the royal family

[j.sabourn]

Also my mother when she left school at 14 went into service for the Queen Mother before she married George V1, when she was lady forgot her name now. And kept in occasional contact , the Queen Mother always responded . I think I have one of her last letters somewhere but havent seen it for a number of years now, so hope haven’t lost. The age of what was known as chivalry and good manners has long gone and in its place look around and see what has been left. Our present Monarch represents that age of long gone , and there must be plenty who would like to return to it. I would.Today the world is not even, fairly divided , it is open for any Tom Dick and Harry to mess up as they like and continue to do, every time getting that bit worse. JS. Think it was Lady Bowaters or very similar.

[j.sabourn]

#19. The Grand Old Duke of York
He had 12 million Quid
Gave it to someone he’d never met
For something he never did.
JS

[j.sabourn]

Nearly got 50% of it Marian. Bowswater was the name I think of a shipping company and ne’r the Twain shall meet. Will have to look up my British Tramps where there was well over 200 company’s not so long back. JS

[Graham Shaw]

personally, one thinks royalty will go as our united kingdom has so many problems,homeless,illegal drugs,shootings failed education,poverty issues,and of course a broken economyetc, which have lead to our broken society

Hi Mo.Welcome Aboard ! See you have just joined and this is your first post. Were you or are you ex-MN?,or perhaps you were redirected here from another site.Anyway,that's quite a first post,jumping straight in on a controversial divisive topic. Looking at your Irish surname perhaps I shouldn't be too surprised,heh heh!. By the way is your first name short for Mohammed or Maureen?.Mo seems to be quite an ambiguous first name,as is the thing these days !
Anyway, I see you are from New Mills.Is that the one in the Peak District of Derbyshire?. I know it well,being a northern lad,now living in London.
My sister actually lives there,or just outside actually ,on the Hayfield Road she's Louise (Lou) McColl,-married name,and very well-known for her strong views on this that and the other-she is or was a local councillor so has many things to say on many subjects. I haven't seen her since pre-Covid so this year I must visit her,maybe we could even meet up.Anyway Lou knows everyone within a 25 mile radius of that little town,and,knowing her even much further afield probably,(!)so I'll ask if she knows you-I know how you Irish like to stick together.
Well,enjoy the site. Do you have any good sea stories to tell?.They would be very welcome
Cheers!
Graham

[j.sabourn]

#26 Well Graham with the name of Mo and if he went to sea Bet I know what his nickname was....Arfa !!
JS

[Brenda Shackleton]

#14
Hello John
Virginia Guiffre was molested when she was 7. Few years later ran away from home. In Foster Care. Lived on the streets aged 14. Picked up by Ghislaine Maxwell and groomed and trafficked . So many youngsters have a rotten start in life and the Predators are hovering ready to scoop them up. There are 130,000 slaves in the UK- hidden in plain sight. Young women and boys trapped in the sex trade. No money. No way of escape. For many this is the only life that they have ever known.

Visit Hope for Justice | End Slavery. Change Lives. for a fuller picture
One of our daughters is C.O.O. Elaine Jones. I don't know how she does it. The whole thing is horrific.

I am so fed up of hearing about Historical Slavery. It's here and now and thriving. Big time. Virginia Guiffre was saved when she met her husband. She and others like her are to be greatly pitied.
Brenda
This wasn't meant to sound like a sermon. Sorry.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Brenda.
I am with you all the way, over here we have a very brave young girl who was last years Australian of the Year, was continually sexually abused as a child, got on drugs, had tattoos etc, pulled herself up on her own. Has spoken out about the abuse and rape of women in our Parliament , yes in our Parliament. our present Pm has dodged bringing in a bill for reform in our Parliament, so far he has done anything. I know what I would do if I caught anyone abusing a child, he wouldn't do another one.
Des
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Slavery is alive and well in so many parts of so many countries.

On the Windsor we had a winger who had worked at Buck house, proved it by showing references he had from there.
told us that the family of then, the 1960's were a very polite well behaved lot.

But as with any thing times and people change

[j.sabourn]

Today when you get people shouting about how unfair certain personages of the past were , and call them slave masters . If you asked them the difference between a slave and a servant , they would no doubt say one was paid and the other wasn’t. A slave had to be fed and housed and looked after health wise so as to retain his value. In so called different periods of history with very low earnings and lack of most things to keep on living , I wonder how many would opt to be a slave and a survivor.? JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

John
I was asked to be Marilyn Monroe's sex slave, but turned it down as she wasn't a good feeder. YEA.
Des