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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / What on earth is this occupation?
« on: Today at 07:22 »
Hello.
This is from the 1865 Post Office London Directory. The person is Ambrose Miller and his occupation looks like Dolly's coml.hot
You can perhaps imagine what sites were suggested when I googled this!
Ambrose was, around this time, a coal factor.
Charlie
 

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The Common Room / Is this a Queen Anne Chair?
« on: Tuesday 30 January 24 02:49 GMT (UK)  »
Hello.

My mother called this chair a Queen Anne chair.
Does anyone know if it is?

Thanks, Charlie

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Help with 1646 inventory please
« on: Tuesday 23 January 24 07:25 GMT (UK)  »
Hello

Any help deciphering any of the entries in the inventory (divided into two parts) would be much appreciated.
I can make out, I think, 7 logs of wood, 11 bushells of rye and one old mare...
 

Charlie

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The Common Room / Malt from a farmer in 1646. What would people be buying it for?
« on: Sunday 26 November 23 03:32 GMT (UK)  »
Hello.
As added material to a will, there is a list dated 1646 of the debts owing to the wife of the dead person.
They all relate to various amounts of malt, typically three bushels or a load or simply "for malt" or another measurement I can't decipher.
There's about 25 people on the list.
What would they be buying the malt for?
Horse feed? Brewing?
The farm was in Durham, England.
Charlie

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Details written on back of photo of a photo shoot 1800s
« on: Friday 29 September 23 23:28 BST (UK)  »
Hi.
This is on the back of a photo taken before 1895 at the studio of Horne and Thornthwaite.
My initial attempt, with a bit of guesswork, is:
"Photographed by ?
? ? ? was there being shown how to make Photos
and my photo ? ? his own seal on to the plate"

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / What are these two letters on a silver sovereign holder?
« on: Tuesday 26 September 23 03:51 BST (UK)  »
These two letters are on the top, the part that opens.
Any help would be welcome.

Charlie

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / What is a "well fath'd house"? 7 August 1731 Newcastle Courant
« on: Friday 28 April 23 07:39 BST (UK)  »
Hello.

The word "fath'd" in the attached article actually starts with an "s".
Can anyone work out what the word actually is?

Many thanks, Charlie

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The Common Room / What does "Have a shake" mean?
« on: Thursday 23 June 22 07:45 BST (UK)  »
Hello.
There was a small gathering in 1929 in New Zealand hosted by Mrs Berry, with a journalist from the local paper in attendance.
He wrote the following: "Have a shake" said Mrs Berry in her cheerful commanding way, in bidding the guests goodbye.
I don't think she was suggesting they have a protein shake!
Or a handshake.
What did she mean?

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The Common Room / "No cards, no cake" in newspaper marriage notices. What does this mean?
« on: Wednesday 04 August 21 10:08 BST (UK)  »
Hello.
The phrase "No cards, no cake" appears in many newspaper marriage notices, after the wedding, in New Zealand, Australia and North America. Other negatives were often added such as: no fuss, no tears, nobody's business, no regrets etc and sometimes the positive "all joy".

They mainly appear in the 1860 to 1910 period.

Does anyone know the origins of this? And what it all means.




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