WELCOME TO THE BAYLISS LINE. This blog has been created for my family. By "my family" I mean all those who are related to the Bayliss family either by blood, marriage or even relationship. There are, of course, other Bayliss families not related to us but this blog has at its heart a very specific family who had their origins in Gloucestershire. I am connected to that family because my mother was a Bayliss and it was her curiosity that started my research back in the early 1990's. So, what are you likely to see on this blog? Well, as it is a blog, I want it to be as entertaining as possible rather that a dry listing of facts (that is for Ancestry.com). I will, hopefully, be posting entries on our ancestors and relatives, on the places where they lived, and the historical times they lived through. I have an extensive collection of photographs of people and places which I will, of course, be sharing.

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Monday, 5 September 2011

Holiday over!

Well, all good things come to an end and cousin Alvin heads back to Yorkshire today. We had a final blowout yesterday with drink's at Jamie Oliver's family's pub, The Plough and Sail, at Pagelsham and later a visit to Southend's Fisherman's Wharf restaurant for a huge shared platte of seafood. 

The Plough and Sail at Pagelsham with Alvin trying
to sneak into the picture.
I should be back with an article continuing the family history later this week - this time it will be how my grandmother Esther met and married Herbert Bayliss.
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7 comments:

  1. Cerpts5 September 2011 at 22:26

    I can't believe you're frequenting that wanker's family pub! ;)

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  2. ernest6 September 2011 at 01:42

    I see that watching certain unnameable telelevision celebrity chef's has given you a bad mouth, Cerpts! Please go to your room and read 500 pages of Saint Delia Smith.

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  3. Back of beyond7 September 2011 at 15:50

    Stand there you said, and I'll get you in the picture - Ha!

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  4. Sue9 September 2011 at 22:57

    Is that your better half Alvin?

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  5. Back of beyond2 October 2011 at 07:29

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  6. Back of beyond2 October 2011 at 07:31

    Yes Sue, the photographer will be sacked! :-)

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  7. Back of beyond2 October 2011 at 07:32

    We'll definitely have a meal at the Plough and Sail on my next visit, delightful pub.

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