Swinging in Rothley...?

by missbeetle 04.09.15 11:23

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With the family, 28th October 2007...

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With close family friends, the McQueens, 23rd September 2007...

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With Ocean Club nanny Cat Baker, 25th November 2007...

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At a local childrens' playground, 27th October 2007...

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Right outside church, with Our Lady looking on, 23rd September 2007...

...and of course, at home in that restaurant-like back garden of theirs :

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(snipped from the Guardian, 5th August 2007)

...their very own Gerry-built big swing set...!

I wouldn't say that Gerry's voice is at all commanding - is that a polite English euphemism?

I have wondered, though, if all these 'swinging about' posed photographs were taken

in an attempt to try to skew web search image results for 'McCanns swinging'?

My opinion only.

by whodunit 04.09.15 13:31

A former forum-friend of mine coined a term for it: keyword hijacking.

by woodbine 04.09.15 14:04

I like the line of thinking, and i certainly wouldn't put it past team mccann to go this far, but in this case there are, I think, two semi-famous baseball players, Brian and James McCann, who take care of most images involving the key words 'Mccann swinging'

I only know this because I googled it....

Made me think though. The amount of times my wife and I swing our daughter between us like that, i never thought to ask another person to walk ahead and take a picture of us doing it. Unless it's the paparazzi, which I doubt. More like PR for 'good parenting'.

by Guest 04.09.15 18:08

Nursemaid's Elbow

One of the serious risks of swinging a baby by her arms is the risk of inflicting a condition called nursemaid's elbow, according to the KidsHealth website. In this condition, the elbow joint moves out of place after being pulled. This is also called a pulled elbow, and it's one of the more common elbow injuries for little ones. While it's fairly easy for a paediatrician to pop the joint back into place, it's painful for the child and once it happens, it's more likely to happen again. In addition to swinging a young child by the arms, other common causes of this condition are jerking your child by the arm to hurry her along, or your child can even do it to herself by breaking a fall with her arm or even rolling over the wrong way in her crib.

by Sparklehorse 04.09.15 19:46

Just wondering if Granny McCann's swinging partner in the first picture could be the missing Aunt Jacqeline. Quite a strong resemblance to Auntie Trish too.

by missbeetle 06.09.15 21:27

I think the lady to the right of the first photograph may be Cousin Lindsay Ferry :

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I think Aunt Jackie may be third from the left in this picture :

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I could well be wrong, though.

by Guest 06.09.15 21:33

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by missbeetle 06.09.15 21:50

Ladyinred wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - why do you think she is Jackie?

...because she's the spit of Trish in face and figure.

by whodunit 08.09.15 18:16

missbeetle wrote:I think the lady to the right of the first photograph may be Cousin Lindsay Ferry :

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I think Aunt Jackie may be third from the left in this picture :

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I could well be wrong, though.

Ok, so this is confirmation that the family name of Gerry's mon is Ferry, correct? any connetion to THIS Ferry?

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by Amy Dean 08.09.15 18:20

I have seen claims on Facebook that Michael Ferry is Gerry's mother's cousin but no proof has ever been provided.

by Guest 08.09.15 19:36

Ferry family discussed here:

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by missbeetle 08.09.15 21:35

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Gerry in his Dad jeans, concentrating hard on looking Dadly...

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Kate's goitre apparent here.

My opinion is that mint green top is brand new -

- possibly bought from a local surf shop.

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The original Solarpix caption for this had the McCanns 'staking' their children to crèche.

Amelie's shorts match her top in the above two pictures - a set -

- but bordering on the pyjama-ry, wouldn't you say?

by Guest 08.09.15 22:10

The top is a similar style, but different colour, to the one she is wearing in the "last photo".

Are Amelie's sandals similar to the ones worn by "Madeleine" in the tennis photo?

by skyrocket 08.09.15 22:33

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Don't think so - these are more strappy. Why didn't the Mc's put her in her trainers - she's seen wearing them in other photos. She looks like she has been dressed for tennis apart from the sandals - you'd have thought KM would have wanted her to look the part in the full gear, particularly as she had had lessons in Rothley. Always a bit dodgy running around in sandals - much more likely to trip. I know there are other questions re this photo.

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