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What where/are your Grandmothers called?

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Greenandcabbagelooking · 19/01/2019 21:42

Inspired by the Grandad thread!

Mine were Elizabeth and Hilda. One is a great name that I'd use, the other not so much.

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chilledteacher · 11/02/2019 12:53

Judith and Jean. I'd have used Judith but was blessed with 3 DS's and Judith would be an odd choice for them Grin. I let Jean die with my Grandma.

Eldest DS has William in his name which was DH's grandfathers name. Middle DS has Timothy in his, which is my DF's name. We ran out of older relative names by DS3...

allnewredfairy · 11/02/2019 12:39

Jessie and Ivy. I love both of these names .

WheelAndDome · 10/02/2019 12:20

Alice and Florence

Bluearsedfly36 · 10/02/2019 12:13

Mary and Elsie, but she hated Elsie so used her middle name May.

UniversallyUnchallenged · 10/02/2019 11:53

Irene and Jessie

drspouse · 10/02/2019 11:48

Yes, both Molly and Polly are traditional nicknames for Mary.

Bumblebeesmum · 10/02/2019 11:06

Molly as a shortening for Mary?

Tidderbus · 10/02/2019 10:44

Bessie and Hazel

Changingagain · 10/02/2019 10:38

Marjory (Marj) and Mary I think. Dd's mum died when he was young and he'd never talk about his family.
DH's are Helena and Winifred Marjory (goes by Marjory).
I also had an Aunty Winifred who we weren't actually related to but was like a Grandma to me.

AlliKaneErikson · 10/02/2019 07:04

DH grandmother was Elsie May, which seems to be quite popular again!

AlliKaneErikson · 10/02/2019 07:01

Dorothy and Gwynneth. Great grandmothers I knew were Rose and Edith.

dolphin50 · 10/02/2019 00:35

@CharlyAngelic lol

CharlyAngelic · 09/02/2019 23:06

Granny and Gran

itbemay1 · 09/02/2019 23:04

Grace and Rose (Rosamund)
Dolly (Dorothy) and Mick (Michael)

BrizzleMint · 09/02/2019 22:57

Olga and Kitty

feska5 · 09/02/2019 22:48

Florence and Sarah

icannotremember · 09/02/2019 22:46

Ivy and Josephine

dolphin50 · 09/02/2019 22:44

molly is a well known old fashioned name that has really come back. my daughter is called molly and i named her that because i'm annie and love the musical so having a daughter called molly i thought would be sweet. in the film annie really looks after her best friend molly. i also love the unsinkable molly brown in titanic, molly from ghost and molly from rabbit proof fence who saved the life of her sister and daughters to a life of being a servant. molly in our girl was very strong too. molly means star of the sea and wished for child

BroomstickOfLove · 09/02/2019 19:41

Suzanne and Lila

dolphin50 · 09/02/2019 19:39

jan/janifred and margie/margaret

TheHorseYouRodeInOn · 08/02/2019 00:16

Alice Madeleine and Gladys

DipIt · 07/02/2019 23:27

sheldonstwin

I would be very surprised indeed if Gladys made a comeback, or have a I already missed something?

People name new babies Ethel and Agnes so it wouldn't surprise me at all.

DipIt · 07/02/2019 23:23

Gladys and Hilda.

Funnily enough their middle names were Elsie and May and they both hated them. Now they are both old lady chic.

MelinaM · 07/02/2019 22:02

Alice and Sarah Elizabeth

LurkyMcLurky · 07/02/2019 21:43

Madeline and Catherine. Great Grandmothers, Mary, Madeline, Ada and Dora