General Chat

My ambition as a young man was to die in my 90's riding pillion on Marianne Faithful's motorbike. Doubt I was the only one to have such ambitious ambitions. Nowadays, I could not even get my leg over - any motorbike. And I found an even nicer girl that Marianne 37 years ago :-) <3

I love Sarah Millican but have no idea whether it will be good this week. Her surname sounds Irish, so perhaps we will have a bit of Catherine Cookson pathos in her story

See that the time is now changed for this programme,
now 10.35.
As I've said its Sarah Millican tomorrow.

Next week its Marianne Faithfull, not a fan of her but reading
the following it looks as though it should be good.....

Quote:

The singer and actress tries to learn more about her mother Eva,
with whom she had a difficult relationship, investigating her early
life as a dancer in 1920's Berlin. She also finds out about her half-
Jewish mother's experiences in Vienna during World War 2, and
explores the family story that her relatives were involved in the
Austrian resistance.

Emma

Thank you for encouraging me to watch it and not to dismiss it as I had already done. You are all correct it was very interesting and I didnt want the mans journey to end. The best in the series so far for me :-D

I too enjoyed it ,until the record of him already visiting the sacred place with his father at the age of 8 when he signed the book.
So they must have had some knowledge of it prior to the TV show.

Maryb.

Call me a celebrity & get me out of here, I have to agree with you John it was a brilliant programe, the best one so far this year.

It was my favourite in this series, even though it was yet another "celebrity" I had never heard of.

I knew a little about the African connection. I worked for an Indian in Tesco who came over from Uganda as a young man in about 1966 and got a job on deli counter in Swiss Cottage and eventually (by 1980ish) became a Regional Managing Director. He was a businessman to fingertips.

Nitan's mother seems to never have mentioned these children dying. Only 2 survivors out of ten children!! It crossed my mind that, at the time of the death in 1945, the little girl was 6 and Nitan's mother would have been 8. So she was probably playing with this sister every day and it must have been a terrible tragedy when the little girl succombed to fever (probably malaria).

How wonderful to find the village of your roots. He looked so happy and emotional - and at peace. Brilliant programme, I thought. :-) :-)

Thought it was one of the best in this latest series.
Teaches you a lot about what happened in Kenya.
I worked with a Kenyan Indian in the 70's and did know that most of them were business men with the work ethic to start all over again.
Seem to remember another Indian one a year or two back that got back on the records a long way.They did keep them well ,sometimes better than ours.

Did it show much of India ?

Loved it tonight. First one l've seen in ages too. Niton(sp) is such a lovely man. Hopefully his children will enter their names when they are older:)

jude

I enjoyed tonight's programme and found it very
interesting. To enter the names of his children
into the book where he found his ancestors must
have been a wonderful experience for him.

Emma :-)

I didnt bother watching it tonight just dont fancy it this week

:-) :-)

Next week is Sarah Millican.

Emma :-)

I didn't think I was going to enjoy NH programme
but I did.
Tomorrow nights will I hope live up to what I've read
about it.

Emma :-)

I found this one interesting, his grandparents were married the same years as my Grandparents and much the same but theirs was in Belfast and mind England however my Grandfather married my RC Gran and his mother wouldn't sign as he was only 20 so he lied on their marriage lines about this age.

Oh, Tabitha. You are talking about two women I adore. For different reasons. Marianne Faithful was one of the most desirable women of my youth - unfortunately Mick Jagger was smitten before me. Lovely voice and exceptionally pretty, though has had quite a hard life since. But still a great character and plenty of noble blood probably. Seem to remember her mother was titled.

And Sarah Millican is one of funniest stand ups at present. I am expecting hers to be all working class and coal mines and ship yards. But we never know. Gary Crisp-Walker (the footballer) had a churchman in his lineage :-)

Still have no idea who he is or anything

I enjoyed the 2nd part very interesting - got fed up with the first part far too political & too recent for me.

I too would love to know where mine & hubby's family stood in the civil war - I am sure my side were plebs but OH side had a few nobles - will need to do some more digging one day.

I think there are just 4 left now - its gone very quick this series - the chappy who I now know is in Eastenders - I haven't watched since dirty Den & Angie - the good old days - John Simpson who I think is something to do with the news - Marianne Faithfull who was something to do with the 60's and a singer but no idea really & a woman called Millican I have never heard of.

Had to record this last night as was out to the theatre.
Doesn't look too interesting on what has been said.

Emma

It was a very ‘meaty’ programme. It was interesting how the researchers were able to link his line into pre-prepared family trees. If only we could be so fortunate! Would we have tried to double check it or accept the trees as truth?

Although they tried to explain the Irish Question, with the addition of other factions I’m even more confused!

Next week is Nitin Ganatra. Apparently he is an actor in Eastenders; we haven’t watched that for years. He wants to know why his family left Kenya when he was three years old. As a British Kenyan Asian, you’d have thought he know! Work friends last met about 15 years ago still thought of Kenya as ‘Home’.

Presumably his HEWER ancestors were rooted in farming in Wiltshire and were boring - we were not told, were we?

Two fascinating glimpses at very troubled times. The Catholic/Presbyterian marriage at beginning of troubles and a Catholic rising to be High Sherriff of Belfast. He looked a very charming and successful man, a bit like Nick, I thought.

And I am now fascinated with the Civil War and which side my various rellies were on. If there was a big dispute between the Queen and Parliament these days, which side would we support. We pray "God save the Queen or King", so why were Cromwell and his followers (all supposedly devout Christians) so anti the monarchy? Must try to find all that out.