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kilby
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| 26 Jun 2008 12:57 |
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Hello all folki, an this is a little story that may be of some small intrest to any oof ye who have been lookin an got to the point where ya thought ya was never gunna find what ya was lookin for, that it was all make believe or just a myth or somthin.
Well now it started this way, i,ve known all o my life as how we was gypsy peoples coz me mammy tolt me so right from the beggining, an that was many years gone by an at a time when ya didnt do youself any favours by admittin that thing.
Now me mammy tolt me how the famly name was Kilby an she tolt me some histry of our people that i never forgot an i always knew as how one day i would solve the riddle o what happend to them.
Anyways, a couple o months ago the baby,s (wifes ) sister died an lot o people came over from ireland for funral.
Among them was our neece, one young woman name Christina, an she does readings for people, but dont make toomuch of habit of it for she says when people find out she has this gift that they has her harassed so she keeps it fairly quiet.
We was all sat round our big ol kitchen table night before they was all ready for goin back yonder an she tolt few o the family diffrent things that she says is goin to happen. Now, her eye kept strayin to me an she asks, what is it ya wants to know ,for i know theres sumthin thats important to you an i think as i have the answer for ya. I thought for a while an i knew as how the question i wanted to ask was already in me head so i says to her, Christina, you know as i,m from gypsy famly but we never talked about it for it just never realy cropped up so the question i.ll put to ya is this. Will i ever hear from this part o my famly? She ansered strait off an she says, Yes, you,ll hear from your own people an it will be within the next couple o months. Thats how definate she was.
So, time went by and after a bit i never thouht no more bout it until couple o weeks gone by an i was cuttin an ol willow tree down in me veggie garden at side o the house. Well, i looked up an this young fella bout mid 20,s was walkin down twards me an i could tell strait off b just by the gimp of him that he was a traveller an when he opent his mouth to speak i knew him for an irish tinker.
Can i help ya by toppin out that ol tree he says, an it wont cost ya much coz we have the chain saws in the van.
Well now i said, i thank ya kindly but i,m aimin to do it me,self but sit here a while an i,ll have a word with ya.
Now we sits an we talked very easy bout all various things an people who we both knew an he laugh at all the gypsy people that we had in coman, then i asks, do ya know of any Kilby people an his hole way changed an he says, What do you know of any by that name. Itold him about my famly an he says, ya better come up the way an meet me father in law who,s doin a deal wi a fella over a van.
When we meet, me an this kids father in law we looks each othe over an shakes hands an the young fella says, meet ya brother in law coz its a small world an this is a Kilby that ya bin lookin for all this time.
It came out that this Kilby,s family had come up originally from bedfordshire same as my people an when i tolt him i,d looked for em on internet he just laugh an said as how they was still on road an had no use for computer an things like that.
This chap looked much like me couzin Joe but more dark skined an he told me many things that would ony be of intrest to me or mine but he did say as how theres penty Kilby still out there an many of em in Leeds.
Anyways, i,ve just written this to let any folki on here know that if ya keep believin then things like this can an do happen
so, keep the faith an ya never know. all the best----kilby--- |
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kilby
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| 28 Jun 2008 11:41 |
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http://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/remember/
Hope ye all like these stories, i know some of ye will have seen em but for them who havnt, there well worth the few minites it takes to listen.
-------kilby------ |
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kilby
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| 29 Jun 2008 13:22 |
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http://www.clicknow.org.uk/classic/classic.php?se=uk&q=Irish%20Traveller%20Surnames
Hi all, this iis site with traveller surnames that might be of help to some of ye. all best-------kilby------- |
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clueless
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| 29 Jun 2008 14:25 |
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| Thats a real good story and im pleased after all this time you have found your family:)theres some real good folks out there who are ready to help with family history.Glad you found yours |
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Victor
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| 29 Jun 2008 17:16 |
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My dear friend Kilby I have just read your story, and liked it very much,because in this few months,A Gypsy web site in Sweden by the name of Romsknet, read my book {the memories of a Gypsy} and the administration of that web side happens to be my far relitive,he read in my book that I am a Lovari and from the Chokeschi clan, and so was he!he told me right away to be a member on his web site, and so I did, then through this web site he told me that in Russia I have a lot of relitives,in Moscow to be ecxect, now I have found my grand fathers brother's grand children, great grand children, which are not children any more,one of them is a proffeser in a Russian federal universaty,and teaches our Gypsy Romani language and also other Languages, I was thrilled to know that there are almost 500 people of my clan, just in Moscow, Imagen in the whole of Russia, I wrote this relitive of mine in Sweden that I might go to visit them , God willing, and go on to Russia, this will be one of my happiest day of, my life
your friend Victor. |
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kilby
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| 01 Jul 2008 00:08 |
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Hi Clueless, an thanks for your good wishes, i was so taken back ya couldnt imagine. Anyways, me ol mother always said "seek an thou shalt find" an she was right as usual. thanks again.
Same to you Victor, an i kept meanin to ask after your couzin who had trouble with her eye. Did she ever manage to sort it out. Ihope so.
all the best to evryone------kilb------ |
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kilby
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kilby
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| 07 Jul 2008 14:10 |
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oggh, what i put on before this is open lots. Bow tops have the doors on the front but open lots are the ones wi the canvas to cover the front an there is no doors.
Chizzys is one o these. Found where ya puts picteres on here but still wont let me do it, must be doin sumhin wrong. When young fella whos good wi these yokes calls ill get him to show me, he makes evrythin look very easy.
