Coussins

Much love from Feival (Cussin) Morrison and Craig Coussins

Please send any updates to Craig

31/10/2011 22:06

Obituary: Shabbat 24th Tishrei
Sadly, my dear Mother-in-law. passed away in Johannesburg South Africa on this Shabbat 24th Tishrei. Denise's mother, Rene ( Rivka Rochel bat Tzvi Hirsch) was a very special lady and I will miss her very much. as of course will all her daughters and sons-in-law grand-children and great-grand-children. She dedicated her life to her family and to those less fortunate than she, but above all, she never judged anyone and saw good in all.
She saw the role she had to play and she and members of her family were active in helping the disenfranchised of South Africa. Although never outspoken, she went quietly about her task with patience, dignity and kindness.
May Her Dear Soul Rest In Peace

Philip, Denise and Daniel
October 2010, Glasgow

August 2011:

from left to right Elena(Elinas' mother) Denise, Philip, Ilya (Elinas' Father) Diana(Ilyas' second wife) Daniel and Elina

My son Daniel has just got engaged to Elina and this was the first time that the families had met each other

26th September 2011

With the Rugby World Cup coming up in New Zealand, the Olympics in the UK, the Soccer World Cup qualifying rounds, needless to say, most wives, fiancees and girl friends will be banished from the big Plasma 3D TV with Stereophonic sound and sent to the small room with the 15" black and white to watch either Oprah Winfrey, Big Brother or some other meaningless reality show, whilst the males watch grown men kicking a ball around whilst getting the their teeth knocked out and their legs kicked from under them.

Now I ask you, who is more intelligent. So I expect a lot of replies defending your position on the above. No doubt, our South African family members will support the gentle, touching and loving game of Rugby, yah, well, no, fine, as will our Argentinian and Uruguayan family, whilst our English and Scottish family will support the delightful, fair, intellectual players of Soccer. The American side of the family hasn't a clue about Rugby or Soccer, but they do have a game called football, where even if one does not handle the ball, he can be knocked to hell and back by a 6'4" linebacker weighing 240lbs and carrying another 25lbs of leather shoulder padding. Then again, we have the Canadian family members, who don't play anything except Ice Hockey and where if they can't find a Hockey Puck, they just play with someones head they just knocked off with a Hockey Stick

Ah, the joys of being Jewish, where the worst can happen is to get pins and needles in your tuchas (behind) whilst playing Bridge, Kaluki (40down), Clabiash, Peenuckle or Chess.

And on that note, I wish you all a safe, wonderfully joyous and loving Shabbat.

Philip, Denise, Daniel and Elina

26th August 2011

I have decided to come clean on my religious beliefs.

I go to Shul (Synagogue) regularly, every Shabbat and every High Holiday, I wear Teffilim (Phylacteries: that's the little black boxes you see on the forehead and arm of Jewish men at prayer during the week).

My Tallit (Prayer Shawl) is old and covers my head and shoulders and is very heavy with the tradition and guilt of thousands of years of persecution and when I see the photographs of Jews murdered in their Prayer Shawls during the Pogroms in Russia or Lithuania or in Poland and in many other countries, then it is good enough for me to wear it in their name and not necessarily G-ds.

And so to the reason I am coming clean is as follows. I am convinced about the tradition, but not so about the Dogma and that is the riddle wrapped in the enigma.

I am so happy about the tradition because it's more about love, happiness, warmth and Roast Chicken (Here I go with the chicken again), whereas, the Dogma is about destroyed temples, sacrifices, wandering in the desert for more than 40 years and then being handed in tablet format (not PDF) a bunch of commandments about, thou shalt not do this or that, altogether unhappy events, not all, but most.

So, as I sit in my usual seat, trying to figure all this out, gold is now $1850 an ounce, Greece has gone Mechula (Bankrupt), riots in London, fighting in Lybia, massacres in Syria, starvation and drought in Africa and Footballers earning £300 thousand a week, maybe it's not a bad idea wearing the Prayer Shawl and Teffilim and forgetting this Meshugga(crazy) world we are in for a few hours every day.

Therefore, on a Shabbat as this, take time to look at the peace you have with your family around you, the love you share, and the Roast Chicken (again)

I wish all of you good health and joy

Shabbat Shalom

Philip, Denise, Daniel and Elina

July 2011

My Zaide*, my dearest Zaide,

I loved you, still do, still cry unashamedly every now and then thinking of you. Never was scared with you around, certainly got scared when you weren't.

