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#1: Relatives - al la chalet Author: Ruth, Location: Lincolnshire, England

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:39 am

I have an Uncle Jem!!!!! Only realised last night as mum was talking about him - I had always know he was 'Jem' and that he was my uncle (although we don't actually call him Uncle)-but I had never thought of it from the Chalet School point of view! His real name is Jeremy and he is only 12 years older than me. No, he is not a doctor - he works for DEFRA.

Has anyone else uncle, aunts or cousins with names that are Chaletian relatives?

#2: Author: Kat, Location: Swansea

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:19 am

I have an Aunty Doris!

Or rather I did - she sadly died in August Crying or Very sad

#3: Author: Joey, Location: Cambridge

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:18 am

I have an Aunty Madge! Admittedly only by marriage as she's married to my great uncle, but she still counts.

#4: Author: Rachael,

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:22 am

What a shame she's not your sister!! Wink

#5: Author: Joey, Location: Cambridge

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:25 am

Hadn't thought of that.
I want to ask my sister to change her name now, but she already knows I'm insane so I don't think she will.

#6: Author: JackieJ, Location: Kingston upon Hull

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:11 pm

I used to have an Uncle Jack (until he died), but he was technically my great Uncle, plus it's not that uncommon a name.

JackieJ

#7: Author: Dawn, Location: Leeds, West Yorks

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:12 pm

I also used to have a Great Uncle Jack, who was married to Elsie

#8: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:13 pm

I have a niece called Daisy, and we used to have a dog called Rufus (yes he was named after the CS Rufus, though was an Irish Setter not a Saint Bernard)

#9: Author: Joan the Dwarf, Location: Er, where am I?

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:50 pm

I have an Uncle Jim, so nearly...

#10: Author: Jennie, Location: Cambridgeshire

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:19 pm

I have an Aunt Doris.

#11: Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!!

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:34 pm

I have a great Uncle Jack too!! and also an Uncle Peter

#12: Author: pim, Location: St Andrews (right next to the beach)

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:58 pm

Joan the Dwarf wrote:

I have an Uncle Jim, so nearly...

Moi aussi. Oh so close...

#13: Author: MissPrint, Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:41 pm

I have an Aunt Margot.

#14: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:00 pm

I used to have an Auntie Doris (great aunt)

Liz

#15: Author: Lesley, Location: Rochester, Kent

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:33 pm

I have an Aunt Madge, she's actually a Great-Aunt and her real name is Harriet Madeline Cross but she calls herself Madge. (Major problem when she was in hospital as they knew her as Harriet Cross!)

I also have a brother David, and a cousin Phil and an uncle Geoff!

#16: Author: Lulie, Location: Middlesbrough

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:16 pm

I had a (great) uncle Jack, an Aunt Janie, Aunt Lydia, Auntie Betty (x2) and my grandma Peggy. My dad is Geoff and my sister is Elizabeth.

#17: Author: Alex, Location: Manchester

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:46 pm

OK not CS but I have a Cousin Rachel as in My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier. I haven't seen her for years, to the point where my brother refers to her as his ex-cousin.

#18: Author: auntie karry, Location: Stoke on Trent

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:07 pm

I had an Uncle Jack, and Aunt Josephine, and my mother was called Margot by Dad.

#19: Author: Ellie, Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:26 pm

Can you claim someone as your uncle if they died before you were born? If so, I had an uncle Dick, although it probably doesn't quite count because somehow, Dick was a short for Donald.

#20: Author: JackieJ, Location: Kingston upon Hull

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:03 pm

Ellie wrote:

...somehow, Dick was a short for Donald.

Extremely odd, mind you I can't say anything, Ben's Nanna is called Peggy, although apparently it's short for Patricia.

JackieJ

#21: Author: Donna, Location: Liverpool

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:49 pm

I had two sets of Auntie Margaret and Uncle Jim - so not quite right, but almost. Sadly, only two of the four are still alive - oh, and they were all greats - and all paternal! Smile

#22: Author: Gem, Location: Saltash, Cornwall (holidays), Aberystwyth (termtime from September)

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:31 pm

We have a cousin Fiona, but that's about it, I think Sad

Oh, and our grandfather was Robin, but since it's the wrong gender, don't think we can really relate him to CS Robin... Wink

#23: Author: Shander, Location: Canada

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:23 pm

I just realized that I have a (brevet) Auntie Robin. Never thought of it that way before.

#24: Author: Emily, Location: Land of White Coats and Stethoscopes.

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 10:16 am

My Granny is called Molly, but actually Iris Mary. Never understood that. My mum and my auntie are both Hilary, my uncle is Richard but has never ever as far as I'm aware been called Dick, and my youngest cousin is Verity. And a person less like Verity-Anne Carey you couldn't hope to meet. Racking brains... nope, think that's it. I wonder how many of us have named pets/ toys/ children after CS things...

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