party in bude

hi everyone.

i also want to thank abi for all her hard work to do with the family tree (even though its not my blood family!) I know Julian is very grateful and seeings as he has no idea how to get online i shall thank you abi on behalf of him!! hopefully we will see you sometime over the weekend anyway.

This is just a quick message to do with julians party. I have now had to change the date to the SUNDAY 19th AUG not the saturday 18th as the town band are using their hall that day as Bude Carnival is all happening on saturday (even more of a reason for people to come down for the weekend and celebrate!). Thats all i can tell you for now but I do so hope that as many of you will be able to come down for it. Its not going to be a big affair but just something to enjoy and celebrate with Julian and myself. we will have our lifegurad lodger in our upstairs room but we do have a small spare room and big back garden if anone wants to stay or camp!! Ideally though it would be nice to make it a surprise but if that doesnt happen so be it.
Hope everyone is well. Ju, Amber and I are all off for our holiday to Egypy in a coupld of weeks so we are looking forward to that. We havent been abroad all three of us together ever!! The last time Ju and I went abroad Amber was just a little bump in my tummy!!
Love to everone take acer all Tani x

FAMILY HISTORY

Nic,

I don't have a copy that can be emailed as I typed it on my ancient computer at home. However, there is a lot more information on my genes reunited site along with a family tree that dates back to the 1400's from both Houghton and Knight sides of the family. Once you have registered (costs about £8) you can send me a message requesting me to open my tree and then I can give you and whoever else wants to view it, access to it. The photos are a lovely idea and a nice tribute to Dad for his b'day. I have thought lots about him this week and lit a candle in the cathedral for him yesterday. I bet those daffodils that we planted for him have appeared by now, hopefully I'll get to go and have a look next weekend on our way to Bude. We are going to stay for the weekend in Claire's house while her and Keith are in Lanzarote. Can't wait!

Would it be ok for you to send me back the originals of the photos I gave you last year? I wondered why there were lots of gaps in my album and had forgotton I gave all my photos of Dad to you for the booklet you made for the funeral. Thanks Nic.
PS) hope the new job is going well! x

I have created a link as promised to an album containing photographs of Jonathan Frederick Knight to mark his birthday (11 March 1931). Watch it in 'slideshow' mode.
I have also made Tania an Administrator for the Blog along with Jonathan.
Well done Clare for posting a Comment; but how about becoming a full-blown member? Ask Tania to email you an invitation.

ABI ' S FAMILY HISTORY WORK

Abi,
I received my bundle of family history. Its a very good effort on your part and you are to be commended for it.
I had not known that Dad had won a scholarship to one of our most prestigious hall of learning.
You might have saved the postage and a few forests by emailing the material (or at least printing double-sided) though.

I suggest you retain the master copy which will in time be added to I hope. I would welcome an emailed copy. If the attachments are not in electronic form then I can scan the ones you sent me.
Well done again.
I think perhaps that you, me and Tania are the only people that read this Blog. Such a pity.

PS Its rather poignant to observe that today would have been Dad's 76th birthday and that Tuesday will mark the first anniversary of his death. As a tribute I shall add some photographs of him that I recently came across to the Blog's Album later today.

Update from Bristol

Hello!

That is great news, congratulations Nic! I hope by now you have all received your family history packs I sent out. They are a bit bulky so may take you a while to get through them!! I was contacted by a historian a few days ago and she is researching Arthur Rhys Davids, our grandmothers cousin. Apparently he was very close to our Great Grandfather, Henry Davids, so she is researching him too. She said she'd contact me with any useful information that she found out so could be interesting.

Hope you are all well and happy. It was my birthday last week and Joe arranged a surprise trip to Amsterdam which was amazing. We did as much as we could in the three days we were there. The red light district was an eye opener but the rest of the city was beautiful.....and the sun was shining most of the time we were there!

Love to you all,

Abi xxx

NIC'S NEW JOB

Nic has a new job. Area sales for Bridgecraft covering the whole of southern England and south Wales. I am considering a move to Dorset in order to be more central.

Bridgecraft is a sister company to Vale Upholstery. They are British manufacturers of quality upholstered furniture.

I start this month.