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John if I tried to sing it I would kill :-))) it is a lovely song though. Germaine x

Up there everybody gets what they desire, so you're likely to have an angelic voice. Don't worry!

Jules a paper bag maker sounds intriguing? Just worked out what ag labs were! Mine were nail makers { sounds fun! } ag labs, landlord, military, firemen, railway man, tailors, cooks and a couple of layabouts! Good thread Paul, Cazx

Caz Sorry but the position of landlord up there has already been taken by the BIG BOSS. Railway men would be extremely useful, we would need a good transport infrastructure. Your layabouts would probably have to go down the other direction unless they make amends and help the moles dig the tunnels. John

Mine were small farmers, miners, mill workers, the odd shop keeper, a few soldiers and policemen, a few tailoresses, someone who looked after a cricket ground, oh and grandad worked in the gas works and gran had been a cook in a big house.... Barbara..xx

Tailoresses would be good for those fashion conscious ladies amongst you. No soldiers allowed up there, they would have to find something else to do, maybe play cricket. Unfortunately there would also be no requirement for policemen due to the peaceful nature of the place. Someone to look after the cricket ground would be very good for all those cricketers and fans. Granny would be very popular at afternoon tea when the cricket players stopped for a break.

Well the soldiers and policemen were all scots irish and they all seem to have been up for a bit of fun, I hope there's someone up there who can brew them the odd pint.... Barbara..xx

No problem there, they can drink as much as they like and more! I heard that the BIG BOSS likes the odd bottle or few as well.

i'll see what we can do about your country cottage, when the've finished mine iris

Thanks Iris. It's almost 9:30pm here now. I'm off out for my tea so I will catch up with you all tomorrow. John

Found this fun thread while searching for something else.

Any more work offered in this peaceful community?

Gwyn

lol Gwyn, I looked at the first date and wondered!

I can give a couple of printers ( newsletter saying who's just arrived maybe?) , a ferry man ( maybe more suited to going to the other place in mythology),, gardeners,fishermen and my mum to look after all the animals :)

Well OH has vicars!!!!!! Then he has bricklayers/grooms/cordwainer/farmers/coachbuilder. My lot are fishermen and mariners - nothing else.

So we should have a roof over our heads, shoes on our feet, food and fresh fish on the table, sailors to bring the rest of goods in, and the vicars to look after our spiritual wellbeing.

Don't know what to do with the groom although OH adores horses. Course if we get a coach built we will need a horse - problem of groom solved!

Sheep stealer, farmers, fishermen, butchers and bakers...Well I guess thats the food taken care off...A couple were reverends and some were dressmakers....Soldiers and sailors to...

Jules x

Just realised it is a an oldy but goody thread.

Think mine wil be surplus repeats though, Miner, Ag labs, blacksmith, butcher, bricklayer, mason, thatcher, Tailor, Pastry cook, grocer, Mill worker (could provide the cloth for the tailor I suppose.) Cricket bat maker, coachman, railway worker, Road maker, lime burner. :-)

What fun and how interesting.

I have farm owners and farm workers, silk makers, labourers, C of E ministers, Railway Engineer for the Great Western Railway, Solders, sailors Military men, nurses, Wet nurses, even a couple of people who went to Africa to preach to the natives, another went to Papua New Guinea,.
Registered Nurses, maids, and a ballerina! So we would be clean, tidy, fed quite well, have nurse maids to care for the children and nurses to care for the sick. People who could tell stories about the travels,their experiences in India, and other foreign parts and who they met. The two I look forward to meeting because they were in two different but amazing places are the 14 year old who carried the flag for England at the battle of Waterloo and Michael Farady re electricity etc. ( my maiden name).

19.12 hrs Spain

An oldie but goodie!! What a nice thread.


On the male side I can offer plenty of bricklayers and brickmakers, a stonemason, a couple of builders, a carpenter & joiner, a house painter or two, quite a few Thames watermen and a few boatbuilders, a couple of coal miners, and I think I can say, not one Ag Lab!!
That puts us ok with a roof over our heads, nicely decorated, furniture, fuel for the fire and a boat in case of floods!

On the females side, well I had a fair few Laundresses, seamstresses and tailoresses, a few charwomen, and a couple of shop assistants, a jute/rope factory worker, and much more recently, on the nursing side - a matron and a sister. Oh, and a chiropodist.
We should be ok for lovely clothes, a clean house, good medical care and nice feet then!

K

Good heavens Karen no Ag labs? Have some of mine if you like!

On Dads side,lead miners,coal miners,one tin miner,ag labs,a couple of farmers,cutlery manufacturers,tool makers,two stone masons and Dad was a publican.

Grandmother was an opera singer,so you can all be sung at while expecting your relllies to slave in death,as in life.

This is beginingbto sound "like Heaven". However I do not intend to visit just yet as I have a wedding to go to next weekend and grandchildren visiting soon, please could we have someone arrive who is a hairdresser, my hair is in a bit of a state.
Will be back in a couple of weeks unless of course I am already ahead of you...hope not ,

20.57 hrs Spain :D