Grandchild name

If you go round the graveyards in the Black Country, you find lots of Elis enochs, Hezekiahs, Ezekiels, even Hepesebah. My one grandmother was Miriam, I think it's a lovely named, my other one (who I didn't like) was Emily!

We had an Anastasia at school and a Janetta.

I taught an Arora Pandora!

KatyK one of my favourite novels is jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym. Written in the 50's, Jane is a rather disorganised country vicar's wife, dreamy and oblivious to her appearance or anyone else's, but Prudence is a smart working woman, very glamorous and given to love affairs

Ermintrude indeed, this has got to be a wind up.

Dear Ermintrude,
I hope you have managed to feel more comfortable about allowing your son to name his son. Financial concerns in families, well they are probably the biggest can of worms on the planet . When we pay for anything in the shops, it's a simple exchange of goods and money , with family their are always invisible strings attached and they can bind all of you into the most uncomfortable positions from where your vision will almost certainly be obscured , in my experience . Let us know ( not the name , just how you are ) ?

There, there not their ; I hate predictive text ( sorry ) ! Oops don't get me started .

Jane - Maybe I should have gone with my OH's wishes!

"allowing your son to name his [child]"

allowing !!??

Yeesh!

I enjoyed that novel too, jane.

I used to work with an Adelaide Bottomley !

I remember Drene shampoo! Orangy colour and came in soft pouches.

Is ermindtrude Frank's long lost sister?

When I was about four or five I announced that I wanted to be called Princess Fairy Silver Moonlight in future and demanded that my parents addressed me as such. My father answered, "Of course I shall dear, if I can remember it."

"Fallen out with him"!!! - over a name!!!!

Time to eat some humble pie Ermintrude - this post has to be a wind-up surely.

We've just been watching Airplane

Rumack: Can you fly this plane, and land it?

Striker: Surely you can't be serious?

Rumack: I'm serious, and don't call me Shirley!

Love that film!

Lord Frederick Windsor (son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent) and his wife Sophie have just had a baby and called her Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina.
I haven't heard of any Maud's for years!

My parents bought their house from a lady called Hepzebah, I was surprised when I saw the house deeds. I had never come across the name before in the north east.

Hepzibah was the wife of Hezekia in the bible. Now why do I know that??

I understood that Dear Prudence was written by Paul and John while they were visiting India. Prudence was/is Mia Farrow's sister. She was very quiet and shy and they were trying to make her smile! It would make me smile if two of the Beatles wrote a song for me

Kitty

JaneA Oh the delights of Barbara Pym! I looked for one of hers in the library yesterday but they were all on loan. I suspect some other fan has been grabbing them all.

Nellie Yes indeed! I've been a BP addict since hearing Joanna David read A Glass of Blessings on Radio 4 back in 1988!

My name can also be a boy's name - I seem to have survived!