Make up sayings that sound terribly meaningful but in fact mean nothing:

Only the rain knows why it's raining.

#CodSayings
The longest journey is long.
#codsayings
Waves don't break backwards
#CodSayings
Where are the eggs when the light goes out?
#CodSayings
A hearing aid won't help you see

#Codsayings
Raise your arms, lose your armpits

#CodSayings
The beard that grows is the beard that knows
#codsayings
@kmflett
The butter that's spread
always hides the bread

#Codsayings
No one ever won a mantlepiece in a raffle

#Codsayings
There's always a station where the train don't stop
#codsayings
Would you ask the vicar for a rabbit?

#Codsayings
Adam knew it
Eve threw it.

#CodSayings
And what did the devil's wife say to that?

#CodSayings
You've got a bone in your arm for a reason

#codsayings
He who stretches it
always fetches it

#CodSayings
Cheese wasn't invented on a Tuesday

#CodSayings
Him? He's as regular as a gate.

#CodSayings
He who's wearing odd socks has got another pair at home just the same

#CodSayings
Holy Joseph and all the little daisies!

#CodSayings
Never pick a fight with an open book

#CodSayings
Wait long enough and one'll come out the tap.

#CodSayings
Listen to your teeth

#CodSayings
A good dog is never far from a lamp post.
You can't see the roof when you're inside your house.
#CodSayings
Tell that to the spider at the bottom of your boot.
#CodSayings
The evening doesn't smell like the morning.
#CodSayings
You'll never see a fly walk the plank.
#CodSayings
That's the cushion that's been sat on once too often.
#CodSayings
The water at the bottom tastes the same as the water at the top.
#CodSayings
Him? I tell you what he's like. He'd find an onion in a tool-box.
#CodSayings.
Him? He's too good for his own good.
#CodSayings
You can shut your eyes but you can't shut your ears.
#CodSayings
Hope didn't boil the kettle.
#CodSayings
You know what he's like? Too much breakfast, not enough dinner.
#CodSayings
It's not every yard of rope that has a knot in it.
#CodSayings
A rose is still a rose when it's lost its petals.
#CodSayings
Next thing you'll be telling me pasta was invented in Leeds.
#CodSayings
Outside is out there and it always has been.
#CodSayings
It's not the end of the world. It's only where the horse stops.
#CodSayings
A three-piece suite is always bigger than a three-piece suit.
#CodSayings
The parrot says, 'It's half past nine'
but it doesn't mean it can tell the time.
#CodSayings.
Big fish stay away from shallow water
#CodSayings
Yes...he said that to the last pot he pissed in and see where that got him.

#CodSayings
If the doctor can't find your arse, no one can.
#CodSayings
My dad had a Yiddish saying , often repeated: " 'ch a dich im loch'. My mother wouldn't ever let him tell us what it meant. Later in life, after she was long gone, he told me it meant 'I've got you in my hole'. (But what hole? And why? And what did it mean anyway?)
#CodSayings
What did the ear 'ear?
Only the nose knows.
#CodSayings
Who 'ad the cakes?
Adam 'ad 'em.
#CodSayings
My father: 'What do you think this place is? Liberty Hall?'
(Where was this place? What was he talking about?)
Mysterious #CodSayings
The tree said to the axe, 'Don't chop me down, your handle is one of us.'
#CodSayings
If you forget to cut your nails in the morning, they'll still be there when you get home in the evening.
#CodSayings
Wow it’s so hot in here you could pickle a cherry.
#CodSayings
The biggest surprise is there’s no surprise.
#CodSayings
Well, YOU explain why cowboys wear hats, then!
#CodSayings
Come on little darling, make like Shirley Temple!
#CodSayings
(True one `(said to a child) from my father's grandmother, i think.)
Letters and numbers don't tell the same story.
#CodSayings
Freedom doesn't come in a bucket.
#Codsayings
Plus ça change, plus c'est le même bureau de change.

#codsayings

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Jul 22
New game: "Cross-naming using a word (or words) from two titles and writing the new plot?"
(Let's call it 'CrossWorks')

What would the plot of the book be like if you crossed 'Lord of the Flies' with 'Lord of the Rings' ie 'Lord of the Flyrings' Or 'Lord of the Ringflies'.
A Midsomer Night's Dream
(A nightmare in which Oberon finds out that Titania killed Bottom.)
The Cruella Sea
in which 101 Dalmations sink a German submarine.
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May 9
The Mayor and me laying a wreath on the war memorial where my father’s uncle’s name has just been engraved, as it was here he was arrested prior to being deported to Auschwitz Image
My father’s uncle’s name newly engraved on the memorial in the village where he was arrested. Image
The plaque in the nearby town marking where all the Jews of the region including Martin Rosen (Chil Majer Rozen) were assembled prior to being transferred to Drancy and then deported to Auschwitz Image
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May 1
How far back can you go where you can see today a dwelling where one of your ancestors lived? (I can’t go back further than great grandparents.)
This house used to be multi-occupied (and still is, judging by the fact that one of the dustbins has the number 5 on it). It's where my great grandmother Betsy Brookstone (Bruchstein) 64 Filey Avenue, Stamford Hill, London.
Ah, have just referred to emails from distant cousins: my great-great-grandparents (Hyman Bruchstein/Brookstone and Miriam née Cohen) b. Poland circa 1830, moved to Newcastle, then Poplar, then 257 Ladbroke Grove, then Stamford Hill.
Here's 257 Ladbroke Grove - presumably a flat
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Apr 30
This image comes from the 1871 census. Anyone be absolutely sure (no guesses please) what the name of this street is in Westgate, Newcastle?
Ah there was an Alderman Hamond in Newcastle at that time....I just can't find a street of that name being mentioned in the 19th century...
Ah...just found a reference for 'Hamond Street' 1880s, 'home to many Jewish families'...
Now all I've got to do is find an old map with it on...
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Apr 4
Between 12 and 22 minutes on this video, the village council of Sainte Hermine (Vendée) discuss the upcoming inauguration of a municipal park in the name of my father's uncle who was arrested in the village and deported to Auschwitz.
facebook.com/watch/live/?re…
One reason for doing this, the mayor says, arises from him observing his Lycée pupils saying things about the Second World War that are wrong.
I found out what happened from the archives in Vendée and have worked with the Mayor ever since. It was his idea to name the park this way. The memory of what happened in 1944 had been forgotten.
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Oct 23, 2021
@LucyWilliamson Hello Lucy. You said that during WW2 20k Jews were deported from France to concentration camps. It was 77k from which some 2.5k returned. My father's uncle and aunt were amongst those who did not come back. I hope it can be corrected before the repeat.
Yad Vashem put the figure higher: "In total, approximately 80,000 Jews were deported from France during the war. 2,000 of them survived. Approximately 70,000 Jews were sent to Auschwitz, while the rest were sent to Majdanek, Sobibor, and a small number to Buchenwald."
You could check what the latest scholarly figures are from @Fondation_Shoah or @Shoah_Memorial where there is the Wall of Names. My father's relatives' names are inscribed on the wall there.
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