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Marjorie, not only are this lot barking up the wrong tree, I think they are also barking mad ( by the way, the medicine you are on sounds like good stuff to me, I'll have a pint of it if I may ). People like you and I who get out more ( or who are allowed out more ) will know that LOLA is a famous name in British racing car history. Successful in Formula 3, Formula 2 and ....... made up the numbers in Formula 1. Based in the rugged open plains of Cambridgeshire, where men are men and the sheep have a nervous look in their eyes, they were famous for employing the most fearless, committed racing drivers of all time. No cross-dressing, sexually confused namby pambies associated with this name. Hope this clears everything up. Regards Keith

Hi Sharyn, You mention Smith LOL. Could this be a mistranscription of Smith Lola? If the name has been handed down in the family it could prove your connection to the dancing girl mentioned earlier. Gwynne

This is the funniest and most entertaining thread onthe whole of this site... ~Jess~

REB-thing ..... from your choice of 'name', I assumed you were a James Dean descendant - wasnt your mum a 'Fan' ? MARJORIE - apply soap and water to mouth and environs - lol (that noise inn the background is Jess ruining another keyboard ....)

Marjorie, I think you need to check your dosage, dear. Gosh, a few mistranscriptions, a bit of bad writing, a stain on the paper and now look at the mess you've got yourselves into! Pola Negra - not an actress,it should read 'Pole dancer Lola - naked'. I'm afraid the Copacabana was rather sordid and went in for some rather tasteless publicity stunts. You are not the first to be confused, however, as this has been garbled into Polish Lola, supposedly from Cracow. She is despite the confusion with Lot, sometimes associated with Salome, another dancer, who wanted to marry John Baptist, but apparently there was some objection on his part to the wedding. And as for the likelihood of M & S and Waitrose being around in those days!. Really, it was very down market in that part of the world then and they would have had a choice between Netto or Honest Joe the Grocer's. nell

Laird Don't wibble away at your roots in public dear,its very rude. Marjorie

Who are you calling a fruit? I think of myself more as a vegetable to be honest. Anyway, Lola married a Mr Er. They had one daughter called Gina Lola Bridget. I think she was an actress. Alan

LOL (a) .. ... Hey Rebel's Cause, I already indicated that fact about Lola's gender, with a link to the fruit being discussed earlier to clarify it ..... Incidentally I infer that your Maiden name was Dean - correct? In the meantime, wibbling away at my roots ..... N U R S E !!!!

Sharyn Its a very special hospital and they have given me a very nice padded sort of jacket thingy to wear, tied behind my back which means I have to look at my pooter in a mirror to see what I'm doing. Marjorie

I think you are all barking up the wrong tree with this Lola person, surely it reads Pola Negra, a famous silent movie star? So she certainly wouldnt have been singing much. I believe she appeared at the Coliseum a lot. (But not with Lot, she was nothing to do with him)She danced a bit, though and seems to be a jolly good sort all round. So they say. Also, can anyone tell me the precise location of the Supermarket which supplied the 5000 loaves and fishes? How could I find out if the fish was fresh or frozen? I have heard that it was the same supermarket which was involved in a scandal over some dodgy bottled water that was actually wine, dumped from an EEC Wine Lake in Austria.(AKA the Red Sea) Would Trading Standards be the place to find out? I'm not sure if there was an M + S back in those days, might it have been Waitrose? Oh, a nice nurse has just brought me my medicine, would anyone else like some? Marjorie

Ooh that is nice, if you are going to share them, bags I the Brazil nut one Linda

I GOT PRESSIE OF BOX OF CHOCS TODAY FOR HELPING SOMEONE ON BOARDS,THINK THAT WAS LOVELY OF BRENDA BUT SORRY ITS NOT A MOAN I,M HAVING.

Well yes,,, she was a showgirl!!!

More info on Lola - she used to be a dancer at the Copacabana. nell

Richard. It as suddenly occured to me that the river Badington you refer to, was where that mad Russian guy 'R.A. R.A. Rasputin' was last seen praying with 'Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ!' and im sure it was Christmas day too! Also do you think that the mis-transcribing for Boney N, should actually have been transcribed as Bono, an Irish man cU2.00, Ag Lab, who had a huge 'desire' for growing 'Joshua trees!' it does make sense somehow! Speaking of Trees, I think I can now link all this info to the branch I have connected to the unknown family, who have incidently, deep rooted origins with the the country of unknown, that way any one wishing to view my tree will have a even better insight of the unknown! Cheers for the info Richard, I wont bother checking it out, as its to much like hard work! Tracy x ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Linda I found Con and Dec on the new english chart you refer to, however they were transcribed as Ant and Dec Duo, occupation- Batchelors soup chef's, birth place, Biker Grove. It is also rumoured that they had a short career in the vinyl industry too, however this was short lived as they caused a bit of a 'rumble'! They were actually spotted 'surfing usa' and river Badington that Richard mentioned! So they have obviously moved from their home Country of Ireland. This probobaly explains why you have struggled to locate them so far. Maybe 'Barbara Anne' their mother/sister/lover, who ever she was, can tell you more! Hope this helps Tracy x

I've tried Pallot's index, but can someone check Shallot's index for me? I'm looking for the Onions. I've bean looking for ages.

Forget Pallots index, I have found a collection of charts which cover the whole of the country. I was hoping to track down two brothers Con and Dec Cluskey, the trouble is they have declared themselves to be Bachelors and Irish to boot. I believe that will make it very difficult to trace any offspring. Linda

On later censuses, Napolean Bonaparte was entered simply as 'Boney, N'. Unfortunately this got mistranscribed as 'Boney M'. I believe that he also went into the vinyl business, something to do with the rivers of Babington (though that might have been mistranscribed, too)...

I can confirm that Lola was a dancer. Very energetic. All Day and all of the Night. Gwynne

Laird. I think your onto something there and............ 'You really got me going, you got me so I cant sleep at night' I knew there was some kind of a connection with Lola and a sunset in Waterloo. Ive also heard there is a possibillity that she could be connected to a Napoleon Bonaparte c1769?? I wonder if you Could confirm if Lola was once a famous dancer too? Im sure it would have been c60/70s, Only rumour has it, that she used to 'come dancing at the local pally', perhaps Napoleon Bonaparte was the secret partner every one talk about! Tracy x