I never asked you about your more than 70 years marriage with Bobba, I just remember how dignified you were at her passing, standing straight and tall, with only the tears running down your face suggesting any pain. She loved your children and grandchildren, Zaide, kept them warm, well fed and clean and that is almost all a man wants from his wife, the fact that you did a lot of the cooking would circumvent anyone remarking that you were a little chauvinistic, a little like most of the Coussin/Coussins /Cussin men. I too miss her so very much. When she would wrap her arms around me and whisper "Feivele mein Feivele, Dof gayin meshugga ober dir."*

I am writing this Zaide, to tell you, we do not and will not forget you and in essence, to remind your grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, that nothing lasts forever and to talk to their grandpas and grandmas, listen to them and above all love them.

My brother Stanley and I always talk about our holidays with you and Bobba, be it on cruise ships or in Switzerland, always trying to educate us on the better things in life and how to dress British and think Yiddish ha ha. You were always about family, especially your brothers, Morris and Abraham (Shai) your nieces and nephews I remember how close you were to your sons, and daughters.

Craig, the great- grandson of your brother Abraham has a special place in his heart for his family and keeps the family tree and all its progeny alive with memories of those we have lost along the way.

So and on behalf of you, Zaide and Bobba, (Hyman and Annie ) Abraham and Millie, Morris and Bessie. Odie and Abraham, to all of us, from you and your children, a hearty
L'Chaim*

Shabbat Shalom

Philip, Denise, Mark, Darren, Daniel and Elina
* Zaide= Grandpa
* Bobba= Grandma
* Feivel= Philip
* Dof gayin meshugga ober dir= I am crazy for you
*L'Chaim= To life

A new daughter, Emma, was born to Gari and Ina Coussins, Pretoria South Africa on February 5th 2011. Here is Papa Raymond with his new granddaughter, Emma is the new sister to Sarah.

Gari has a sister Dani who is married to Justin Hervey in Capetown and they have two children Isla and Jack

Raymond with granddaughters Emma and Sarah and Dad Gari-exhausted. Mazeltov to the South African Coussins and Herveys

Craig's granddaughters visited him at the end of December 2010:

Hannah(5) Jessica (3) and Sophie who was born in October.

UPDATE: September 2010
click for picture to print out

Craig and Svetlana Coussins had the pleasure of meeting Feival's brother Stanley and his lovely wife Jani. They were on their way to their see their new grandchild in Glastonbury

Craig and Svieta welcomed
Philip and Stanley Morrison to their home Sept 2010. Stanly and wife Janie live in Vancouver and visited Feival &Denise

Jani Morrison, wife of Stanley, brother of Feival with her fifth grandchild. The Baby’s name is Oren Fionn Mehhan and is the child of Micheal and Gali who live in Glastonbury UK Mazeltov to the whole family from all of us

45 things to help make your life worth living:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer...
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22.. Over prepare, then go with the flow
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business..
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.....
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves

Regina Brett, 90 years old, and journalist at The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio.

Shabbat Pages and messages-occasionally updated but always archived...........................................................Click this section

Old Shabbat page is still here

My grandfather is Aizekas Mendelsonas, (Isaac Mendelson) he is Jewish and lived in Zagare for most of his life, probably you heard about him or even met him. Unfortunately due to age and not so strong health he currently lives in Vilnius.I am also living in Vilnius. Here is some pictures from Zagare which I tooklast summer:
Best wishes,Tomas Mendelsonas (Mendelson)

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2070928&id=1522655391&l=9638f7c92c

Dear Tomas

thanks for the message about your grandfather. I first met him in 1994, and again on two other visits. when i asked him if he knew my father's cousin, Grunjia Kantor, he had tears in his eyes, they grew up together. he showed me where they had lived, and he was pleased to know that she was still alive ( she died a year ago in Israel) at that time. He told me the story of how he escaped on his bicycle aged 16, when the killing started, and joined the Red Army, then showed his uniform and medals. The extraordinary story of how he found the man ( who had been at school with him) who had killed your family and what he then did to the man. We spent almost a day with him and your grandmother, and I have a lot of what he told us on video. He is a true hero of the Holocaust.

Please give my my best wishes, our guide was Chaim Bargman. If he remembers me.

