take my order for tea,and I would ask him "Henry I hear you hail from Canada,could you tell me about yourself, about your family ,and about your life".Thats where I would go first time round.

[pipkim]

Hi gcar,

Hope you don't mind me gate crashing, but I would love to go back in time and visit the 1851 Great Exhibition. I once had to give a talk on it in my Design course and it gave me an insight into such an innovative time. Now after looking in to my family history I can picture some of them, living in those times. 

Pipkim 

[hepburn]

Hi Pipkim, no way the more the merrier,we're not that far removed are we it's only fifty years. I could " pop" down and take a peek at Victoria and Albert.geraldine

[bwgan ceredig]

I'd choose 1851 as well, so I could track down great great grandad John and ask where the heck he was hiding on census night??

[kerryb]

I choose Shoreditch 1836 and trace my great x 3 grandmother Emma Traies, and connect her with the right family!

Kerry 

[Rebecca Steele]

I only really want to go back to 1906 and see my grandmother living with her 'grandparents' and 'aunt' in their grocery shop. Then maybe I could have a quiet word with William, Lucy or even their daughter Hilda and see who my grandmothers parents were.

[KarenM]

Oh how I would love to go back in time, I'd first go to Birmingham in 1906 and ask my gr-grandfather, why did you change our last name and then leave my gr-grandmother with 5 children to raise by herself in Canada?  Then I go and find my other-gr-grandfather who was a butler and ask him where did you get these painting's we have that seem to be dated 1840-1850, when you were born in 1876?  

Karen

[pipkim]

Wow! Karen,

The paintings sound like a great mystery  , Oh to have something tangible as part of a family story, I wish 

[pipkim]

I would also love to go back to 1860 and ask my GGG Grandfather George Morjeanstern, "where on earth did you dig that name up from, because I can't find it now? why did your family change their names to Morgan? and why did you desert them?
Hope he's listening, he's giving me a headache 

Pipkim