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Old 15-03-2008, 17:09   #54
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Old rhyme

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Originally Posted by Pat Porter View Post
Just googled for "Ching Ching Chinaman - and blow me down if there wasn`t a post from Margaret Pilkington. Mt grandparents were Pilkingtons from Chesterfield! Mum learned the poem from her and used to sing it to me. (I`m nearly 73 now and it suddenly came into my head just this morning - first time since I was a child).

I wonder if we`re related, Margaret! LOL!
Pat, we must be somewhere along the line.

My Grandmothers family were from Chesterfield, but that does not explain the link as I am Pilkington by Marriage.
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