Very glad that the Dictaphone seems to work fabulously! Well except when the cat decided to jump on it and make it all muffly for a second or two. But hey couldn't exactly shut the cats out for it...not for an hour! Plus they are part of the family so they count!
Was successful and found out lots of information that I didn't actually know before, such as the family name "Smith" only came about because my Grandad Smiths Grandad, I think it was, had the middle name of "Melrose" which had something to do with the navy, which he was in. He decided he hated the navy, so moved into the army and changed his name to "Smith" hoping he wouldn't get caught. But apparently he did get caught and in those days, that was seen as treason so he got publicly hung. But ever since then, the family name was "Melrose-Smith" but my grandad decided to drop the "Melrose" bit when it came to his own kids.
Also found out that my parents have only ever moved as far as Southsea in Portsmouth, and then came back to Leigh Park because they needed a bigger place because my Mum was expecting my brother, so they applied for a council place and ended up back in Leigh Park, closer to the family again. And also found out that if I was a boy, then they wouldn't have moved out of that place as it would have been OK for two boys to be in the same room together, whereas because I was a girl, it wasn't, therefore they moved to the house that I then grew up in for eighteen years.
There is so much more information that I found out in my hour (yes a whole hour) long interview and I hope that the next ones with other members of the family such as Aunties and Uncles will reveal more.
So I'm very pleased this is all underway now!
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