![]() Whilst my Wife has a proved lineage back to Alfred the Great. and what joys ALL of our shared ancestors duly orchestrated, enjoyed and suffered to enable eacvh and every one of us to be here now? My mitochondrial DNA shows 'Viknigr' links, whilst my Best Friend has a proved lineage back to a specific '1066' Norman Chevalier. I've visited the Battle site twice before. Most recently I, again, had tears in my eyes for most of the first 2 hours until, I, too, like Leofric, became hardened to a life that could be considered, back then, 'customary'. Consequently I have watched this several times. We also enjoyed standard, compulsory, Latin and French lessons, alas, subjects now relegated to 'Higher Edukashun'. and then went on to attend the Grammar School with the highest 'O' Level Pass Rates in the UK), I recall a trip to view the tapestry and writing our thoughts on it. As a reasonably educated Englishman of the 80's, (I scored the highest boy's total in the London Borough of Sutton's 11+ exams in 1978. ![]()
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