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I have always been an Arsenal fan, and when I was a kid I did go to Highbury with my dad to see a lot of matches. I met David O´Leary, however, at Heathrow airport.

I have no memory of these stories other than what has been told to me by my parents, but I did have a significant role in them. They involved me as a baby and my grandmother, Doris Daniels, who had passed away sixteen days before I was born.

Emily Wilson was born on November 8, 1833, the daughter of Mary and William. She married Lancelot James Read on April 15, 1862, in London, London, England. They had six children in 12 years. She died in February 1912 in Poplar, Middlesex, England, having lived a long life of 78 years.

Epping is a market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. Part of the metropolitan and urban area of London, it is 17 miles north-east of Charing Cross. It is surrounded by the northern end of Epping Forest and is on a ridge of land between the River Roding and

When Fanny Estherby was born on March 4, 1848, in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, her father, John, was 25, and her mother, Sarah, was 31. She married Pietro Alberici in 1869. They had four children in 12 years. She died on November 16, 1883, in Holborn, Middlesex, England, at the age of

When Fanny Warner was born on April 17, 1833, in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, her father, Henry, was 32, and her mother, Matilda, was 23. She married Charles Richard Featherstone on May 27, 1855, in her hometown. They had nine children in 21 years. She died in 1902 in Islington, Middlesex,

When Florence Alberici was born in 1898, her father, Antoni, was 24, and her mother, Florence, was 21. She had two brothers and one sister. She died as a child in 1900.

When Florence Ellen Featherstone was born on December 10, 1877, her father, Charles, was 45, and her mother, Frances, was 44. She was my great-grandmother.

When Francis Alberici was born on August 17, 1896, his father, Antoni, was 22, and his mother, Florence, was 18. He married Julia Wooder, and they had two children together. He then married Kate Amelia Hummerstone in 1962 in Islington, Middlesex, England. He died in 1979 in Hatfield,

When Frederick William Featherstone was born on August 28, 1803, in Islington, Middlesex, England, his father, William, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 31. He married Betsey Keeley, and they had eight children together. He then married Ann Edwards, and they had four children together. He

I was talking to a friend this week about jobs we have done previously, and I was reminded of this story when I fitted a gas meter in the wrong house in the 1980s.

When Harriett Hembury was born in 1840 in Wedmore, Somerset, England, her father, Isaac, was 32, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 31. She married Thomas Tincknell on February 3, 1861, in her hometown. They had four children during their marriage. She died as a young mother in 1868 in Wedmore,

Henry Benjamin Warner was born in 1801 in Middlesex, England, and was the son of Sarah and James. He married Elizabeth Beech, and they had one son together. He then married Matilda Mullin, and they had six children together. He died on June 26, 1845, at the age of 44.

Henry Bevis was born in 1805 in Ryde, Hampshire, England, the son of Sarah and Henry. He married Jane Johnson on September 14, 1824, in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. They had nine children in 20 years. He died on September 2, 1899, at the impressive age of 94.

When Henry Burrows was born in May 1864 in Weare, Somerset, England, his father, Charles, was 31 and his mother, Sarah, was 31. He married Mary Jane Tincknell on October 23, 1883, in his hometown. They had ten children in 23 years. He died in 1940 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, at the age of

This ghost story is a short story, but it has stuck in my mind, and I remember what happened vividly. It happened during a hospital stay when I lived in Fareham, Hampshire, England.

In 1996, I left the UK and lived in Orlando, Florida. I had left the employment of British Gas, taking a redundancy package that would help me live in America. This story is about what happened on my flight to Florida.

Jane Johnson was born in 1806 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, and was the daughter of Ann and William. She married Henry Bevis on September 14, 1824, in her hometown. They had nine children in 20 years. She died on July 5, 1881, having lived a long life of 75 years.

When Jean Clark was born on May 9, 1939, in West Ham, Essex, England, her father, Albert, was 38, and her mother, Marie, was 31. She married Brian Llewelyn Morris on February 28, 1959, in Chingford, Essex, England. They had two children during their marriage. She died on September 17, 2014, in

When John Estherby was born on September 7, 1822, in Middlesex, England, his father, Richard, was 42 and his mother, Jane, was 31. He had two sons and three daughters with Sarah Ellen Gay between 1843 and 1853. He died in October 1884 in London, London, England, at the age of 62.