ANZAC DAY.. LEST WE FORGET

ANZAC DAY is one of, if not, the, most important day/s in Australia's history, as it is in New Zealand's. It is not a day of celebration, rather of commemoration, and of giving thanks to all who served, in whatever capacity, be it in foreign lands, or in their homelands, in the services, or in many ways supporting our countries and our people.

Like so many others, our families have a long connection with the services... three of my Dad's brothers were in the army in WWII, serving in PNG, Dad and the rest of the family grew food for the troops, back breaking work up the side of a very steep hill on just one of the farms, while his Mum and sisters worked for various organisations, including the CWA, rolling bandages, baking fruit cakes and biscuits to send to the troops, helping with first aid or wherever else they were needed. Many other relatives served in WWII, in the Navy, in the Army and in the Merchant Navy, including my husband's parents, his mother in the Army and his father, in the Merchant Navy.

One of my maternal grandfather's family was captured in Singapore and was missing, presumed dead... his name was also Roy Leonard Swadling... his details are at the end of this entry...

A great site to commemorate our ancestors and read about others is Mapping our ANZACS...

http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au

* This is the entry for my maternal grandfather...... (see below)

* I also refer to him here....

http://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2011/07/one-anzac-dawning-in-cold-clear-dawn-of.html

* also in Rosemary and Memories... http://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/rosemary-and-memories.html

* Another article of reference to some soldiers from WWI...

http://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/some-australians-who-served-in-wwi.html

* Other family members served in WWI, among them...

John James Swadling

James Swadling, father of Roy Leonard Swadling snr... he also enrolled in WWII... the list goes on...too extensive to list here.

How we remember them is not important, just that we do... a small thing to ask...

LEST WE FORGET

JUST DO IT...

Now, don't laugh, but do go to this link now... that is on April 24th, 2012 ( Australia)...

http://www.google.com.au/

and see where it leads you... you have to love the imagination and talent at Google...

and from there you will learn all you ever wanted to know, and a lot you've never thought of, no doubt, about what holds your life together.. great fun. ;-)

Our hearts go out to our New Zealand friends, as it does to those in so many countries after the Year of Disasters, 2011. So may of us are still reeling from all that befell us last year, even those of us who weren't personally affected, but who have been involved in all manner of ways to help others.

Out of these disasters, the human spirit has shone like a beacon, as communities rallied to support each other, and still are. It is so good to see that we can think beyond the norm and offer such an innovative solution to help as the massive reconstruction of entire communities is undertaken. Wherever in the world you are, and whether you were personally affected or not, spare a thought for those whose lives will never be the same and reach out to offer your strength.

Cardboard cathedral to be built in Christchurch

Posted April 17, 2012 07:23:11

Photo: The cathedral lies in ruins after an earthquake struck Christchurch on February 22, 2011. (Tess Woolcock: twitpic.com/42dzk8)

New Zealand's Anglican church will build a temporary cathedral made of cardboard in earthquake-devastated Christchurch as it works towards a permanent replacement for its 131-year old landmark destroyed last year.

The Victorian-era, Gothic-style cathedral, which dominated the city's central square, was badly damaged in the February 2011 quake and is being demolished.

The replacement, an A-frame structure designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, will be built on the site of another historic church, which was also destroyed in the 6.3 magnitude quake.

"The Transitional Cathedral is a symbol of hope for the future of this city as well as being sustainable and affordable," spokesman Richard Gray said.

The temporary cathedral will be made of cardboard tubes, timber beams, structural steel and a concrete pad, and is intended to last more than 20 years.

"It is expected to be finished in time for Christmas services in December."

Read the whole story here...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-17/cardboard-cathedral-to-be-built-in-christchurch/3954148

LEXIPHILES

L E X I P H I L E S

Lexiphiles (lovers of words you know: i.e., you can tune a piano,

but you can't tuna fish or

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me etc.)


To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles , U.C.L.A.

The professor discovered that her theory of
earthquakes was on shaky ground.

The batteries were given out free of charge.

A will is a dead giveaway.

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll
show you A-flat miner.

You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under.

A boiled egg is hard to beat.

When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

Police were called to a day care where a
three-year-old was resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the fellow whose whole left side
was cut off? He's all right now.

If you take a laptop computer for a run you could
jog your memory.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.

In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in
feudalism, it's your Count that votes.

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was
fully recovered.

He had a photographic memory which was never developed.

Those who get too big for their britches will be
exposed in the end.

When she saw her first strands of grey hair, she
thought she'd dye.

Acupuncture: a jab well done.

An Irishman's Diary

'The anti-proverb "where there's a will, there's a relative" neatly sums up the value of a good will to the genealogist or family historian.'Photograph: Getty Images 'The anti-proverb "where there's a will, there's a relative" neatly sums up the value of a good will to the genealogist or family historian. 'Photograph: Getty Images

Recognise the author? That's right, he's our own Paddy Waldron from Clare Roots Society... and CIGO Representative

An Irishman's Diary

The Irish Times - Wednesday, April 11, 2012

PATRICK WALDRON

" AS the son of a probate officer and an assistant probate officer, I am possibly uniquely disposed to be fascinated by wills. The anti-proverb "where there's a will, there's a relative" neatly sums up the value of a good will to the genealogist or family historian.

