Hertford Memories - The Book

[Fjgrogan]

I believe Jackie was Hazel's daughter, but I may be wrong - Kerren would probably know.

[englishangel]

Just possible if Hazel had her in her late 30s/40s

[J.R.]

I was told by Maureen Harding (RIP) that Fanny Page had become a Dipsomaniac in retirement.

I suppose it COULD have been worse !

[kerrensimmonds]

Yes, Jackie is Hazel's daughter. Can't remember when I last saw them (? DR's memorial service, or the last 'Hertford' bash at Horsham). Jackie is still, I think, the organiser of 'Old 3's' but I guess she is not doing very much since marrying a baker, getting involved in the bakery and then producing twin sons who must now be 2-3.
I have copies of all the books mentioned....and am grateful that the sequence of people to whom I lent 'Half to Remember' did send it back!

PS - Hazel's book was produced by her herself. It's called 'vanity publishing'.

[englishangel]

Not ANOTHER set of twins!

[chaosriddenyears]

What did they DO to us there?

[englishangel]

I think all that bread and dripping caused super-ovulation

[englishangel]

Seriously, well-fed older mothers are statistically more likely to have fraternal twins.

I was nearly 35 when I had mine.

[kerrensimmonds]

I'm the (v proud) godmother of a 22 year old male, who has a non-identical twin brother - they are sons of a Hertford Old Blue. It is her second family (having been widowed) so she must have been in her late 30's, and indeed 'well fed'. Having said that, her husband is a twin.....

[Fjgrogan]

Don't tell my girls about the twins - Maria has two children born when she was (I think) 36 and 40. Kirri is about to have her first at 36 - no suggestion that it is twins - phew! And my mother-in-law is a twin (she says a triplet, but records refute it); also there are several sets of twins in my mother's family. Thankfully whatever they put in the water at Hertford has managed to bypass our family! My sister-in-law was told at one point that she was having triplets, but it turned out to be one pefectly normal sized boy who had obviously moved during the scan!

[englishangel]

My husband is also a twin, but he is identical.

[englishangel]

Don't tell my girls about the twins - Maria has two children born when she was (I think) 36 and 40. Kirri is about to have her first at 36 - no suggestion that it is twins - phew! And my mother-in-law is a twin (she says a triplet, but records refute it); also there are several sets of twins in my mother's family. Thankfully whatever they put in the water at Hertford has managed to bypass our family! My sister-in-law was told at one point that she was having triplets, but it turned out to be one pefectly normal sized boy who had obviously moved during the scan!

I did say "statistically"

[J.R.]

It's all down to 'squeezing-em' both at the crucial moment, allegedly !

[chaosriddenyears]

I think all that bread and dripping caused super-ovulation

Perhaps it was the "Convent Eggs".

[englishangel]

Could be, I loved them.