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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 9 Aug 2011 17:24

Listening to the radio, (so I haven't seen it written down), did I just hear that the Deputy Chief Commisioner of police is called HOPEINHELL? :-S

Don't really care what he's called now - that's stuck!! :-D

What other appropriate names have you come across?

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

Big

Big Report 9 Aug 2011 17:34

snigger :)

Lady Cutie

Lady Cutie Report 9 Aug 2011 17:38

Oh dear ...lolol

sally

sally Report 9 Aug 2011 17:51

Oooops......... another snigger :-D

Researching:
Dodd, Taylor,Devine & Green Families Liverpool. Wright,Laws & Unwin Families Lincolnshire. Doherty Family Staffordshire

Patricia

Patricia Report 9 Aug 2011 18:04

His name is Hogan-Howe....

Researching:
Our Main Lines: - SEYMOUR - Lancashire,Yorkshire, BAKER - Essex, Kent & Sussex, HANCOCK - Devon, Somerset, Surrey, Middlesex, PATERSON - Glasgow, Middlesex - they did like to move about!!!

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 9 Aug 2011 23:54

Thanks for that, Patricia. I was only half listening, and it was an Irish/Scottish broadcaster who said his name, very fast .... could explain my

Certainly don't envy him!!!
Poor mans in a no-win situation.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 10 Aug 2011 09:42


Just thought of another....

previous Commissioner of Met Police, Sir Paul Condon, I could never quite get used to hearing his surname spoken without thinking of the obvious!!

K

Researching:
Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambs: TAGG Thames Ditton & East Molesey, Surrey: LEETON/LEADON Hunts & Cambs: LLOYD London/Middx: FROST London/Middx: ROSKAS, KISELIUS, BUDAS W.Lothian & Lanarks: ROSKAS, JAKAS/JAKAITE, JUSKEVICIUS, MICKEVICIUS Lithuania

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Aug 2011 11:35

Neither could I, Karen :-S

How I miss the now retired high up Army bloke - 'Jock' Stirrup.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 12 Aug 2011 00:12

now what could be obvious about a condom?

just as welli it wasnt a woman.............can u imagine .......Pauline Condon?
pull on a condom?

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

sally

sally Report 12 Aug 2011 13:56

Hi All

I always think of my Mums Maiden Name CANT.

Imagine if her family was London.........Try saying it with a Cockney Accent!


Tut tut quit naughty me thinks :-D

Researching:
Dodd, Taylor,Devine & Green Families Liverpool. Wright,Laws & Unwin Families Lincolnshire. Doherty Family Staffordshire

Merlin

Merlin Report 12 Aug 2011 14:33

What about that Island just off the coast of Thailand.? :-S. Phuket :-S

Researching:
Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Wend,Prickly,Island,GG.+CC.+DIZZY & Mersey.