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[theodosia]

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hello all, im looking for my dad who i believe came to england some time in the 50's. he lived with my mother margret cronin at 36 larch road in cricklewood nw2 london. around 1958/59 he had worked for fisher foil factory in wembley london. my sister and i have been looking for a few years. he could still be in england but may have gone back to cyprus. he was from nicosia and came from a town or village callled galanicta?
If you have any information on him please email me.
kind regards theodosia.

[theodosia]

my father also had a brother called george who worked for the coca cola factory in cyprus nicoisa, lanitis bros

[Get Real!]

Hello, the best way to spell your father’s name in English is this…

Andreas Ioannides Eleftheriou

Looking through the “List of cities, towns and villages in Cyprus” under…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ci ... _in_Cyprus

…the closest villages I could find are these:

Galata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_(Cyprus)

Galinoporni
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galinoporni

Kalyvakia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalyvakia,_Cyprus

Kalogrea
No link.

Galateia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatia,_Cyprus

Galini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galini,_Cyprus


Good luck with your search.

[GreekIslandGirl]

[theodosia]

thank you so much for your reply and help! I didn't know about the spelling of my father's name it may help find him.
warm regards theodosia

[theodosia]

:shock:

how does this help me?

[GreekIslandGirl]

:shock:

how does this help me?

For you: It bumped up your thread for others to see and help.

For me: It bumped up my pulse.

[Seriously, good luck with your dad. I tried different spellings of the village name for you, but couldn't come up with anything.]

[B25]

Bloody hell, GR back from the dead ............ Or is he .......???????

[theodosia]

haha thank you sweetie, i didn't understand now im laughing at myself.
have a lovely day!

[GreekIslandGirl]

haha thank you sweetie, i didn't understand now im laughing at myself.
have a lovely day!

You too, lovely.

Bless you - you have risen the dead.