Life outside Ambridge


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  1. AmbridgesMrsPJanuary 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
    Re - joining this blog

    I joined at the point ( I think) that Lady R and Lancashire Janet were having a jovial ding dong about LadyR being a titled Lady. ARCHERPHILE was joining in. Dublin Dolly always had a lot to say.

    If anyone can remember that time, then please feel free to give me a nudge.

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    SozJanuary 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
    Does anyone know what happened to Foso?

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    Lady RJanuary 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
    I can remember 😱 I was appalled that LanJan thought I was a real Lady 🤣😂 and I explained at the time how I came to use it. Now of course AP can confirm my protestations as we met (all be it briefly) a few years ago at a National Trust property.

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  2. AmbridgesMrsPJanuary 4, 2026 at 11:18 PM
    But LADY R …… can you remember what year that was ?

    I was trying earlier today SOZ to remember FoSo- father of son of - his name.
    I remember him very well, and that he lived in Bromley.
    Can’t remember what happened or why he left.

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    Lady RJanuary 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
    Well I started using Lady R in 2014 in order to vote on Strictly Come Dancing I know that much I will delve deeper and return…….

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  3. MiriamJanuary 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
    I've had a lot of snow showers on + off all day today, but now it's really dumping it down. It's a cold + a white world outside. ☃️

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    Cheshire CheeseJanuary 5, 2026 at 7:51 AM
    We've had snow overnight here, the hills look lovely but probably not much fun for the farmers up there.

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    AnrolJanuary 5, 2026 at 10:25 AM
    I think FOSO said he was thinking of moving but also going to spend less time on blogs

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  4. Next request up on Desert Island revisited

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  5. So ANROL - you’ve been with us all these years but have only posted recently ?
    How nice that you have finally chosen to join in. You must know us all very well.

    Bright sunshine here but no snow.
    Though I’ve seen pictures of it up on Dunkery Beacon over the NY period.

    LADY R - I moved out of my flat in Putney in September 2014, stayed with my daughter through till the beginning of 2015 then moved to Stroud.
    I’m pretty sure this was the period that I started posting, but am unsure of exactly when, if still in London or after I had moved. My diaries of that period are still in a box somewhere.

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    1. I had the clever idea of looking at the old BBC blogs. You used to be able to click on your name and see all your comments. But they're in the process of digitising all the old blogs and currently a lot of the comments are unavailable (they're due to return, apparently). So I couldn't find when I started. A short time down the rabbit hole hunting for restored blogs but then I realised I probably ought to get on with all the jobs that actually needed doing!

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    2. I still prefer to stick to paper.

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  6. I am in the middle of tidying out what I call ‘my room” .
    Mr LJ was really tidy and I am not.
    When I first came down( it would have been our silver wedding Anniverary today) he said that the spare bedroom could be mine and he would not go into it unless invited.
    I may find something in there .
    I have all my old diaries.
    When I have time I will check to see if I can find out when I joined.
    I didn’t get an IPad until I think 2012 so it must have been after that.
    I know ,Mrs P that at one point we thought we could meet up in Putney .
    I particularly like the Wetherspoon’s overlooking the Thames by the bridge at ge bottom of the high street.
    I used to go quite often to Putney which I really liked

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    1. Yes I remember LJ our plan to meet up at Weatherspoons on the embankment at Putney. But I’m pretty sure that was after I had left London, but still had the facility to stay at my daughters in Earlsfield.
      That has not been possible for many years now as the house is let.

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  7. I have just written something and it has vanished

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  8. No it hasn’t .
    I must have forgotten to press publish!

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  9. Old Woman were you not the one who did the quiz about London Tube stations?
    Loved it

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    1. I was indeed, glad you enjoyed it. Perhaps when The Return to the Desert Island is complete I should rerun it for the benefit of folks who joined later.

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  10. Lanjan - as said I joined in June 2015 and you were there as Janet H wanting to change to Lancashire Janet which someone told you how to do, so you must have been quite new at the time.

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    1. Ah BASIA - that’s a clue for me, as I do not think I was on board at that point.
      Thank you.

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  11. I just googled BBC and my blog name. I got 4 hits, the earliest being Oct 2016. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/entries/f62a8472-c9d7-4a57-b7c9-5ec0fb9fe8bd
    LanJan, KPNuts, LadyR, Archerphile, MaryEllen, you were all there.
    It wasn't my first post though. Perhaps I'll wait a while and try again after more pages have been digitised.
    Has anyone else tried this method? What did you find?

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    1. I tried it and got cheshire cheese recipes!

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    2. 🤣🤣🤣
      Hope you found some interesting ones!

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    3. I tried OwiaS method.
      MrsP was interpreted as something to do with the licence fee.
      Several times.

      I then tried with ARCHERPHILE - and got through to February 2016.
      I could not find any posts from me, but did find references from others about posts from MrsP - several about a new chip shop opening.
      I then scrolled back and found posts that I had no memory of writing, but were obviously the posts referred to by others.
      No MrsP but a number - D1741254663795 - perhaps I did not give myself a name at that point ?
      But then I must have done, since others referred to me as MrsP !
      If anyone gets a look at posts prior to February 2016 with MrsP or the number above showing that I was contributing then, please do let me know.

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    4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/discussions/blogs_thearchers_1d2b1788_319a_4ec0_90db_01b4e1ae064d
      Comment by D1741254663795 at 15:01 21 Jan 2016
      and
      Comment by D1741254663795 at 18:53 21 Jan 2016
      sandrakay replies to you as Mrs P (you talk about Cirencester).
      Perhaps at some stage you deregistered and your user name got removed. Or perhaps a glitch in the matrix.

      Lots of long-forgotten names there. No sign of me yet, although I think I posted infrequently at first, so perhaps I'm only on the unrestored blogs.

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    5. Thank you OwiaS - so I was posting in Jan 16, think I must have been reading for some months before posting, but it would seem after I moved from London.
      Hey ! That’s ten years.

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