Saul issroff

We are also grateful to Mike Cave who visited Zagare and Rigain 2004 for his photographs which we have made into a slide show here:

Mike will soon comment on his visit:

Welcome to the Cussin, Coussin, Coussins, Morrison, Racusin, Rakusin and related family website

Check out the archive file here where all your favourite items, humorous and informative are stored safely

Here they are in the archive pages-click lines

Abe and brother Hyman Cussin Bother Morris Cussin and wife Betsy

Franji and her father Danny Coussin; Craigs GFLouis's bro' Tommy was Danny's father

Anna Cussin

Photo Links
General Family Pix 1879-2010 Click for full size image with descriptions on most pix

Ray Coussins Marlyn Benson and Feival Feival at Jewish Archives

Ricky and Craig Coussins Abrahams great grandsons and his sister Denise Abe's GGdaughter along with Ricky and wife's Sharons Children, visited us-in Edinburgh. Marlyn is also Abe's GGD, Feival is Abe's brother Hyman's grandson

The Family Tree for Rakusin
dating from the 17th Century

This is the full size tree that can be viewed when
clicked.© www.coussins.org/coussins.htm this tree is
copyright and can not be used in any capacity without
permission from the copyright holder Craig Coussins
A great deal of time and considerable expense to
research and was spent make this tree and that is why
we can not allow this to leave our copyright unless it is
agreed in writing. This tree is therefore for the benefit of
the families to which we are directly connected and no
one else.

Click on a tree to go to the page

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Coussinstree.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Coussins Documents.htm
This details the links down for Abraham Simon Cussin and Millie Moscovitch Murnik-A guideline tree

Family names
We are trying to establish the tree from the descendants of Hirsh HaCohen who was born
about 1641 in Lithuania.

The difficulties of pre 18th Century research Discussion page

Abraham, Morris and Hyman,
brothers from Zagare. Who we are is their gift to us and who we become is our gift to them.
Philip Morrison.

Tree of Abraham Cussin The Coussins and Coussin families

Tree of Hyman Cussin Philip and Stanley Morrison's Family

Also www.morrisonfamilytree.co.uk

Tree of Morris Cussin - Being updated

Tree of Feldman and Goldberg

The Rakusins/Cussins came to the UK
and practiced their art of Slipper
making. They were Zapushniks.

It was because of Feival Morrison
remembering his visit to Morris
Cussin's workshop in the basement
of his home in Leeds that brought
us together with his family.

Shoemakers working in Leeds around 1920

And a perfect example of history repeating
itself is in Craig's profession as a Dance Shoe
maker, essentially a Zapushnik, a shoemaker

Craig in his workshop 1995

Abraham , Morris and Hyman Cussins
were shoemakers and repairers,
Zapushniks. When they first came to
the UK from Lithuania They also worked
in tailoring and two of them ran Fruit
and Veg Stalls in the Glasgow
Gallowgate.

Just to explain the name differences.

We had emigrated to the UK as Rakusin.
Changed that to Cusin which did not look
good in the UK so we changed this to
Cussin and in Abrahams branch to Cussins,
Coussin and Coussins.

They had their own personal reasons.
One reason was that because of some anti
Semitic feelings from some areas of the population
in Scotland we may have tried to anglicise our
name to fit into what had become our home.
In the case of Philips Morrison's Dad he
changed from Cussin to Morrison. In the Leeds
branch however, and because there was a large
Jewish community there, in the case of some
family members the name stayed Rakusin as
well as Cussins.

Common ancestry:

We will of course be to find a common ancestry
by using the abilities of genealogists and Len
Yodaiken has sent us a chart with a common
ancestor to the Rakusin family now living in
South Africa. Its a PDF File and can be viewed
by downloading the free reader from Acrobat
PDF Reader.

Email me and I will send the attachment

craig.coussins@btinternet.com

Building a new website: A few words from Craig

I decided that the old website www.itsourfamily.co.uk
is difficult and while full of features it can be difficult to
navigate. I have commissioned the original designer to
come up with an alternative site and one that is easy to
navigate with trees that are easy to read and download.
Unfortunately this will take time but hopefully will be
completed by mid 2009. Meantime the site is still there
and access to the pages should now be clear of restrictions.
Philip has come up with a great idea and that is to chart
down the three brothers from Abraham, Hyman and Morris
Cussin, adding photographs of family members at each stage
and the sound bites and videos for each family member as
we come into the latter part of the 20th century. Fortunately
my father, Jack, was a cine photographer and he took
films of most of his family to Louis and Leba (Rebecca)
his parents to cousins and other relatives which is a
blessing for their families as well. What we may find is
that other family members took cine film , audio tape or
videos as well as the century progressed and we can add
these in.

Visitors to the website

Hit Counter

Jewish Recipes; Just like your Bubby used to make.Click line

A look at
Solomon's Temple.

