Sunday, February 24, 2008
The irony isn't lost on me
In the last few years my mother has been doing a lot of genealogical research on her family name. The name SHIPWAY is derived from the term Sheep Way - a path that the sheep farmers used to drive their flock to market along, and our forebears were firstly Gloucestershire sheep farmers, and then worked in the cloth trade. In a way you could say I've come full circle and the irony hasn't been lost on me.
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So glad to see the progress on your new venture, Dave! Have sent site to brother David also. Since David builds boats he always felt that as Shipway it was a perfect surname!
As he said to me in an email this a.m. ~ " Why can't I hang on to the illusion that Shipway also means tracks on which great ships are launched?"
Shall be watching as your venture grows, I wish you all the luck! Make sure you get enough sleep!
Leslie
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