MM Links July 2010 (Week 1)

[rockfordill]

This is “King” John (aka Rockfordill), newly crowned and ready to pick up the MM orb and sceptre and try my utmost to continue with the honoured role of Links setter. I am relieved that I have been elevated above “Prince” John – not my favourite character from history! Whilst talking of names, “Rockfordill” perhaps looks puzzling but it is simply the town in the Midwest of the USA, where I spent most of my working life -- find Chicago on an atlas and go about 90 miles NW and you will see the medium-large city of Rockford, Illinois.

My dad was an artist in New Zealand who emigrated to the UK in the 1930s, there not being much scope for artists in NZ during the depression era. He worked his passage on a freighter through the Panama Canal and on to the Port of London, where he got work with J Lyons (Chocolate) as an illustrator of box covers, etc. He didn’t find the work very fulfilling, but it paid some of the bills. Twenty some years later, I in turn emigrated to the USA settled, married, raised a family and lived in Rockford. At that time, it was a great place to work and raise a family, but perhaps not so hot now.

[sarumite]

Morning all

GROUND Cuckoo
Duck BILLED
NIGHT Hawk
Kite MARK

Cheers! (S)

[Meg]

cuckoo pint
Donald duck
kitty hawk
kite surfer

[Fibonacci]

CUCKOO PINT
DUCK SOUP
HAWK WIND
KITE MARK

[grannydi]

cuckoo SPIT
duck BOARD
hawk MOTH
kite FLYING

[wickedtongue]

Good Morning

Cuckoo Pint
Dead Duck
Hawk Moth
BlathersKite

[Elspeth]

Cuckoo clock
Peking duck
Sparrow hawk
Kite mark

[jobjockey]

Cuckoo Clock
Roast Duck
Kite Mark
Sparrow Hawk

[ladyalex]

Hello everyone. I'll try:

CUCKOO SPIT
DUCK DOWN
BLACK HAWK
KITE RUNNER
Good luck to you all. :-))

[boxtops]

Here's mine:

CUCKOO Waltz
Bombay DUCK
HAWK eyed
KITE surfer

[Ont-ice]

Good Morning King John and 'each.'
Herewith our attempts for this week:
Mr. O
Cuckoo Clock
Eider Duck
Hawk Tail
Kite String

Mrs. O
Cuckoo Call
Donald Duck
Chicken Hawk
Black Kite

Good luck everyone.

[ChrisHewat]

Hello King John! – SHAZZA is going with:

Cuckoo SPIT
PEKING Duck
SPARROW Hawk
Kite RUNNER

And I’m going for:

Cuckoo WALTZ
DECOY Duck
KITTY Hawk
STUNT Kite

Good Luck to everyone!

[mirandasmum]

Cuckoo clock
Bombay duck
Desert hawk
Pearl kite

[joto]

Cuckoo Clock
Duck Soup
Hawk Moth
Black Kite

[Magyar]

Cuckoo SPIT
SITTING Duck
SPARROWHawk
KiteMARK

[kettledrum]

cuckoo flower
blatherskite
lame duck
news hawk

[x-ray]

Good evening all and thankyou King John. I see you are from Surrey which where I live . Been a lovely day down here as you are well aware.
CUCKOO CLOCK
DUCK LING
SPARROW HAWK
KITE MARK
Good luck everybody

[twix123]

Good morning all and thank you King John, I'll try:

Cuckoo LAND
SITTING Duck (although I like Crispy Duck!)
SQUIRREL Hawk
PAPER Kite

Good luck everyone