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In a land of one billion i meet...
So we head of to meet Mr Wood, now I should
say that when I left Ireland I was expecting to maybe
find a few grave stones and maybe a house if I was lucky.
We arrive at Mr Wood's house Reggie goes up and rings the
bell next thing we are inside this 84 year old gentlemans home, and I begin
to tell my story...
"Mr Wood my name is Joseph Walsh, I am trying to trace
my granmothers roots in India, I have a few old foto's and
I know that her mothers name was Kathleen Lousia Fitzgerald Wintle
and her father died in Trichy, my gran also had a sister name Joyce..."
Mr Wood suddenly says "what was your grandmothers name"
I replied "Matilda Rhodes Wintle"
"Rhoda" he says, "yes Rhoda" I cried out, my gran always went by
that name, a smile broke across his face "let me see your photo's
and dont tell me who they are I will tell you."
My mouth hit the floor, he then went through all the foto's telling
me who all the people where and when taken.
This is Joyce my Grans sister on the left
This is Charles Wintle (grans Brother) on left and Philip Wood on right Mayberne's brother
This is Margaret Wood Mayberne's sister
I was in complete shock and then he told me the story.....
he started it like this..
My name is Mayberne Wood, I am 84 years old and I am the last son
of the tea planter, Your great granmothers husband died in the 1920's
and your great granmother was left with four children to bring up, my
father Charles Wood and your great grandfather where friends in Trichy,
after he died my father put your great grandmother up in a house
on the tea plantation with the children and her brother, now all the Wood
children and Wintle children grew up together on the plantation like
brother and sister's....
He then told me what happened to Joyce, Charles, Stanley and I told
him about my gran "Rhoda" after she left India and told him she had
a stroke and was unable to talk but could still hear and asked him if
he would like to record a video message to Rhoda...
Lads n ladies what happened next really hit me,
Mr Mayberne Wood, sat in front of my video camera and went back 70
years and said one of the most beautiful messages I have every heard
to my granmother "Rhoda" his old friend, he talked of the old times and
the people they knew and pets they had.....
I really was speachless, that night i returned to my hotel and shed a
few tears, because I had done it, meeting Mayberne and his message
to my granmother is something I will never ever forget and I cant
wait to play it to her.
Lads n ladies things have been happening so fast here, I have learned so much
and have met so many people that are related to me it is mind blowing at times.
Me and Mr Mayberne Wood a true gentleman
So we head of to meet Mr Wood, now I should
say that when I left Ireland I was expecting to maybe
find a few grave stones and maybe a house if I was lucky.
We arrive at Mr Wood's house Reggie goes up and rings the
bell next thing we are inside this 84 year old gentlemans home, and I begin
to tell my story...
"Mr Wood my name is Joseph Walsh, I am trying to trace
my granmothers roots in India, I have a few old foto's and
I know that her mothers name was Kathleen Lousia Fitzgerald Wintle
and her father died in Trichy, my gran also had a sister name Joyce..."
Mr Wood suddenly says "what was your grandmothers name"
I replied "Matilda Rhodes Wintle"
"Rhoda" he says, "yes Rhoda" I cried out, my gran always went by
that name, a smile broke across his face "let me see your photo's
and dont tell me who they are I will tell you."
My mouth hit the floor, he then went through all the foto's telling
me who all the people where and when taken.
This is Joyce my Grans sister on the left
This is Charles Wintle (grans Brother) on left and Philip Wood on right Mayberne's brother
This is Margaret Wood Mayberne's sister
I was in complete shock and then he told me the story.....
he started it like this..
My name is Mayberne Wood, I am 84 years old and I am the last son
of the tea planter, Your great granmothers husband died in the 1920's
and your great granmother was left with four children to bring up, my
father Charles Wood and your great grandfather where friends in Trichy,
after he died my father put your great grandmother up in a house
on the tea plantation with the children and her brother, now all the Wood
children and Wintle children grew up together on the plantation like
brother and sister's....
He then told me what happened to Joyce, Charles, Stanley and I told
him about my gran "Rhoda" after she left India and told him she had
a stroke and was unable to talk but could still hear and asked him if
he would like to record a video message to Rhoda...
Lads n ladies what happened next really hit me,
Mr Mayberne Wood, sat in front of my video camera and went back 70
years and said one of the most beautiful messages I have every heard
to my granmother "Rhoda" his old friend, he talked of the old times and
the people they knew and pets they had.....
I really was speachless, that night i returned to my hotel and shed a
few tears, because I had done it, meeting Mayberne and his message
to my granmother is something I will never ever forget and I cant
wait to play it to her.
Lads n ladies things have been happening so fast here, I have learned so much
and have met so many people that are related to me it is mind blowing at times.
Me and Mr Mayberne Wood a true gentleman