stockman fred
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I think a photo might overload the system here, but I'll send one for the album. 
Most of the old County bridges in Dorset have cast iron plaques bearing the following message:
"DORSET
Any person wilfully injuring any part of this county bridge will be guilty of felony and upon conviction liable to be transported for life. By the Court.
7&8 Geo4 C30 S13. T.FOOKS" 
I think the date equates to 1827/8 and I always wondered why Mr. Fooks was so bothered about injuries to his bridges? Perhaps if you were passing with an empty cart, the temptation was too great? More likely, the bridges were threatened by the unrest among the farm labourers of the period.
Fred.
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trish251
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Living in the land of convicts - I should have realised that
I hope Mr Fooks got his just reward.
My Dorset folk were free settlers but we do have a convict in the family - from Yorkshire - took quite some persuading to get the older family members to discuss same.
My book is looking much better with the photographs. Your plaque will be a noteworthy item for an Australian Story.
Trish
PS Wonder if we can threaten to send the folks back who throw rocks off our road bridges today 
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stockman fred
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Some other evidence of those times is the "Red sign post". There is one on the main road to Dorchester. Apparantly, after the trials at Dorchester assizes, prisoners were marched off under guard to the ships at Portsmouth and it took several days, so they slept in certain barns on the way. The red sign post pointed to the barn.
All sorts of legends grew up around it though- Grandad told us that a highwayman had been shot at the post. No matter how hard they tried, the authorities could never scrub his blood off so in the end they gave up and painted it red! I've heard similar stories from friends.
Even into the 19th century, there was a strong folk memory of Judge Jefferies and his Bloody Assizes, it caused huge resentment in the West Country.
Fred
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Hi Trish,
Just found your request, I can help you with photos as I was born and bred in Melbury Abbas, now live in WA.
Let me know if you still need photos
Rachel Hanger
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trish251
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Rachel
Thank you so much for your kind offer - I probably have enough pictures for my book at the minute as Fred was very kind in travelling around and taking photos for me. I was interested in photos of any local Mills if you have any of them.
You have travelled a long way I am still amazed at the strength and courage of immigrants who come so far whether it be 200 years ago or current - tis a long way from home.
My family were originally from Melbury Abbas (some are buried there). Family name was Miles. James Miles married Mary Bullen 1811 - any connections?
many thanks
Trish
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Trish,
Can you email me at email address removed by moderator - please use the secure Rootschat personal message system to exchange personal email addresses - thankyouWe may have a lot to talk about !
Rachel
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Trish. You may have enough photos already but as I live in Shaftesbury I would be happy to let you have anything that I have or can get for you....
I also have a web address where you can get some pictures copyright free, and perhaps you would email/contact me so that I can let you have that as well.
Sorry, not quite sure of the protocol on this site yet, and don't want to offend the mods!
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Welcome to RC & many thanks for your offer. I will send you a PM. I think it is allowed to post your web address (anyway the mods delete anything they don't like  ) If you want to exchange emails, do it via PM otherwise the email can be picked up by the spam robots which causes grief.
Trish
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Fred: You are quite right on both counts ref the Hovis advert and the film 'Far from the Madding Crowd' I was at the girl's high chool in 1967 and a group of us sneaked off to catch a glimpse of Terence Stamp!
Trish many thanks for the reply and your good advice. I am getting a little more used to the site! I lived 2 miles from Shaftesburyin a hamlet called Sherborne Causeway/Cherry Orchard. I went to primary school in Motcombe -also 2 miles from shaftebury but the other way. There are exit roads all around the town. My secondary school was in Shaftesbury - sadly no longer there, and a girl in my class married a 'Miles'... small world!
2 years ago while working on the family tree I was very proud to discover that I was the gggg grand daughter of James Hammett, one of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. It was actually Rhodie another member who pointed me in the right direction ..I'm sure she won't mind me telling everyone - she has been such a great help and we met up at the annual festival.
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Tolpuddle Martyrs
Hammett,Gibbons,Frampton,Daniel,Collis,Sinnick.
Tiree,Scotland
Macdonald,Mackinnon,Sinclair
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Hi Taffi
I knew little of the Tolpuddle Martyrs until Fred got me interested in Dorset history and hanging Judges and the civil war - so I read up much more on Dorset. The Martyrs were some of the very few who made it back from Australia. Most who came, stayed for the rest of their lives, even after their terms finished.
Trish
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stockman fred
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I managed to get to the Martyrs' museum on Sunday after getting "fired up" by the RC threads. It's a lovely area down that way . Unfortunately, it looks as if "we" were on the wrong side of the struggle- my folks were farming in Bere Regis and Turners Puddle during the early 19th century, and were presumably on the side of the authorities. 
Fred
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