As I have gone through the years I have noticed that the longer I live the more sick the people there are around me. The worrying aspect of this is that it is younger people who are getting ill, and with strange diseases.
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Normally, if we discuss ancesters we are looking at people about whom we know very little and who have been dead for no short time. Continue reading We are ancestors! The British Isles were always small and under populated before the major invasions of the Romans and Saxons. Traditionally, a new bride is carried ‘over the thresh hold’ into her new husband’s home. Dirt poor became a derogatory reference to the lower levels of society as improvements were made to housing. This is one of those old sayings that have some basis in what people saw as facts. While the general population was prepared to have a bath once a year, in May, they were not prepared to go to the expense of boiling water for each person having a bath. Although brides look very pretty with their bouquets of flowers, the flowers were carried, primarily, to cover the body odour of the bride. Coín is a young and vibrant town despite its heritage. Sometimes it is difficult to remember just how industrious Coineños are when you see a set of images like these which were taken during a trip to the market. Please click the image to see the […]  I, too was once young! I am forever being told that because I do not subscribe to the ‘happy, clappy’, positive generation that i will forever attract misery into my life. I am also told that I have to adopt this plastic imitation of a philosophy if I want to improve my current situation. Continue reading Nostalgia |
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