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A Classless society?
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BarneyKent | Report | 9 Jan 2013 18:54 |
Thanks John, everyone should be proud of their roots. |
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JustJohn | Report | 9 Jan 2013 17:56 |
Good for you, Staffy. |
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BarneyKent | Report | 9 Jan 2013 16:27 |
If there is one thing that I am pleased about in the decade since I started to research my tree it is the fact that I am 100% working class. |
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PollyinBrum | Report | 9 Jan 2013 16:16 |
@John. I don't think the girl you describe was my friend, Anne married around the same time as me (1967) Her husband was an electrician and eventually had his own electrical contracing business in the Walsall/Bloxwich area. They had no children. I know her married name, but prefer not to post it on here. |
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Merlin | Report | 9 Jan 2013 13:58 |
I,m Classless,I mix with anyone no matter who,I I think they,re getting too cocky I,m not afraid to tell them no matter who.Everyone who works for a living is Working Class What ever they do, and as for Tax Avoidance being just for the well heeled,Have a look at the "Black Economy" they do a pretty good job of it.**M**. |
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JustJohn | Report | 9 Jan 2013 13:49 |
Paula :-D Was she the girl with red hair who had 4 children in her teens by different fathers? Was it her mum who had verukas and always used to take her stockings of so that we could see them? Ask he if she remembers the Sheldricks. 27 year old mother, 72 year old father. Seven children. All with what we would now call mild learning difficulties. |
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PollyinBrum | Report | 9 Jan 2013 12:57 |
@ John I had a friend who lived in Hollow meadow Avenue . Her name was Anne and for the life of me I can not recall her maiden name. I think she worked in the Insurance Brokers in Bloxwich for a long time. |
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JustJohn | Report | 9 Jan 2013 12:49 |
Paula. If you know Leamore, you can confirm what a beautiful little rural village it was. And how very privileged I was to live in leafy Hollemeadow Avenue (no 80). I believe today the house is signposted from J10 as the youthful home of Coco, BA (Hons) Bangor and most classy man of his generation :-D ;-) |
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PollyinBrum | Report | 9 Jan 2013 12:42 |
@ John I am smiling at the Little Ars'ton reference, I am not too far away from there. Some are very very nice and decent hardworking people. Some are so far up their own bums you can not see the soles of their shoes, but I take them all in my stride. My Mother had several members of her family living in Leamore. There seemed to be lots of sweet shops and I can remember "The Four Crosses" pub, and I was sad to see that I has now been demolished. |
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JustJohn | Report | 9 Jan 2013 12:13 |
Paula. Important to accept these nicknames in right spirit. Take Duchess as a compliment. |
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PollyinBrum | Report | 9 Jan 2013 11:46 |
AnnC I agree with you,you cannot buy class when I worked full time one of my male colleagues introduced me to someone as "The Duchess" I was so surprised at this and later asked him why,., he said that he thought I had "Class. I had never even thought about how people percieved me. All of my colleagues and students continue to call me Duchess, I think(hope) it is a term of endearment. I also think that people who talk about how much they are worth, name drop, and try to be above themselves in my opinion show little "Class" . ;-) |
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Mersey | Report | 9 Jan 2013 11:34 |
Here Here LG :-D :-D |
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LaGooner | Report | 9 Jan 2013 11:25 |
I am just me, I never pretend to be anything else. My old Dad's words were if people cannot accept you for you they ain't worth knowing. :-D. |
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Muffyxx | Report | 9 Jan 2013 11:05 |
I really hadn't given it a thought...I don't think *class* is as relevant now as it was in years gone by. |
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JustJohn | Report | 9 Jan 2013 10:24 |
There was a Scottish student at University in 60's. Son of a laird. But probabaly the poorest student I knew. He had a very large and cold room in a house half way between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris and used to walk in to Upper Bangor each day for lectures. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 9 Jan 2013 03:08 |
too right - you cannot buy class - I feel I have class, although I am working class and do not have money to speak of |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 9 Jan 2013 01:02 |
Sadly, class has come to be interpreted incorrectly. It has absolutely nothing to do with money - you cannot buy decent breeding |
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Annx | Report | 9 Jan 2013 00:26 |
No Maggie, they aren't fools. A small trader can benefit from being registered for VAT voluntarily. The services or goods they sell may be zero rated for VAT, so VAT isn't added, but they can claim back the VAT they pay themselves on the goods and services they purchase. In other words HMRC give them a refund. That is why my dad became VAT registered. |
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JustJohn | Report | 8 Jan 2013 23:59 |
Maggie. I am getting a bit confused. Late and need to keep my little mind simple. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 8 Jan 2013 23:45 |
John, |
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