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What where/are your Grandmothers called?

519 replies

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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Crushedvelvetcouch · 20/01/2019 12:11

Sylvia and Winifred

TopBitchoftheWitches · 20/01/2019 12:11

My nannas name was Gladys but everyone called her by her middle name of Ruth.

My grandma is Jean, everyone she knows calls her by her actual name.

CollyWombles · 20/01/2019 12:11

Elsie and Ian, Winifred and Donald.

OlderThanAverageforMN · 20/01/2019 12:11

Natalina and Bertha

SweatyFretty · 20/01/2019 12:09

Christine & Florence

kaytee87 · 20/01/2019 12:05

Margaret & Jean

TowerRingInferno · 20/01/2019 11:44

Maternal grandmother Gwladys

Occurs to me that I don’t actually know my paternal grandmother’s name. She died in the 1940s, grandfather remarried, and we were never allowed to speak of her by his next wife (long since dead herself).

ApollO88 · 20/01/2019 11:38

Paternal great grandmother: Lillian
Paternal grand mother: Sharon
Maternal great grandmother: Grace
Maternal grandmother: Sandra

2019Reasons · 20/01/2019 11:12

Annie and Manuela

Shosha1 · 20/01/2019 11:09

Emily Alice and Mhari

GMtoBe · 20/01/2019 10:51

Mary and Barbara. Trying to persuade DH on Mary for potential next DC.

sheldonstwin · 20/01/2019 10:37

Lilian and Gladys.

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

Sarahandduck18 · 20/01/2019 10:37

Isabella Elizabeth Margaret Jane
Lucy Helen

MrsJDornan · 20/01/2019 10:37

Jean and Maureen

Knowivedonewrong · 20/01/2019 10:32

Emma and Gertrude Mary.

abbsisspartacus · 20/01/2019 10:31

Cissie and may

cropcirclesinthefields · 20/01/2019 10:31

Winifred and Ethel

ItStartedWithAKiss241 · 20/01/2019 10:23

Lyla spelled Lila and Denise....

mamamamaheyhey · 20/01/2019 10:22

Margaret and Olive

jocsin · 20/01/2019 10:15

Sarah-Jane and Winifred.

Nursiemum27 · 20/01/2019 10:12

Rosemary and Mary

Great grandmas that I know of were
Olive
Winnifred
Solvig

Turquoisetamborine · 20/01/2019 10:12

Christina, Maureen and Freda. Not sure about Maureen!

Thebookswereherfriends · 20/01/2019 10:09

Mary and Regina

umpteennamechanges · 20/01/2019 10:08

Grandmothers

Mine - Gladys & Kathleen
DH - Vera & Greta

Great-Grandmothers (that we know of)

Mine- Ida, Mabel, Ellen
DH - Florence, Rebecca

Peepingsnowdrops · 20/01/2019 10:07

Kathleen and Mary