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  When I was a child we had "Old Dr Bellamy" and "Young Dr Bellamy". I believe the father, and possibly both, were "panel" doctors for the local mine workers? Someone else may know more about that. Surgeries for our end of the practice were held in part of a tiny cottage in the next village. After I married in 1968 and moved away, our new doctor still held surgeries in one room of a house in one village, and in his own house in another village, and still on the "turn up and wait" arrangement.
   I remember going to him for an ante-natal visit at his home surgery, and I think I must have gone straight from work, (about 12 miles by bus). Afterwards he drove me home!

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The Common Room / Re: " black protestant " Meaning
« on: Monday 18 March 24 20:48 GMT (UK)  »
  There is an organization called the Royal Black Institution, linked to the Orange Order. I was somewhat startled some years ago to discover that my scottish great grandfather, then resident in New Zealand was past grand master of the Royal Black Preceptory.

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Kent / Re: Frindsbury, Kent
« on: Saturday 16 March 24 20:19 GMT (UK)  »
  Welcome to RootsChat.
     Are you looking at any particular time period? There do seem to be times and places where marriages by licence are more common. Frindsbury is a bit out of my area, but someone may come along who knows more.

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The Lighter Side / Re: "Where was my 2 x G Grandmother a Servant?".
« on: Wednesday 13 March 24 15:48 GMT (UK)  »
  I think you will need a local historian. I found Rose Hill in the right sort of place, but it doesn't appear to be an area of housing, possibly a large private area. (Between Langham Rd and East Downs Rd, but not now called Rose Hill.)

Beat me to it fiddlersclass!

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The Lighter Side / Re: Family stories rooted in some truth.
« on: Wednesday 13 March 24 15:16 GMT (UK)  »
  My great grandfather spent 20 years in the Royal Navy, and several years were spent in the Coastguard Watch off the Humber. He had fairly recently married his first wife and she lived in Hull with 2 daughters. I am descended from the son of his second marriage and the family wondered how he came to be called Stanley, with the idea that he was named after one of gr-grandad's captains. The man they remembered had an unusual surname, so I could check. He wasn't Stanley, but his son was, and he was born in 1860, just before the time in question.
   That is as far as it went until I got in touch with a descendant of the first wife. Their branch of the family had a story that gr-grandad had rescued the captain's son from some danger, possibly drowning(?). So it seems there is something behind this, though I am not sure what!

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The Lighter Side / Re: "Where was my 2 x G Grandmother a Servant?".
« on: Wednesday 13 March 24 14:58 GMT (UK)  »
  She is living in with her employers at the Rose Hill address.

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The Lighter Side / Re: Shells & Specimens some from Captain Cook - 3rd Voyage
« on: Tuesday 12 March 24 19:58 GMT (UK)  »
  It seems rather bizarre that they were thrown away. I will pass this to my daughter who works in a museum. We have also been to Chesters!

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The Lighter Side / Re: 2011 Census Computer database?
« on: Wednesday 06 March 24 22:52 GMT (UK)  »
  It does sound unlikely. I suppose they might get access, but not that easily I imagine.

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The Lighter Side / Re: I am related to The King.
« on: Monday 04 March 24 14:20 GMT (UK)  »
  I think we are all Biggles' 13th cousins. :D

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