New: Shabbat and greeting Pages number 2 updated as often as I am able

Old Shabbat page is still here

Everything's Illuminated:

Author: Elan Lubliner from Lafayette, California

I walked into the movie theatre, with no expectations for the film I was about to witness, "Everything is Illuminated". I walked out with a joy I have barely come to feel with American films. The directorial debut of actor, Leiv Schreiber, the film follows a man on his journey through the past, accompanied by an eccentric group including a brake-dancing barely English-speaking punk from the Ukraine, his grandfather who believes he is blind, and their crazy dog. The first half of the film is funny and smart with an extremely European flavour in the usage of small but wonderful characters, while the second half of the film descends into a sombre story of discovery and the holocaust. This little movie brings out so many emotions, and so many colours, with such a wonderful conclusion and is more than just a story of illumination, but also of relationships and connections. The acting is incredibly powerful, the story mysterious and interesting, and the artistic appeal of the cinematography, to die for. With some brilliant and absolutely touching scenes "Everything is Illuminated" managed to capture my heart.

Missing things from the front page????

Here they are in the archive pages-click lines

Fransji Groenen Wagensfeld
Daughter of Danny Coussin-click line

http://www.coussins.org/ricky.htm The webpage of Ricky Coussins family

The new Denise Coussins Sloan page is here

http://www.coussins.org/Family/harry.htm (Harry Coussins family-Ricky and Denise)

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Bensons.htm
Web page for Leslie and Sylvia Coussins and their daughter Marilyn Benson

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Craig.htm

http://www.thepianoplayer.biz/
The website of Ray Coussins Musician and Craig's Brother

Philip Morrison with some family pictures-Philip is Hyman's grandson
http://www.coussins.org/Family/Morrisons.htm (Philip Cussin Morrison)

http://www.coussins.org/Brian.htm
Brian and Esther live in Israel. He is the grandson of Abraham and Millie and son of Jerry-Judah

http://www.coussins.org/Laura.htm
Laura Valins is Brian's Sister and granddaughter to Abraham and Millie and daughter of Jerry-Judah

http://www.coussins.org/sammeroff1.htm
Wendy Sammeroff, granddaughter of Judah-Jerry

http://www.coussins.org/Family/photographs.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Coussinstree.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Coussins Documents.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/stories.htm

http://www.coussins.org/stan.htm
(Stanley Cussin Morrison )

http://www.coussins.org/Family/herveyscoussins.htm
(Dani (Coussins) Hervey and Justin Hervey)

http://www.coussins.org/Sarah/archive.htm The website of Rays grand daughter Sarah Coussins

http:www.coussins.org/Gari.htm
The webpage of Gari Mina and Sarah Coussins

http://www.coussins.org/Family/curtis.htm (Billy Curtis Family)

http://www.coussins.org/Family/keithcoussins.htm
The web page for my son and family

Milne Family
The web page for my daughter and family

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Craig.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Gindel.htm
Gabriel is the grandson of Seine Murnik younger
sister of Abrahams wife Millie. Abraham Meir Murnik married Ode Chase Rakuzin and who we think was sister to Abraham: They had 3(?) daughters known. One was Seine Murnikaite whose grandson is Gabriel Gindel who lives in Uruguay and Argentina.

June 13th 2010 New family member :

This is the brother of Rebbecca Murnik, Leopoldo Murnik. He and his wife Lilian live in Israel. Leopoldo is the son of Motl, the eldest brother of Gabriel's grandma Seine Murnik. Leopoldo is therefore grandson of Ode Rakuzim. He and Rebbecca are therefore cousins to Gabriel's mother Sara.

Gabriel Gindel , Argentina

http://www.coussins.org/leeds.htm
Rakusins Leeds. The Rakusin family is a well established group based in Leeds and to whom we have a family connection. Many famous names are connected to this tree including Lloyd Rakusin of the Rakusin Matzoth firm and Manny Cussins. This page is being built but here is some info and a partial tree.
Updated information from Steven Moore

Older pages with info:

http://www.coussins.org/home.htm (Original page)

http://www.coussins.org/Family/NEWHOMEPAGE.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Zagare.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/zagare2.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/familypix.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Coussins family photographs.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/riga.htm

Home- Craig Photos

Coussins Documents pages

Coussins Stories and email exchanges

Click on a word to go to the page

http://www.coussins.org/Family/dna.htm
This illustrates the DNA and Haplogroups of the family and the world spread of different DNA groups associated with Jewish people including us.

http://www.coussins.org/Family/yiddish.htm

http://www.coussins.org/Family/links.htm

http://www.coussins.org/post09.htm
Post: Emails received and discussed between family members

A Yiddish Glossary http://www.pass.to/glossary/Default.htm

Recipe pages

Research on Lithuania -Click line
Zagare 1 updated January 2010
Zagare 2 updated January 2010

