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World War One / epaulettes
« on: Saturday 05 November 22 15:03 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone identify what the marking on his epaulettes are?

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The Common Room / I would love to know what he said
« on: Saturday 08 October 22 13:04 BST (UK)  »
I have just discovered that an ancestor of mine was declared insane after being accused of preaching heresy or "not according to the word of God".  He was up in front of the General Synod of the Church of Scotland. 

In the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae it just refers to the date he was declared insane.  I have found multiple newspaper articles but they all just name the charges and don't specify what he actually said.  Frustrating, I am so nosy.

His name was James Bain. He was born in Forres in 1831, the son Alexander and marjorie.  He got an MA from King's College, Aberdeen in 1853.  He was schoolmaster in Duffus before going to Glenlivit where the alleged offence took place. 

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Ayrshire / Fire at Maternity Home
« on: Tuesday 26 July 22 21:21 BST (UK)  »
In my research I have come across a newspaper article in the Dundee Courier, dated 11 May 1948.  It makes reference to a fire at Ayr Nursing Home maternity home.  Which is now South Lodge nursing home on Racecourse road.  According to the article it was a fatal fire but I have been unsuccessful in finding any other reference to the fire.  Does anyone else have any info on the fire?

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The Common Room / Naturalisation in the UK
« on: Sunday 10 July 22 13:28 BST (UK)  »
Some of my ancestors served in British India during the Raj.  During that time several children were born there.  Yesterday I came across naturalisation papers to get British citizenship for one of them.  I have never come across this before, for any of the others in my tree. I had thought children born to British citizens serving in India in the 1800s were considered British subjects.  The person in question was born in 1890, came back to UK for school(stayed with aunt), then joined the army and worked through the ranks, serving in WW1 and WW2.  The people I've asked have explained current emigration rules eg for someone born in India in 1990 but I understand the current rules, it's the historical ones I am confused about.

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The Stay Safe Board / Diary> Sunday 6th June
« on: Sunday 06 June 21 16:39 BST (UK)  »
Starting this one early.

Unfortunately, i am really cranky and in full blown 'i hate people mode'.  Probably selfishness as I don't count as a proper person and am sick of everyone having human rights but me.

Had to go into the city, not because I wanted to go gallivanting in a pandemic but because I had to to comply with a court order.  So while I was waiting for my daughter there was a group protesting about  masks and exerting their rights.  They were loud, agressive, yelling at people whom they saw wearing masks or even just with hand gel, shouting abuse at businesses they passed who were complying with covid regulations, grafitting those businesses, getting in people's faces, blowing whistles in their face and trying to pull their masks off and bin them.  Apparently you cannot object as they were only exerting their right to bodily autonomy and to not wear a mask.  I realise I'm considered a selfish ignoramus but surely the right to bodily autonomy would mean that although an individual has a right not to wear something another individual would have equal right to chose to wear it and by forcibly removing it is that not denying themthe right to bodily autonomy?  Why isn't grabbing a stranger and forcibly removing something they're wearing considered assault?  Why isn't shouting abuse and threats at businesses along a street breech of the peace?  Who really decides who's not human enough to have rights because it seems so arbitrary?  I need to make it clear that although I am a bad person all I did was walk along the street, place an order for a takeaway drink at a cafe, pay, say thank you, walk back up the street and sit on a bench at a small park area to wait.  Other than cause offence to proper humans by wearing a mask (legally required) to go into the cafe, and try and give people space as per social distancing guidelines i did not speak to anyone else, I certainly didn't try and berate anyone for not wearing a mask.  When trying to give others space I did not ask anyone else to move, I moved to give them space so I thought I had done my best not to inconvenience anyone and minimise the impact of my presence.  Maybe next time I'll just take some juice from home so I see fewer people so less chance ofcausing offence.

Then when driving home,the traffic started slowing and people put their hazards on.  I then saw a duck with her babies crossing the road and followed suit.  The guy behind me, tailgated me, yelled obsecnities at me, pulled out, and floored it towards the ducks sending all the babies flying  >:(. Didn't even ease off on the accelerator.  I felt sick,luckily I had been weak and the wee one had taken her tablet and was reading and didn't see it.

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The Stay Safe Board / Diary > Friday 23rd April
« on: Saturday 24 April 21 08:47 BST (UK)  »
I don't see one, so will start Friday's

Nothing much to report today again.  Another nice day here so more washing out to dry.

girls finished school for the weekend, the wee one in particular was feeling tired.  Taking a while to get back into it after being off for so long. Trying to psych myself up to do a big clean on the wee one'sroom it's a bit of a disgrace.

Added some more of sources onto my tree, no interesting finds though.

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Technical Help / iplayer on Firestick
« on: Sunday 01 November 20 13:29 GMT (UK)  »
I watch the BBC Iplayer on an Amazon fire stick.  For the past 2 days I have not been able to get it to work.  It will open and freeze on a partially loaded home screen then flick back to the main menu.  I cannot navigate around it never mind watch anything.  I have unplugged the fire stick to reboot it and uninstalled and reinstalled the app but it is still not working.  Any ideas?

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Kirkcudbrightshire / Place name near New Abbey
« on: Saturday 31 October 20 10:34 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone identify the place name given on this baptism in New Abbey?

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The Lighter Side / Ah now I get it.
« on: Wednesday 14 October 20 15:30 BST (UK)  »
Yesterday I was reading an old London parish register and several people were listed as living in what I thought was MEOI.  Spent ages trying to work out where this was.  This morning I realised that it wasn't an I but a T and it was Mile End Old Town.

Anyone else had an oh moment that made them feel a little daft for not seeing it before?

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