Where are we all

I'm a Manchester girl, lived in Cheshire for 40 years though.

Port Eynon ,sigh!!!!

I'm in Wales - Gower.
Moved to the country from Berkshire three and a half years ago but before that Bucks, Kent, London, Australia and Lincolnshire.
Husband says he's not moving again.

Welcome Bellesnan,lived Worthing,now in Cornwall.

I'm a relative newbie - only been checking in for the last week or so. Born in Reading (parents evacuated during WW2), moved to south London in 1947. Both parents were cockney through and through. Mum eldest of four children, Dad youngest of 13! Not seen any of my rellies for years and years. Now live in West Sussex, having previously lived in Kent, Hampshire and East Sussex. Would love a place in France but daughter wont allow it!

I remember being on the phone to someone when I lived in Cornwall who kept saying [wurrr be too?]. Took me ages to work out what he was asking!

Hello! I'm originally from Warwick but spent all my married life in sunny Devon near the sea, seven miles from Plymouth, proper job!

Wecome toppers,enjoy childminding.Up Bristol in Nov to see South Pacific ahhh.

Hi I am in Bristol and have always lived here. Have just become a qualified Childminder. Have always wanted to do this but now I am retired have fufilled this wish. Whether anyone will want a Granny as a childminder, well lets wait and see!!!!

Lovely indeed, numberplease, but give me a windy day with the waves crashing against the ricks. I spend a lot of time in Northumberland, and the beach is long and sandy and beautiful, but I miss those crashing waves. I've decided I have to go back next year. I always thought we'd spend wonderful family holidays there with grandchildren playing where the kids used to but, alas, the family have fragmented due to divorce. However, my daughter took her husband and chikdren there the other year, and they also fell in love with the place.

We haven`t been to Trebarwith Strand for a long, long time, 1984 in fact, and it was a very grey, and extremely windy day, but warm, and we have some great cine film of our then 14 year old son being consumed by a gigantic wave which caught him unawares from behind. It must be lovely there on a sunny day.

I worked on some of later stuff shaped like alpine ski lodges,before or after your time crimson.

There's a little building on the left hand side going down to the beach that's built into the rocks..it's selling for @£110,000..no garden or parking but who needs a garden when you've got the beach a few yards away! I love the way the waves crash against the rocks at Trebarwith. I used to know an old lady called Mrs Phillips who lived at Treknow..but that was oh so long ago. I had a flat at Hengar Manor at St Tudy. I can still close my eyes and be there.

crimsom,i live 3miles from the strand,go down there early &late to avoid the crowds better is port William bay.I bet the house prices have rocked since then!

Oh how I envy those of you in Cornwall; I've been thinking a lot of the place recently [saw a programme about St Ives the other week which probably set me off]. We always used to go to the north coast round Trebarwith at this time of year [I'd lived there at one time]. I even went on rRght Move yesterday to see if there were any houses I recognised! [there were!]

Hi ...another recent reader on gransnet (enjoy reading the huge variety of threads) ... tend to read more than post(still not confident ...as lost two!!) ...born a Maid of Kent ...lived in various parts of south west London ...then southern Lincolnshire ...now back in Kent ...living as a Kentish Maid.

Like so many of you moved to train, for work and to marry.

EsleG welcome &enjoy gransnet.

welcome Carolemimi another cornish ressi,my gt grandad was born Hayle is name was Thomas Rowse.

Oh, Biggran ... my very first reply! I feel at home already.Thank you.
I know, really, how lucky I am to have spent my life here. It is very beautiful with many pluses but we are so far away from everything and it can be frustrating at times. There are countless plays, museums, operas,ballets exhibitions and shows that I'd love to have experienced in my lifetime but to get out of Cornwall, even for a few days, is so expensive. The train to London with two or three nights accommodation together with the the actual cost of tickets can be a few hundred pounds. So It hasn't happened that often!! I've been lucky over the past few years tho' as my daughter now lives in Hampshire and I seem to be getting more of the best of both worlds. So I'm a lucky duck!!!

Welcome carolemimi - sounds as if you'll be a real asset. Get reading and then get posting !

Welcome carolemimi! This is my first ever forum, too. It took me a while to to get into the swing of it, but it's a great place to be!

Congratulations on your first ever post to a forum. There'll be no stopping you now!

For me the dream would be to move to Cornwall! Are we never content with what we have?

Hi. my first time on a forum but do I get marks for trying?
What a smashing, diverse lot you are.
I was brought up in St, Ives and went to Penzance Girls' Grammar 1954 [ring any bells Skyesgran?] but now retired and have moved all the way to Hayle !!! Wish I could be in SW France or Burgundy !! [ the dream went pear-shaped ]
There are lots of posts I'd like to reply to but will have to speed up first; this has taken 25 mins. My grand- daughter is here on her lap-top and in the same time has written a 3000 word essay !! Well, so it seems.

Be back soon

originally from the Midlands and have moved many times including to Western Australia now living in Weymouth Dorset.wonderful county for walking and cycling.lots of friendly people in Weymouth now i am a widow i have joined so many activities there is never a dull day.Lillian

Hooray! Another Gransnetter from Hertfordshire. Welcome from an East Hertfordshire Grandma