Our wacker is in fer mendin an we never bought that off knocky either honest sal sal. see ya----kilby----- |
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kilby
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| 07 Jul 2008 14:20 |
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Hello Quent an a late welcome to site, fraid i dont no anybody in Nottinham but me granma name before she was marry was Allen an i know as thats on irish travler surname list.
Tell us bit about you self , are you from Nottingham? all best for now-----kilby------- |
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lyz
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| 08 Jul 2008 08:16 |
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| Kilby's pictures of Snorter, Chizzy and Kilby sitting on the cart. |
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lyz
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| 08 Jul 2008 08:18 |
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| Well I have no idea where the pics are, will keep trying! |
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lyz
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| 08 Jul 2008 08:30 |
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| HELP! I have resized the pics and tried to put them on via all files, gif, jpg, jpeg, png, htm, html, I press submit and nothing, any ideas? Lyz |
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kilby
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| 13 Jul 2008 11:55 |
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Hi Lyz, dont know whats bin goin on at jf couldnt get on here for ages, thought ,in words of some members as how it was goin "belly up "
As for pics i sent ya o me an chizzy on his bradford cart i havnt a clue how to put em on here ( all that ping jpeg an stuff is like chineseha ha)
Chizzy an four more fellas is gone over to Mayo for four days to see me brother in law "Johny" an its salmon festival over there now as well, plenty drink taken there over nex few days an thats the truth.
nothin much goin on up here apart from weather buckt up a bit today an got some more spuds dug, had the "calli" fer dinner, super.
Baby said to tell ya as how i got it wrong wi makin calli, she says to chop the scallions small, put in pan wi nob o butter an drop o milk an simmer together. When the ffirst new spuds is boilt mash the onions an stuff into the spuds an there ya has it "calli"
Tell me if ya likes it------kilby------ |
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lyz
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| 14 Jul 2008 00:58 |
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Hi Kilby, just tried to put pics on, going through but not showing up, guess something is wrong with the site.
I am going to try Calli, sound very delicious.
I think I may have a baby horse from mayo, love at first sight, I want this horse, will send a pic later, perhaps you can show Chizzy and ask him about how much he would have cost, he's like a baby Snorter, very cuddly and gives kisses. Catch ya later, got to do my baby sitting!! Lyz |
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lyz
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| 14 Jul 2008 01:24 |
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| Hi Kilby, now I know I'm doing it right, just changed my pic but it won't download pics on the forum, I will find out why, Lyz |
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kilby
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| 14 Jul 2008 11:19 |
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Hi Lyz, chizzy is gunna pull a drive for us this week ( if he gets back from beyond ) so ill ask him how much a foal like his would be, ya never know he might a bought a foal offa Johny, he has three on go this year. Drive me an Pat are blockin this week, well its for a "executive head master " an very posh but nice people. Now this gadge has too son, both at home from univercity an they has camper van each, an very nice rigs they are as well, anyways, this young fella is doin somthin in this camper an i goes over to have a shufti an bit o craic wi this kid an i ask him somthin bout a mountin bike he,s puttin up on a rack an he looks at me likes i,m from nother planet an he mutters somthin an goes fer his dad, now, when his father comes out hes laughin an wipin his eyes, the lad has say to him "i think one o these polish guys wants ya fer somthin sal sal sal " Pat said i looked a bit put out an he nearly lost his derragh laughin. The kid never met nobody like us an hadnt a clue what i was on bout, supose it all makes the world go round.
Setaside sent me some pics o them rescue chickens he got an they looks like there from the queens racin stable now, all shiny an fit, did he get in touch wi ya.
the baby was bit better tday an went to docs on her own before i got in from work, maybe injecsions are doin bit o good, t.g.
Thats all folki, apart from i pulled me first turnip tday, should be nice wi dinner tomorow -------kilby------
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lyz
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| 14 Jul 2008 13:01 |
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Hi Kilby, oh these posh boys make me laugh, they have no idea about real life, HA! Polish, I think you'd best explain about gypies and shock him completley! Glad you got work though so don't go getting the push.
I sent you an mail with pics of gypsy horse, and alot of questions for Chizzy! a whingy mail, sorry, just one of them days. I'll have to ask setaside about his chickens we are looking for about 1 doz of that sort.
I love turnips, I didn't plant them, but me parsnips are doing well, catch ya later, Lyz |
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clueless
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| 15 Jul 2008 07:09 |
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Hello folks, i recon the site went down last week maybe they were overalling it .
Anyway the weathers been nice today , but the rain is on its way .
Had a peep at your site lyz and i'll swap living places with you .
Kilby i bet you've had some good rain up your way to get turnips up
My beens are getting a few flowers on now .
Hello to all you Newbies:) |
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lyz
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| 16 Jul 2008 00:49 |
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Hello everyone, Thanks Clueless but its a lot of hard work!! I must update my web, finding the time is the thing, my daughter has started work so until she finds a childminder I'm looking after the kids, I love it but also like my own space!!
Thank You Kilby for asking Chizzy, I'm determined to get this horse, funny how you take to some more than others, I think he will be a about year old and not had a very good life so far, I fell asleep in the field yesterday and woke up with him standing watching me, I call him Tinker.
It didn't rain here yesterday, phew, is it 40 days and nights if it rains on St swithans day? Catch ya later, Lyz |
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clueless
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| 16 Jul 2008 01:03 |
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Morning all, Kilby them beans are runner beans, bought them already grown so if i get one boiling from them at least ive got my money back.
I cant see there being a good harvest of blackberries either this year, last year was bad too they didnt come on till it was too late to pick em.
Lyz them grandkids grow up quick so before you know it they will be taking you out and looking after you .
all the best to you all |
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