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WHERE IS YOUR BIRTH PLACE

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+3 Views: 1187 Answers: 18 Posted: 12 years ago

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west-bus

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I was born in a large village in the good county of Lancashire, England. Like most babies born at that time I was helped and assisted into this world of ours by a good midwife. This historic happening took place at my parents house which was to be my home for the following two and a half decades. Not a particularly happy period of my life, but never the less I survived.

Built in the thirties I thought I would utilise modern technology and see if the house was still standing. I opened Google Earth, fed in the address and pressed enter and held onto my seat. The journey from Krefeld, Germany took only seconds and then I landed. I pressed Street-View and then it happened! Before my very eyes and in all its glory was the house and birthplace of west-bus.

12 years ago. Rating: 18
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Ann

Wow, this must have been an emotional journey.

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

Do you remember this rhyme, West?

"Oranges and lemons" say the Bells of St. Clement.
"I owe you five farthings" say the Bells of St. Martin.
"When will you pay me?" say the Bells of Old Bailey.
"When I grow rich" say the Bells of Shoreditch.
"When will that be?" say the Bells of Stepney.
"I do not know" say the Big Bells of Bow.
"Here comes the candle to light you to bed
Here comes the chopper to chop off your Head
Chip, chop, chip, chop - the last man's out!"

commented 12 years ago

west-bus

Thanks Dardaigh, that takes me almost back to Bach! It is more than sixty years since I last sang it and yes, I had forgotten half of it. I wonder if all those bells are still ringing out, I hope so. If I may ask, where is your birthplace and where is your home now ? I won't tell anyone, thats a promise.

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

Funny, West! :)
I was born in Ireland. We moved to England and we lived in a place called Manor Park, just outside of London. Then my parents brought us to Canada.
How long have you been in Germany?
p.s. We used to sing Bells of Tralee instead of Stepney...lol.

commented 12 years ago

west-bus

Thanks for the info Dardaigh, I shall pass that on to M.I.5. From '68-'70 I was driving those excellent red Routemaster buses. I lived in Highbury which, according to Google, is nine miles from Manor Park. End of September '70 I came over to West Germany and have lived here ever since.
Over and Out.

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

Okay...last post here I guess cos everyone's reading it...ha ha ha.
Wow...I'm impressed that you could drive those things!! Used to take the 101 all over the place.
Um...think I'll edit my answer to where I was born, etc...TMI! :)
Auf wiedersehen.

commented 12 years ago

melandrupert

Dardaigh I do remember that ryme and guess what I was just round the corner from in London we were going to imigrate to Canada too but my Father had second thoughts I my always wanted to go but she dis have a very goos job in the UK what a small world xx

commented 12 years ago

melandrupert

west-bus I lived at Highbury terrace N1 what about that and I now live in the Rossendale valley xxx

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

Small world, Mel.xx
Someone from my class, her parents also moved their family to Canada.

commented 12 years ago

melandrupert

Dardaigh thanks xxx

commented 12 years ago

west-bus

Mel, there is only one Highbury Terrace in London and it is in London N5 and not N1. And guess what ? I lived in 17 Petherton Road N5 and it is less than a mile from where you lived. If you have Google Earth with street view then you can 'drop in' and see the house where west-bus lived. As you said , its a small world isn't it ?

commented 12 years ago

melandrupert

west-bus sorry got the post code wrong I was never any good and numbers LOL wow that is amazing you only lived a mile away did you you go to drayton park school I did only breifley then was chucked into boarding school small world xxx

commented 12 years ago

jhharlan

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Tyler, TX. Home of Earl Campbell.........

12 years ago. Rating: 16
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ROMOS

Earl Campbell?
Was he half Scottish?

commented 12 years ago

jhharlan

Earl is black. He makes sausages now. He won the Heisman Trophy back in the 70's. Big U of Texas player. Famous in the states and especially in Texas.....

