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cassandra

Joined: 27 Mar 2013
Posts: 1733
Location: Tasmania Australia

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 9:22 am Post subject: Hello from Tassie

Hi all, I am a Tasmanian who is living the simple life (at times a little too simple for comfort during winter) here in the depths of rural Tasmania. I have been active on another forum (well known to some of your members here), but decided a change of pace would be desirable. So hello all and I hope to participate from time to time, but will mainly be lurking in the background I suspect since my seasons are different to those you experience (though I hear your summer is matching my winter at present ...)

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 9:34 am Post subject:
Hello and welcome from Asturias...

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 9:38 am Post subject:
Croeso from west Wales My great, great, great Uncle was transported out to Tasmania in the 1800s for stealing potatoes!

cassandra

Joined: 27 Mar 2013
Posts: 1733
Location: Tasmania Australia

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 9:45 am Post subject:
What was his name? I may know his relatives (Tassie really is almost that small) I live in sheep and potato country here.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 9:52 am Post subject:
Oh you little koala you,how are you keeping?

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9881
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 10:12 am Post subject:
welcome

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 10:30 am Post subject:

Ty Gwyn wrote:

Oh you little koala you,how are you keeping?

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 10:35 am Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

Croeso from west Wales

My great, great, great Uncle was transported out to Tasmania in the 1800s for stealing potatoes!

Sounds like a fair swap.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 10:35 am Post subject:

cassandra wrote:

What was his name? I may know his relatives (Tassie really is almost that small) I live in sheep and potato country here.

Thomas Pickett. He got 7 years hard labour. He spawned a couple of families out there

His actual wife, Sarah (I think - I've got it all written down somewhere) came to Tasmania to join him with their 5 children, but eventually went back to the UK, Leaving behind one of the daughters, Mary-Anne (I think) who stayed, married and had her own family. I used to write to Mary-Anne's great grandson called Jack - he was quite elderly, so I would imagine he's passed away by now. Several house moves and two divorces/separations on my part meant I lost touch with Jack - which I have always regretted

I'll dig out Jack's address. I have it all somewhere in a file...

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 10:46 am Post subject:
Welcome Tassie. Just been looking at Tasmania on the web. Looks like a very agreeable place.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 13 1:45 pm Post subject:
Hello

cassandra

Joined: 27 Mar 2013
Posts: 1733
Location: Tasmania Australia

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 13 12:56 am Post subject:
HI all, and Ty Gwyn!! lol. @ Mary Jane, If it was a daughter who remained the family name will have changed - I will follow up for you if you want... Tassie is indeed an agreeable place - plenty of landscape diversity, very ancient soils and a fairly disorganised but productive creative community with a focus on green food sources and local production.

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 13 1:57 pm Post subject:
Hi cassandra, I've joined you from the other 'mob' if only to keep in touch with you! The 'charcoal girl' is also looking in here too and that miner!

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 13 3:18 pm Post subject:

gregotyn wrote:

Hi cassandra, I've joined you from the other 'mob' if only to keep in touch with you! The 'charcoal girl' is also looking in here too and that miner!

Hello both

Spider

Joined: 17 Apr 2013
Posts: 129
Location: Rhondda Valleys....Welshland

Posted: Mon Jul 15, 13 7:06 pm Post subject:
Hi Cassandra welcome and how you doing?

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