Research on Birobidzhan

Jewish Siberia:
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast/ Capital is Birobidzhan

Research on Jewish Siberia 2

Before the setting up of the JAO, Jews settled throughout areas of inhabitable Siberia. Here is further information

NEW BELOW

This many-layered study accounts the proud history and tragic destruction of the Jews of Lithuania. In Zhager, a small town on the Lithuanian-Latvian Border, well over 3000 Jewish men, women and children were massacred on 2 October 1941 by the Nazis and their collaborators. They lie in a mass grave in Naryshkin Park, the heart of the Shtetls, where lovers once walked. Last Walk in Naryshkin Park is the story of Rose Zwi's quest to discover the fate of her father's family who perished in the holocaust. Moving, passionate, thought provoking. More than a family history, more than an account of a massacre, Last Walk in Naryshkin Park asks questions which resonate from 1940s Lithuania to Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda.Pub: 1997
www.amazion.co.uk & www.amazon.com
other woderful stories and interesting titles at these links

http://www.gazellebookservices.co.uk/
Military/WW2/Holocaust/holocaust_03.htm

http://www.checkcost.co.uk/holocaust/c/5422/

It has taken a while but the ShtetL Links Webpage is finally done. You can visit it at:
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Zagare/

Thanks to all who contributed. As I say in the "Welcome" to the webpage, more contributions are always welcome.
All the best, Cliff Marks

Map of Jewish Lithuania
for family use only. This is a copyright map and the citation is to Dovid Katz from his wonderful book : Jewish Life in Lithuania. While difficult to get is well worth the effort. Published in Lithuania and around £90. We are proud to hold this in the family library.
Click Paragraph

Comment: sent to Cliff Marks October 2009
When my son and I visited Zagare in 2005 (my grandfather was born there - our family name was then Kussman - we were shown around the cemeteries by a girl who was working as a volunteer for the charity Lithuania Link. I was appalled by the state of both cemeteries - the grass looked as though it had not been cut for eons. I asked the volunteer why and she said it was probably the cost, so I asked her to find out from the town council what it would cost to cut the grass in both cemeteries and then to do the same every few months. My idea was that I would help with the cost, and I would then contact the rabbi in Vilnius (I believe he is an American) and suggest that a scheme be started throughout Lithuania to do the same thing, with descendants of Lithuanian Jews providing the funding.
I heard nothing back from the volunteer so I asked again, and was told that th council was not interested in the idea.
Is there any way of trying to approach the council again?

Kind regards,
David Levy
London
LITHUANIA LINKS

Lithuania
Russia:
Databases of connected names:
Rakusons Database 1-
The Family Tree-in Lithuania:
Coussins -Scotland and England
Database 2 The Revision List:
Riga:
Home:
Obituaries
Zagare (pr. zhagaray)
Zagare History

Photographs:
Family Stories and connections:
Links: Contact:

A Jewish Primer-This site gives information on your Jewish background.

There are family members in America and we hope to get information on this at a later date

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Russia.htm
Life in Tsarist Russia

http://www.coussins.org/Family/Lith.htm
Life in Tsarist Lithuania

http://www.coussins.org/Family/riga.htm
Riga in Latvia-where we sailed form in the 1890's

Researching other areas of the United Kingdom, Manchester , Leeds and Bradford, Birmingham, London, Newcastle, Yorkshire, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Please go to the new Link page on this area of the UK-click on the paragraph

A great facility to download a small programme that reminds you about the Jewish Holidays and dates applicable in your own country.

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/famrec/bdm.html
You can order certificates here for a fee.
Make sure that you have as much information as possible and a credit or debit card for payment-its very cheap and easy to use. Closed files can be opened on request from a relative

The new website is under construction but here is the base from which we started

http://www.itsourfamily.co.uk

To summarise:

Yes its a lot of work but if someone does not do this when there are people like myself to bring this together then the information will once more be lost in the mists of time. Now that we have children and some have grandchildren , I felt that spending the time and money doing this for the good of the family was a worthwhile venture. I hope that I am not wrong and that the family will support the project by sending in photographs, information and links to what we are all about..
You can also confirm to Philip and myself that we are doing the right thing by telling us as no input is depressing.

Louis Coussins family: Features of the new site will be film of the family, recordings of their voices, including Grandma Rebecca-Leba and Pappa-Louis -Libish, and Jack and Sarah. The early musical recordings of Raymond will also be on the site along with extracts from his later work.

craig.coussins@btinternet.com
"our family website is not to praise the ashes of the departed but to preserve their fire by illuminating our future"-CC

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Life's journey is not to arrive safely in a well preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
shouting "dear lord..what a ride!"