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

Half a black Scotsman then with a name like Campbell.
:-)

commented 12 years ago

jhharlan

I have a very black Guyanese friend who's name is McBean.....

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

Nah! McBeans Irish.

commented 12 years ago

jhharlan

My mother's maiden name was: Scott..... where do you think she got it from?

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

Scott is a Scottish/English border name.

commented 12 years ago

jhharlan

What about HARGROVE? English or Welsh I think, that's me.....

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

English, from the Cheshire area.

commented 12 years ago

mycatsmom

never heard of him

commented 12 years ago

Ann

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In Europe.

12 years ago. Rating: 15
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ed shank

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Neu Ulm, Germany. Over a half century ago.

12 years ago. Rating: 15
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Dardaigh

Do you speak German, Ed?

commented 12 years ago

mycatsmom

My grandma came from Germany...Bavaria

commented 12 years ago

ed shank

Yes I do. Most of my family is also from Bavaria.

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

Nice! I took it in high school. Germany is one place I'd like to see.

commented 12 years ago

ed shank

Nice scenery, wish I could say something nice about the people. Arrogant, and all suffer from tunnel vision. But that's just my opinion.

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

Yes, pictures of Germany are always so beautiful. Can't address the other, cos I haven't met too many but the ones I met were nice, though they no longer lived there.

commented 12 years ago

dad59

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In a house so far up a holler, they had to pump sunshine in, WV.

12 years ago. Rating: 15
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Hospital !

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Its in PIMS !

12 years ago. Rating: 15
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mycatsmom

What's PIMS ?

commented 12 years ago

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (full form )

commented 12 years ago

ROMOS

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Right here in my hometown.

12 years ago. Rating: 14
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daren1

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Bosstown Mass.

12 years ago. Rating: 14
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Dardaigh

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Not here.

12 years ago. Rating: 14
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clu

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At a hospital in Indiana, USA! By the way .it still is in business!

12 years ago. Rating: 11
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doolittle

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Doolittle's hatch. Then they sneak you into a hospital and assign you parents. I'm not sure where I hatched.

12 years ago. Rating: 10
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jraynium

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I was born in the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital in London. It was the final months of World War II, bombs were dropping overhead and I was born on the chaplain's desk which was underground !! I always claimed this made me a true cockney (born within the sound of Bow Bells) but I'm not sure if that's true.

12 years ago. Rating: 9
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west-bus

To be a true Londoner - A Cockney, you have to be born within hearing distance of the church bells of St. Mary Le Bow, Cheapside, in the City of London of London. Before the advent of motor traffic, the sound of the Bow Bells apparently reached 6 miles to the East, 5 miles to the north, 4 miles to the West and 3 miles to the south.
>>>> http://www.cockney.co.uk
I think thats true.

commented 12 years ago

mycatsmom

John Lennon also has said he was born " while the Nazis were still bombing us "

commented 12 years ago

witchway

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In a nice little hamlet on Earth.

12 years ago. Rating: 7
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bustieone

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In Prov., RI, USA..

12 years ago. Rating: 6
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melandrupert

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Born in London UK

12 years ago. Rating: 5
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mycatsmom

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I was born in a cracked teacut behind the flowerpot in the fruit celler. ( An old man next door to us used to tell us that . LOL )

12 years ago. Rating: 5
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mycatsmom

Actually, I was born in the state of infancy .

commented 12 years ago

Ed1530

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My mom said she found me under a rock but I forgot to ask her where she was at when she found me. My sister said that she floated down the river where my Mom and Dad found her at the church picnic.

12 years ago. Rating: 5
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Dardaigh

No cabbage patch or stork for you, huh, Ed? :)

commented 12 years ago

Ed1530

No, I guess you can say I was from the stone age.

commented 12 years ago

Dardaigh

Good one! LOL :)

commented 12 years ago

chdudc

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port-louis

12 years ago. Rating: 5
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