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Old 23-03-13, 18:26
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Default Too many Cooks...

I was studying some electoral rolls and came across the following three families in neighbouring houses:

Cook...Burns...Fish

There were a lot of Cooks and only one Fish. Delightful!
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Old 23-03-13, 19:05
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You couldn't make it up, Shona!
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Old 27-03-13, 11:43
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Reminds me of the baptism register for Langley, Norfolk, where some of the surnames were:

Crisp
Lemon
Cook
Butcher
Fish
Baker
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Old 27-03-13, 11:46
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Reminds me of the baptism register for Langley, Norfolk, where some of the surnames were:

Crisp
Lemon
Cook
Butcher
Fish
Baker
Sago


In Grimsby, there are a lot of Haddocks and Codds!
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Old 27-03-13, 11:52
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Shona, I've got Codd ancestors from Lincolnshire!

At present I'm working hard on my Parrotts from Bucks., but they aren't so edible!
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Old 27-03-13, 12:00
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Shona, I've got Codd ancestors from Lincolnshire!

At present I'm working hard on my Parrotts from Bucks., but they aren't so edible!
...and there are Dolphins in the town, too.
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Old 27-03-13, 13:01
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