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Re: What does OBC mean on sailing record from Liverpool to Bermuda
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 27 September 16 14:35 BST (UK) »

I think  G'gors is Glasgow.

I agree. It is G'gow. I think the last letter looks like a "w" not "rs".  :)
(Glasgow is in Scotland.)

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Re: What does OBC mean on sailing record from Liverpool to Bermuda
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 27 September 16 14:36 BST (UK) »
That would make sense based on what I know about the man, Nanny Jan, but the person who was completing the check boxes had the option of choosing England or Scotland and chose England. ::) (Darn ship's clerks - can't trust them can we!  ;D )

I tried Googling the address and see one in Govan, but again, that's Scotland.

Was it common to write Glasgow that way?

That's an interesting thought ScouseBoy. It's a long way from home for Fergus though. He was from Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides.

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Re: What does OBC mean on sailing record from Liverpool to Bermuda
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 27 September 16 14:36 BST (UK) »
It is Glasgow, no question.
Dent (Haltwhistle and Sacriston), Bell and Jetson (Haltwhistle), Postle, Ward, Longstaff, Purvis, Manners, Parnaby and Hardy (Co. Durham), Kennedy and McRobert (Banffshire), Reid(Bathgate), Watson (Wemyss), Graham (Libberton), Sandilands (Carmichael), Munro (Dingwall)

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Re: What does OBC mean on sailing record from Liverpool to Bermuda
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 27 September 16 14:37 BST (UK) »
Awesome. Thanks for the confirmation Ruskie &  Millmoor.
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Re: What does OBC mean on sailing record from Liverpool to Bermuda
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 27 September 16 16:05 BST (UK) »

I think  G'gors is Glasgow.
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Yes, I do too-  G'gow - oops! I didn't go to page 2  ::)
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Re: What does OBC mean on sailing record from Liverpool to Bermuda
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 27 September 16 17:45 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your confirmation too, heywood. The more the merrier.  :)
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