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« Reply #36 on: Sunday 20 December 20 10:48 GMT (UK) »
states over 500+ White to work on - eek ! 

1 Bing***
84 Crosby

162 Berry to work on - eek !

no Carol
no Gift
no Dong but 187 Ding*** to work on - eek !

there were no 3 ships only 1 Ship***

and 40 Joy*** to work on too!

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« Reply #37 on: Sunday 20 December 20 11:04 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: plimmerian on Sunday 20 December 20 10:48 GMT (UK)
states over 500+ White to work on - eek ! 

1 Bing***
84 Crosby

162 Berry to work on - eek !

no Carol
no Gift
no Dong but 187 Ding*** to work on - eek !

there were no 3 ships only 1 Ship***

and 40 Joy*** to work on too!

 8)
Do you have any Truelove's, Partridges, peartree's? ........ 🤓

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« Reply #38 on: Sunday 20 December 20 11:36 GMT (UK) »
Sorry no true but 30 Love**** to work with

168 Pear**** eek but no tree

no partridge
no turtle
no doves

118 French to work on and 91 Hens**** to look at!

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« Reply #39 on: Sunday 20 December 20 11:55 GMT (UK) »
Herald? Angel? Or how about Bethlehem, Nazareth or noooo! Herod!
Bell, Salter, Street - Devon, Middlesbrough.
Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough.
Etherington - North Yorks and Durham.
Barker- North Yorks
Crooks- Durham
Forster- North Yorks/Durham
Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks.
Timothy, Griffiths, Jones - South Wales

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« Reply #40 on: Sunday 20 December 20 12:11 GMT (UK) »

I have one Carol but plenty of Caroline's.

Berry 60
King 6
Manger 4
Shepherd 4
Sleigh 1
Traveller 11
Frost 49

The best name of all is 3 Winter Frosts, father, son and grandson.

Can anyone beat that ! ! !

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Willey, Berry, Cox, Davis, Haddock, Hutton, Griffiths/Griffin, Tanner - Worcestershire
Cox, Dudley, Harris, Moore, Neville, Payne - Warwickshire
Chambers, Douds, Dryden, Given, Hamilton, Hassan, McPherson, McWhirter, Simpson, Taggart, Vauls - Ireland/Scotland, Northumberland
Brace, Challis, Halls, Heady, Grove, Lawrence - Essex
Foxwell, Imm, Ward - Gloucesteshire
Heady, Collis, Griffin, Mansfield - Hertfordshire
Hurling - Middlesex
Willey, Imm, Berry - Monmouthshire
Imm, Hamilton, Sollis - USA

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« Reply #41 on: Sunday 20 December 20 12:29 GMT (UK) »
no herald, angel, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Herod, manger or sleigh but 80 Shepherd to look at !!!  ::)

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« Reply #42 on: Sunday 20 December 20 12:42 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: plimmerian on Sunday 20 December 20 12:29 GMT (UK)
no herald, angel, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Herod, manger or sleigh but 80 Shepherd to look at !!!  ::)
Quote from: plimmerian on Sunday 20 December 20 12:29 GMT (UK)
no herald, angel, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Herod, manger or sleigh but 80 Shepherd to look at !!!  ::)
Oh! Shepherd, yes. I've got lots of those, including one "Topsy Shepherd" 😉

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« Reply #43 on: Sunday 20 December 20 12:45 GMT (UK) »
There was a tale about the Navy...........
A rating was working with a man who's surname was Christmas.
When asked by a Petty Officer what he was waiting on he replied "Christmas".
Poor man ended up on a charge.


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« Reply #44 on: Sunday 20 December 20 13:24 GMT (UK) »
Ev... ;D ;D ;D

Jolly
Joseph
Starr
Almond

Carol
CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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