You are hosting a dinner party...

Hannah_Alumni

You are allowed to invite 5 guests (dead or alive).

Who would you invite? and why?

I'll go first;

• My ancestor, Thomas. He was the brother of my great grandfather and basically has fallen off the face of the earth when it comes to records. A mystery relative and I'd like to know why.
• Audrey Hepburn. I love her, she is an idol of mine and I think she would have so many stories about the "old Hollywood days".
• Stephen Fry. Another with amazing stories and amazing facts. 
• Cleopatra. I have always been interested in Egypt's history and keen to talk with her as she was the last ruler before Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. 
• My grandmother. Because I miss her  

janer1967

I would invite 

@SueHeath
@Teddybear12
@Sandy_123
@Ada
@Lou67

All because I think we would have a blast 

SueHeath

Ha ha ha that's nice of you to say @janer1967 xxx

We would have to check out who's cooking and what were going to eat and it would have to be after Teddies opp and check out if Ada likes spicy food, as long as i'm aloud my wine ha ha after all it is a Dinner Party  xxx

Hannah_Alumni

Awww that's so lovely

Sandy_123

Thanks @janer1967 your welcome to my dinner party anytime, don't know about the others lol. 
I would choose 
Oscar wilde
Henry 8th
Queen Victoria 
Freddie Mercury 
And @janer1967
Why? Because be some fabulous conversations with that group

Lou67

@janer1967

Oh thanks so much, we would have the best laugh lol 

chiarieds

Nigel Slater - I find him interesting to listen to, & particularly enjoyed his series, which I think was called 'A Taste of My Life' where he talked to celebrities about the food they'd enjoyed throughout their lives.

Rick Stein - Nigel may just continue talking & not cook me the perfect meal, so always handy to have another chef on standby, but I'd also be interested in talking to him as well. (Might need to invite Michel Roux Jnr as a standby!)

Oliver Sacks - neurologist & writer, as I'd love to discuss the amazing patients he'd met.

Paul Newman - my favourite actor, but also a philanthropist.

Salvador Dali - as he's my favourite artist. Just hope he brings a translator & leaves a small, signed pencil sketch behind.

@Hannah_Scope - have you tried looking at parish registers? I got stuck after a while, & these proved helpful if you're looking before 1837: https://parishregister.co.uk/   We had what we thought was only a story about 2 brothers leaving for America after they'd lost their older brother in a mining accident. We ended up emailing the descendent of one of them in Florida. Don't give up.

Cartini

For me:

Dr Christian Barnard to see how he felt when he completed the first heart transplant.
Enoch Powell to get his side of the story (contentious)
Chaka Zulu to see how he felt about his nation crumbling to invaders
My maternal gran because she was a **** at cheating in games (she died at 54 following a stroke in 1973)
Winston Churchill so that he can say "never, in the field of entertainment, has a table had so many interesting people round it". Hopefully he would also talk about his catastrophic Gallipoli plan.

Hannah_Alumni

@chiarieds Thank you, I have tried parish records. It's later than 1837, early 1900s he disappears. I know he passed away as the 1911 England & Wales Census tells me that from the number of children had, living and died. Currently in talks with local regiments and churches in case some records were lost damaged or just not uploaded yet. Keeping my fingers crossed that's the right avenue! 🤞

Hannah_Alumni

Some really amazing dinner parties here!

Think all your guests will get along?