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16th Mar 2019Palmer51 commented on:
Retiring to Norfolk - best place to live?I recently discovered through Ancestry.co.uk DNA a relative who was a close match with the same surname as me PALMER now imagine my surprise when Philip Palmer answered with this. Our ancestors are from Norfolk and we are cousins. In the 1890's there was an exodus North to Newcastle Upon Tyne to work in the Shipyards. Many worked as Laborers. NOW WILL THE PEOPLE OF NORFOLK SPEAK TO ME IF I TELL THEM I TRACE MY ANCESTORS BACK TO THE 1700's THE PALMERS AND THE GRIMMERS. Good Farming Stock they say. I have all the names the births, the marriages, the one who sadly passed away. Do my husband and I qualify to retire in Norfolk, my kin hail from Stokesby, Gaylord & Reepham. I have lived in -42 C in Canada, I know how to wrap pipes, so they don't burst and run the water, so the pipes don't burst, how to get winter tires, and how to drive on ice. Snow feet are great to attach to your boots and skate on the self made ice rink you make in your garden. ANY PALMERS OR GRIMMERS ON HERE Oh, yes and my husband is Canadian (British Descent) he likes to help people. Regards Mavis Palmer born in Dilston Northumberland, raised in Newcastle Upon Tyne.