Arlene,
It was only when I came to live in Australia that I began to realise that
the British Isles wasn't England, and that Wales and Scotland were not
simply English. I was quite astounded when our Welsh Chemist gave me an
incline that the Welsh didn't really appreciate much of English activity in
the past. It was an even greater eye-opener to visit my husbands Scots Aunt
(by marriage) and to realise that they considered me a foreigner.
So much for the United Kingdom. What insular lives we all lived back in our
own towns. Australia is a melting pot of numerous nationalities and an
education in itself. We actually get on with each other reasonably well
too. Food, this was the great contribution all nationalities made to our
common welfare and wellbeing.
Jean in S. Australia.
-----Original Message-----
From: Arlene Berta <aberta(a)pacbell.net>
To: POWYS-L(a)rootsweb.com <POWYS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, 1 June 2000 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: Passport info
Hugh,
Don't tell my relatives. Wales was Wales, England was well, it was
bloody something I can't repeat.:o)
Arlene
Hugh Gibbon wrote:
> Arlene ?
>
> Welsh passport ? No such thing. Wales had been PART of England
> since, when, Edward the First ?
>
> H
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