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Alice Caroline Jollimore Thomas on Grandchildren

Barb Do you often get together as a family?

Alice They come boxing day a lot

Barb Busy spot down here now is it?

Alice Over 50, there’s a lot more then that. But a lot of them aren’t right around here it’s impossible for them to get here and in the winter time

Barb It must be quite a feeling to look at all those people and know they all come from you

Alice Yeah I know, when you just think of it even, is it possible

Nat Well great, great grandchildren

Alice Well I think theirs almost 80 in the whole family like

Barb That’s wonderful

Nat How old is your oldest great great grandchild?

Alice That would be Scott’s baby,

Nat Their all babies?

Alice No 3 and maybe 5

Nat Yeah

Alice That would be the oldest, well Cindy’s is the ones going on 3

Nat So they know you then

Alice Well I’ve seen then one little and Sherry’s little one she must be 4 now

? They don’t come around as much

Alice One lives in Sackville and one lives in St. Margaret’s Bay Tantallon or somewhere you don’t see them as much

? Well Scott just came from Vancouver

Alice Yeah

? And his child we haven’t seen that one yet

Nat Their lucky to know you, no too many people get to know their great great grandmother

Alice No they don’t I didn’t even know my grandmother very good, either one of them

Nat So do you think you enjoyed growing up down here?

Alice Oh I think we had a good life, until we were old enough to realize we wanted something different, I that’s the way in every place I guess.

Nat Yeah