Dizzy Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 I was reading something in an old newspaper and on the same page I spotted this ...... one of yours maybe Gary ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Indeed a distant relative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ooh blimey is it really, I wasn't expecting you to say that I guess if you already knew though it didn't come as a big shock when you saw it on here... phew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 All Skentelbery's with the same spelling as mine are related from Looe in Cornwall - I didn't know them personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Do you never fancy upping sticks and going back to live and work where your roots are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Do you never fancy upping sticks and going back to live and work where your roots are Not with the current weather conditions !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 He's a Scouser. He wouldn't move that far from the Poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 He's a Scouser. He wouldn't move that far from the Poo. Strange, most of em seem to move as far away as possible 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Gary would make a good valet too I reckon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Dizzy, Gary is right - all Skentelbery folk are related to us. I have a family tree somewhere and will dig it out and see if the tragic John is on it. I am pretty sure he will be, although it will not give details of his death - only the date. What is an amazing coincidence, however, is the fact that you have been researching ancient back issues of the West Briton, because I have, this week, been interviewed by a reporter from the same newspaper (which is still going strong) about my (plug, plug) film "Lizard Love Story" which can be seen elsewhere in the forum. Apparently they are going to do a feature on it. Over the years, my wife and I have several times seriously considered moving to Cornwall and starting a business there. In which case, Orbit News Ltd might have been a Cornish agency rather than a Warrington one. If we had gone on the first occasion we considered it, Gary would never have been a Scouser. He would probably have been a Plymouth Argyle supporter! We have considered going down there as recently as four years ago, when we saw a house overlooking the sea that would have suited us nicely. It wouldn't have flooded, either, because it was at the top of a very steep hill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 A house overlooking the sea..... sounds like a dream. It would be no good for me though as I'd just sit there gazing out of the window watching the waves every day and would never get anything done. Strange coincidence indeed about the newspaper especially considering the number of search results across all papers and areas that came up and I just happened to click on that one. Great that you have been interviewed about your video Must be great to have such an unusual surname when it comes to doing family trees and must make it so much easier. You should check out the Ancestry website as there are quite a lot of old family photo's uploaded by tree makers on there of various Skentelbery's from Cornwall so I guess most will be your relations too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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