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  1. This is probably the oldest family photo I have. It's on glass. Aunt Agnes, 1829 - 1899. She was the elder half-sister of my great-grandfather - and also his first cousin. Agnes was the youngest of five children but her father died a few months after she was born, and her mother then shacked up with his brother. At that time the Church of England prohibited marriage between in-laws, so they "lived in sin" for a while, producing two more children including my great-grandfather. They married in 1835 away from their home parish, presumably to beat the new Marriages Act which would have legally prohibited their marriage. Better to fall foul of the Church than the Law! Such marriages remained illegal until 1921. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deceased_Wife's_Sister's_Marriage_Act_1907
  2. Bloody hell, that's grim.
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    British Character Actors

    Ah, a hit for me in the Hare's DP. Wish I'd remembered him for the ABC pool.
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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    That's the only one I have read!
  5. Here is an interesting lady who is (I think) my second cousin three times removed. Some sort of distant cousin anyway. I see a distinct resemblance to my mother. Esmeralda Lock https://www.aboutbridgnorth.com/esmeralda-the-gypsy/
  6. Bit of a mixed message, no?
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    Room Lovely, Look You.

    My old rustbucket passed the MOT with nothing seriously needing doing Or more accurately, addressing the advisories would merely be a waste of money.
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    Hosni Mubarak

    "Dead, died, death. We are grown ups and should be afraid of these words. " I meant, of course "Dead, died, death. We are grown ups and shouldn't be afraid of these words."
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    The 5th Death of 2020

    I put the list through a randomiser, but could not bring myself to vote for the person who came top. So I voted for the one at the bottom. Bob Barker
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    Curse Of The Eurovision

    That was the "nul points" one, wasn't it? I've heard worse!
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    Hosni Mubarak

    Since this is the Death List site, I would like to see a ban on all the twee euphemisms like "passed". Dead, died, death. We are grown ups and shouldn't be afraid of these words. I don't mind the more jocular ones once in a while, eg fell off the perch, kicked the bucket etc. The ones that you don't imagine being said in a hushed tone.
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    Guess The Song

    ^^^Don't forget this is still going ^^^ Marc Almond, The Days Of Pearly Spencer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NlGAVdkqKA
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    Minimalists (and other classical composers/musicians)

    Perhaps it's time to drop "Minimalists" from the thread title, as "Classical Composers and Musicians" is an adequate description, and clearer.
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    ABC Deadpool III

    Cheers, I'd forgotten I had Pearl in this.
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    2. Dick Van Dyke

    An unfortunate juxtaposition
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    Prince Philip Duke Of Edinburgh

    It's shaping up to be another horrible royal anus.
  17. FTFY. I do agree with your second point though.
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    Sheikh Down

    Think this is in the wrong thread. He's a cleric, not a sheikh.
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