One shouldn't forget that where there's no will the resulting intestacy case can prove an even more valuable genealogical goldmine. I speak from experience, having been blessed with not one but two greatgrandparents who were heirs to first cousins who died intestate, generating voluminous legal files in each case, including pedigree affidavits.

Another anti-proverb, "where there's a will, there's a row", has two possible interpretations. Many wills cause rows; others appear to result from rows. In the latter type of will, the family historian can be left to read the details between the lines. For example, I recently received a copy of the 1950 will of Michael Kennedy (1879-1953) of Shanaboola, North Liberties, Limerick, a bachelor. His first bequest effectively disinherited his sister: "£500 to my sister Ellen or Ellie Kennedy Spinster residing at Shanaboola, North Liberties, Limerick aforesaid on condition that she will first yield give up and release all her right of residence and maintenance in Shanaboola under the will of my mother Mrs Mary Mulcahy." (Mary married secondly her first cousin William Mulcahy; her first husband, Richard Kennedy, died of tetanus in 1882, two days after the amputation of his hand.)

Mick Kennedy's will went on to list his relationship to numerous beneficiaries, including "Denis Kennedy of Ross Golden County Tipperary my first and second cousin", "Charles Kennedy of Dublin my first and second cousin originally of Ross", "Tessie Donworth of Luddenmore, Grange, County Limerick my first and second cousin", "John Kennedy of Botanic Avenue, Glasnevin Dublin, Cattle Salesman my first and second cousin", "Miss Mary Piggott Spinster of Dublin daughter of the late Edward Piggott buyer for Messrs McBirney Limerick, my first and second cousin", "Ena Rice daughter of the late PK Walsh of Bilboa Cappamore my first and second cousin", "Joseph Walsh son of Michael Walsh of Ballyheary House Swords County Dublin my first and second cousin" and "Rose Mulvaney of Hollypark Kilcornan my first and second cousin". The will was drawn up and witnessed by Henry M Sheehy, solicitor, the testator's first cousin twice removed.

I never before saw the term "first and second cousin" in a legal document, although I often heard it used in conversation, particularly in my father's part of the country, west Clare. It is not in common usage amongst genealogists, nor in other parts of the country, but is just another expression for "first cousin once removed".

In everyday language, once we go beyond immediate family, we seem to deal in what mathematicians call symmetric relationships. While we distinguish between two types of siblings (brother and sister), we tend not to distinguish between two types of brothers-in-law (sisters' husbands and wives' brothers) or two types of first cousins once removed (first cousins' children and second cousins' parents).

The fact that A is a brother of B does not imply that B is a brother of A (she could be his sister); but if C is a first cousin once removed of D, then D is always a first cousin once removed of C.

There may be languages other than ours that have different terms for these various relationship sub-types, but here in Ireland we appear to have not just two, but at least three different expressions which all cover both types of first cousin once removed."

Now if you want to read the rest of the cousin conundrum and find out who got what, please go to....

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0411/1224314607504.html

BE AWARE OF IDENTITY THEFT THIS EASTER!

BEWARE OF IDENTITY THEFT THIS EASTER Happy Easter!

IRISH NEWS.. DUBLIN

Excerpts from the Ireland- Information Newsletter...

