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Tell you what, We'll stay here and look after your place at the end of the line while you go and find Nicola. Now I can't say fairer than that, can I? 
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Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842)
Grace Darling was born on 24 November 1815 at her grandfather's cottage in Bamburgh in Northumberland. She was the seventh of nine children (four brothers and four sisters) born to William and Thomasin Darling, and when only a few weeks old she was taken to live on Brownsman Island, one of the Farne Islands, in a small cottage attached to the lighthouse
In the early hours of 7 September 1838, Darling, looking from an upstairs window [of the lighthouse], spotted the wreck and survivors of the Forfarshire on Big Harcar, a nearby low rocky island. The Forfarshire had foundered on the rocks and broken in half: one of the halves had sunk during the night.
She and her father William determined that the weather was too rough for the lifeboat to put out from Seahouses (then North Sunderland), so they took a rowing boat (a 21 ft, 4-man Northumberland coble) across to the survivors, taking a long route that kept to the lee side of the islands, a distance of nearly a mile. Darling kept the coble steady in the water while her father helped four men and the lone surviving woman, Mrs. Dawson, into the boat. Although she survived the sinking, Mrs Dawson had lost her two young children during the night. William and three of the rescued men then rowed the boat back to the lighthouse. Darling then remained at the lighthouse while William and three of the rescued crew members rowed back and recovered four more survivors.
In 1842, Grace fell ill while visiting the mainland and was in convalescence with her cousins, the MacFarlanes, in their house in Narrowgate, Alnwick. The Duchess of Northumberland heard of her situation, arranged for her to be moved to better accommodation close to Alnwick Castle, and tended to the ailing heroine in person as well as providing Grace with the services of the ducal family physician.
Grace's condition declined, however, and in the final stages of her illness she was conveyed to the place of her birth, in Bamburgh. Grace Darling died of tuberculosis in October 1842, aged 26.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Darling
Grace Darling was born on 24 November 1815 at her grandfather's cottage in Bamburgh in Northumberland. She was the seventh of nine children (four brothers and four sisters) born to William and Thomasin Darling, and when only a few weeks old she was taken to live on Brownsman Island, one of the Farne Islands, in a small cottage attached to the lighthouse
In the early hours of 7 September 1838, Darling, looking from an upstairs window [of the lighthouse], spotted the wreck and survivors of the Forfarshire on Big Harcar, a nearby low rocky island. The Forfarshire had foundered on the rocks and broken in half: one of the halves had sunk during the night.
She and her father William determined that the weather was too rough for the lifeboat to put out from Seahouses (then North Sunderland), so they took a rowing boat (a 21 ft, 4-man Northumberland coble) across to the survivors, taking a long route that kept to the lee side of the islands, a distance of nearly a mile. Darling kept the coble steady in the water while her father helped four men and the lone surviving woman, Mrs. Dawson, into the boat. Although she survived the sinking, Mrs Dawson had lost her two young children during the night. William and three of the rescued men then rowed the boat back to the lighthouse. Darling then remained at the lighthouse while William and three of the rescued crew members rowed back and recovered four more survivors.
In 1842, Grace fell ill while visiting the mainland and was in convalescence with her cousins, the MacFarlanes, in their house in Narrowgate, Alnwick. The Duchess of Northumberland heard of her situation, arranged for her to be moved to better accommodation close to Alnwick Castle, and tended to the ailing heroine in person as well as providing Grace with the services of the ducal family physician.
Grace's condition declined, however, and in the final stages of her illness she was conveyed to the place of her birth, in Bamburgh. Grace Darling died of tuberculosis in October 1842, aged 26.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Darling
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Oh dear, Miss E. Didn't you know that Naka stands for "Not Able Keep Anna"... from end of line?
Hehehe...
Hehehe...
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Have you ever seen a painting that makes you stop and stare? Maybe in a gallery window, at an exhibition or at a friends house? Did it draw you in, make you feel the atmosphere it represented? Maybe you just had to have it, even as a print?
Do you have a favourite artist whose you can pick out from the crowd?
I have, several times. If you can find yours on the web, post it here, share it with us.
Here is my first offering.
"Off duty Lancaster at rest" By Gerald Coulson
Do you have a favourite artist whose you can pick out from the crowd?
I have, several times. If you can find yours on the web, post it here, share it with us.
Here is my first offering.
"Off duty Lancaster at rest" By Gerald Coulson
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So, there I was, minding my own business at the end of the line, when I felt a nudge in my back. I turned around and the woman behind me walked round and, once more stood behind me. I turned to face her but she had her back to me.
Well! I was having none of this so I walked around her so that I could face her but she just turned away, leaving me once more at the end of the line!
Still confused, E?
...and for good measure...
Well! I was having none of this so I walked around her so that I could face her but she just turned away, leaving me once more at the end of the line!
Still confused, E?
...and for good measure...
