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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: May 2006 Posts: 1,631 Send Message	JustKaz	Report	10 May 2008 17:51
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,631 Send Message	hi joanne, i remember the london spiderman... a very good cause, well done to him.. xxxx
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 835 Send Message	Joanne in Burgess Hill™	Report	10 May 2008 17:55
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 835 Send Message	I agree Kaz, he now has 50/50 custody of his little girl.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 22 Send Message	Christine	Report	10 May 2008 18:00
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 22 Send Message	Philip Davies. Went to school with him. Was a complete to**er then. But, hey ho. Probably earning more monies than those that took the 'p' at the time!!!!
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,605 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	10 May 2008 18:40
	Three that immediately spring to mind are Phhillipa Forrester and Colin & Jonathan Firth!! Many famous people attended Winchester College.
	Researching: Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 1,846 Send Message	♫≈♥≈♫miss chief	Report	10 May 2008 18:45
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 1,846 Send Message	Dale Meeks.....emmerdale
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 2,241 Send Message	skwirrel 1	Report	10 May 2008 19:12
	William Cowper, the 18th century poet, tanslator and letter-writer, and the Rev. John Newton who wrote "Amazing Grace". Gill
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 6,309 Send Message	jgee	Report	10 May 2008 19:26
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 6,309 Send Message	Lenny Henry Comedian Duncan Edwards footballer died in plane crash
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,385 Send Message	♥♥Straykitten♥♥	Report	10 May 2008 19:26
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,385 Send Message	erm captain james cook .........the explorer roy chubby brown............all time no1 comedien wendy richards ............easterder (well i think she is haha) paul daniels........magician erm jet ......the ex gladiator chris rea............singer journey south.......singers and the man who is currently standign in as joseph is it lewis sumit lol cant think of any more lol luv stray xxx
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 1,846 Send Message	♫≈♥≈♫miss chief	Report	10 May 2008 19:33
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 1,846 Send Message	just thought of another one John Simpson Kirkpatrick the man with the donkey
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 2,797 Send Message	Eldrick	Report	10 May 2008 19:34
Member Since: April 2008 Posts: 2,797 Send Message	Lewis Proudlock
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 1,079 Send Message	Surf	Report	10 May 2008 19:44
	I dont know who came from here but I know who came her Joan and Jackie Colins were evacuated here during WW2 Robbie Williams Jarvis Cocker Joan Collins was schooled here Elke Brooks lives nearby Peter Sellers peter pervis Henry Williamson thomas harriet discovered halleys comet here damien hurst lives here phil bailey and finaly them bloody jacksons are going to live up road hope michael dont move here with tito
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,631 Send Message	JustKaz	Report	10 May 2008 19:47
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,631 Send Message	omg, i nearly forgot five star... loved their songs... rain or shine... :)
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 1,079 Send Message	Surf	Report	10 May 2008 19:56
	oh forgot just next town/village Charles Kingsley, author of The Water Babies was born and raised in Bideford and later published the novel, Westward Ho! in 1855.
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,631 Send Message	JustKaz	Report	10 May 2008 19:58
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,631 Send Message	thats my fav book, water babies.... a big thumbs up.. :))))))))
Member Since: October 2007 Posts: 3,096 Send Message	Eeyore13	Report	10 May 2008 20:06
	Carol Decker T-Pau
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 1,813 Send Message	Stan	Report	10 May 2008 20:20
	Same as you Colin I'm from Polesworth ,now live in Wales
	Researching: Dennis ,Measham .Blount , Polesworth-Baddesley. Taylor Kent,Vidler London
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 1,579 Send Message	FUZZY BEAR	Report	10 May 2008 20:27
	where i come from...far too many to mention..where i live none that come to mind lol
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 3,513 Send Message	(¯`•.¸Karen on the Coast(¯`•.¸	Report	10 May 2008 20:43
	Charles Dickens. there are some more but the minds gone blank......ooh Rudyard Kipling lived here as a child, Karen x
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	10 May 2008 22:34
	from Cardiff Shirly Bassey just up the road from me, Tom Jones Andrew Davis - dramatist - all those saucy period productions on BBC - he was in my class in school
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 214 Send Message	doryth	Report	10 May 2008 22:37
	Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch( 2 of the Shadows) went to school with my brother. The used to hang about my aunts corner shop playing the guitar.

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