Poss's Home Page
My name is Brian Stukins. Not a very common name but one of my interests is genealogy and local history. There were quite a few of us in the Cambridgeshire villages of Coveney, Haddenham, and Longstanton in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries but my branch moved to Lancashire to work in the satanic mills of Ramsbottom.
My wife started calling me "Poss" or "Possum" as a term of endearment (?) in our courting days, possibly after the the cuddly creatures who used to prowl over her roof at night when she spent a spell in Queensland, Australia. At one time I took pleasure in the supposition that it was the renowned sexual prowess of the creatures that led her to choose the name but at 60 I can't keep up my illusions.
We live in Inverness (Scotland) which is also more properly known as Dystopia. It has suffered from the attentions of the burghers succeeded by the Highland Council and by the elders of the Free Church - a disputatious bunch of people whose interminable disputes and excommunications have led to a steady break-up of the church into smaller and smaller fragments.
Conversations
| Conversation Title | Latest Post | Latest Reply |
|---|---|---|
| Sandwiches | Dec 19, 1999 | Jan 10, 2005 |
| Office warfare | Dec 22, 1999 | May 24, 2003 |
| Clubbing | Jan 27, 2000 | No Replies |
| Using a Merkin to catch fish! | Jan 26, 2000 | No Replies |
| Real chefs | Dec 21, 1999 | Jan 1, 2000 |
Poss
Researcher U105147
Entries
Most Recent Edited Entries
- This user has not written any Edited Entries.
Entries
Disclaimer
h2g2 is created by h2g2's users, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of Not Panicking Ltd. If you consider any Entry to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please register a complaint. For any other comments, please visit the Feedback page.
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."