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Staffordshire / Pottery factories in WW2
« on: Saturday 13 January 24 08:09 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone tell me what happened to the pottery/ceramic factories during WW2? Did they continue to produce ceramics or were they re-purposed for the war effort?
Also, did the factories keep records of employees, specifically female painters employed from the late 1930's?
Thanks for any replies.( Staffs, Stoke and the Potteries is a new area for me)
Byker.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Meltham WW1
« on: Saturday 11 November 23 19:53 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone know if there is a record or list of the men from Meltham who served in WW1?
Thanks for any replies.

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Northumberland / Fletcher West
« on: Monday 26 December 22 10:49 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find dob etc for Fletcher West  boatbuilder of Byker. The only ref to him we have is the bap of his son Thomas  on 24.08.1746 at All Saints N/C and his other son Fletcher 25.03.1750.
It would be interesting to have his date of birth, marriage, death.
Also any info about the trade of the above Thomas, (we have his mge to Maragaret Redhead 2.8.1774 and the birth of their son Allen 10.11.1776)
Thanks in advance for any info.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Angel, Paddock, Huddersfield
« on: Wednesday 13 October 21 14:42 BST (UK)  »
Does anyone know if the immediate area around the Angel pub Paddock at Paddock Head was/is referred to as Angel. In the way that locally even very small areas and neighbourhoods often have their own old names.
Haven't managed to see anything on online old maps.
I recall seeing reference to the Angel pub in 1855, maybe not the one we knew in more recent years, now closed.
I know there is one other old building nearby which has the angel name.
Thanks in advance for any info.
Byker.

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The Stay Safe Board / Radio4 program on 1919 flu
« on: Friday 15 May 20 18:14 BST (UK)  »
There was a program today on BBC radio 4 about the 1919 flu epidemic.
Not always comfortable listening but one thing that struck me:
There seemed to be a view that one reason why in that epidemic younger, working age people were fatally aflicted was that they had to struggle in to work to earn a living instead of staying in bed to recover.
I am not sure how relevant this is to our current situation but it has been surprising how little official instruction there has been about how to look after someone with covid at home: ie lots and lots of fluid, paracetamol, energy foods, complete rest, monitor temperature, and blood oxygen.

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The Stay Safe Board / When to go to hospital
« on: Friday 17 April 20 19:18 BST (UK)  »
With ref the Virus, I am a bit concerned that the official  online and 111 screening/advice process in the Uk is too severe, perhaps with the original, justifiable intention of trying to avoid floods of folk going to hospital for treatment.
If, as we are told,  there are currently many empty ICU/Nightingale beds, at the same time as too many deaths, surely it implies that ill people are being put off going to hospital until they are too ill to be saved.
Certainly, in my household we will be seeking hospitalisation earlier rather than later, should we show symptoms of Corvid 19.

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The Common Room / 1949 medical question
« on: Friday 06 December 19 15:25 GMT (UK)  »
Would a pregnant woman in 1949 ( and 1953 and 1959) have been routinely tested for gestational diabetes/ high sugar levels?
If so, what would the treatment have been?
I read this week about research which suggests a link between maternal  diabetes (types 1&2 and gestational) and severe early-onset cardiovascular issues in the offspring) Of course this link might not be causal, but the scenario may have relevance to some distant relatives.
Thanks in advance for any info.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Leas childrens home, Holmfirth
« on: Monday 14 October 19 20:57 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone tell me when the Leas childrens home at Scholes, Holmfirth opened and when it was closed?
Thanks in advance.

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World War Two / WW2 questions
« on: Monday 25 March 19 22:09 GMT (UK)  »
2 questions about WW2:
   - at what age could young men volunteer for the armed services, as opposed to waiting to be called up? 17 or 18?
   - what was the selection process for women who volunteered to be trained as nurses? 2 of OH's aunts were working in factories, no education after age 14, at the start of the war. Clearly intelligent, they qualified as nurses and then midwives and had excellent careers. The war offered them a great opportunity. Am interested to know how volunteers wth no educational qualifiications were screened for suitability for training.

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