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35 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT DUBLIN
by David Carey
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1. Dublin's O'Connell Bridge was originally made of rope and could only carry one man and a donkey at a time. It was replaced with a wooden structure in 1801. The current concrete bridge was built in 1863 and was first called 'Carlisle Bridge'. 2. O'Connell Bridge is the only traffic bridge in Europe which is wider than it is long and Dublin's second O'Connell Bridge is across the pond in St. Stephen's Green. 3. Dublin Corporation planted 43,765 deciduous trees in the Greater Dublin area in 1998. 4. Dublin's oldest workhouse closed its doors for the last time in July 1969. Based in Smithfield, the premises housed 10,037 orphan children during the one hundred and seventy years it operated. 5. Dublin was originally called 'Dubh Linn' meaning 'Black Pool'. The pool to which the name referred is the oldest known natural treacle lake in Northern Europe and currently forms the centrepiece of the penguin enclosure in Dublin Zoo. 6. None of the so-called Dublin Mountains are high enough to meet the criteria required to claim mountain status. The Sugarloaf is the tallest 'Dublin Mountain' yet measures a mere 1389 feet above sea level. 7. The headquarters of the national television broadcaster, RTE, in Montrose, was originally built for use as an abattoir. 8. Dublin's oldest traffic lights are situated beside the Renault garage in Clontarf. The lights, which are still in full working order, were installed in 1893 outside the home of Fergus Mitchell who was the owner of the first car in Ireland. 9. The Temple Bar area is so called because it housed the first Jewish temple built in Ireland. The word 'bar' refers to the refusal of Catholics to allow the Jewish community to enter any of the adjoining commercial premises. 10. Tiny Coliemore Harbour beside the Dalkey Island Hotel was the main harbour for Dublin from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. 11. Dublin is the IT Call Centre capital of Europe with over 100,000 people employed in the industry. 12. In 1761 a family of itinerants from Navan were refused entry to Dublin. The family settled on the outskirts of the city and created the town of Rush. Two hundred and fifty years later, a large percentage of the population of Rush can still trace their roots back to this one family. 13. Dubliners drink a total of 9800 pints an hour between the hours of 5.30pm on a Friday and 3.00am the following Monday. 14. Dublin is Europe's most popular destination with traveling stag and hen parties. 15. Harold's Cross got it's name because a tribe called the 'Harolds' lived in the Wicklow Mountains and the Archbishop of Dublin would not let them come any nearer to the city than that point. 16. Leopardstown was once known as Leperstown. 17. The average 25-year-old Dubliner still lives with his/her parents. 18. Three radio stations attract over 90% of all listeners in the Dublin area. 19. There are twelve places called Dublin in the United States and six in Australia. 20. Buck Whaley was an extremely wealthy gambler who lived in Dublin in the seventeen hundreds. Due to inheritances, he had an income of seven thousand pounds per year (not far off seven million a year at today's prices). He lived in a huge house near Stephen's Green which is now the Catholic University of Ireland. He went broke and he had to leave Ireland due to gambling debts. He swore he'd be buried in Irish soil but is in fact buried in the Isle of Man in a shipload of Irish soil which he imported for the purpose. 21. The converted Ford Transit used for the Pope's visit in 1976 was upholstered using the most expensive carpet ever made in Dublin. The carpet was a silk and Teflon weave and rumoured to have cost over IR£950.00 per square meter. 22. There was once a large statue of Queen Victoria in the Garden outside Leinster House. It was taken away when the Republic of Ireland became independent and in 1988 was given as a present to the city of Sydney, Australia to mark that city's 200th anniversary. 23. The largest cake ever baked in Dublin weighed a whopping 190 lb's and was made to celebrate the 1988 city millennium. The cake stood untouched in the Mansion House until 1991 when it was thrown out. 24. Strangers are more likely to receive a drink from Dubliners than from a native of any other County. 25. There are forty six rivers in Dublin city. The river flowing through Rathmines is called the River Swan (beside the Swan Centre). The Poddle was once known as the 'Tiber' and was also known as the River Salach (dirty river), which is the origin of the children's song 'Down by the river Saile'. It is also the river whose peaty, mountain water causes the Black Pool mentioned above. 26. Saint Valentine was martyred in Rome on February 28th eighteen centuries ago. He was the Bishop of Terni. His remains are in a Cask in White Friar Street Church, Dublin. He is no longer recognised as a Saint By the Vatican. 27. The statue originally in Dublin's O'Connell Street (but now moved to the Phoenix Park) is commonly known as the 'Floozy in the Jacuzzi' while the one at the bottom of Grafton Street is best known as the 'Tart with the Cart'. The women at the Ha'Penny bridge are the 'Hags with the bags' and the Chimney Stack with the new lift in Smithfield Village's now called the 'Flue with the View'. The short lived millennium clock that was placed in the River Liffey in 1999 was known as 'the chime in the slime'. 28. Montgomery Street was once the biggest red-light district in Europe with an estimated 1600 prostitutes. It was known locally as the 'Monto' and this is the origin of the song 'Take me up to Monto'. 29. Henry Moore, Earl of Drogheda lived in Dublin in the Eighteenth century. His job was naming streets. He called several after himself. Henry Street, Moore Street, Earl Street, Drogheda Street. Drogheda Street later became Sackville Street and is now O'Connell Street. 30. Nelson's Pillar was blown up in 1966 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the 1916 rising. It now lies in a heap in a valley in County Wicklow. 31. Leinster House in Dublin was originally built as a private home for the Duke of Leinster. At that time, the most fashionable part of Dublin was the North Side and he was asked why he was building on the South Side. He said 'Where I go, fashion follows me!' .....and to this day the most fashionable part of Dublin is the South Side. 32. Tallaght is one of the oldest placenames in Ireland and it means 'The Plague cemetery'. 33. There are seven areas in Dublin whose names end in the letter 'O'. Fewer than one Dubliner in 20,000 can name them off by heart. They are: Rialto, Marino, Portobello, Phibsboro, Monto, Casino and Pimlico. 34. Kevin Street Garda Station was once the Palace of the Archbishop Of Dublin. 35. The original name of Trinity College was 'Trinity College Near Dublin'. The capital was a lot smaller then. Best wishes from Van Demons Land! David Carey. (In Australia but from Limerick!)