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Armed Forces / Re: Information about National Service served in Malaya
« on: Tuesday 24 November 20 13:59 GMT (UK)  »
The Malayan Emergency (1948-60) was one of the few successful counter-insurgency operations undertaken by the Western powers during the Cold War.
See https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/malayan-emergency
There is mention of the Artillery in Malaya at https://www.army.mod.uk/media/6558/bar-report-malayan-emergency.pdf
Stan

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Profession Please?
« on: Monday 23 November 20 13:54 GMT (UK)  »
"Scripture Readers were fluent Irish speakers who were trained to preach the Gospel and refute what they considered false doctrine." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Church_Missions

Stan

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Cause of Death on Certificate
« on: Monday 23 November 20 09:29 GMT (UK)  »
It is phthisis = pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive wasting disease.
Stan

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Occupation Interests / Re: Lath Bender
« on: Sunday 22 November 20 15:26 GMT (UK)  »
From "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"

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The Common Room / Re: Address and occupants enumerated twice on 1901 census
« on: Saturday 21 November 20 16:23 GMT (UK)  »
There is a similar topic at https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=372982.msg2469884#msg2469884 where a family was enumerated twice, in two different counties, because there was an overlap between the enumeration districts

Stan

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The Common Room / Re: Address and occupants enumerated twice on 1901 census
« on: Saturday 21 November 20 16:18 GMT (UK)  »
Boundary Place is in two adjacent enumerator's districts and it appears that the address has been included in both, with different schedule numbers.

Registration District West Derby, Enumeration District 40, which includes the whole of Boundary Place, and Registration District Liverpool, Enumeration District 6 which is bounded on the east by the middle of Boundary Place.

You can see Boundary Place on this map https://maps.nls.uk/view/126523106#zoom=7&lat=1264&lon=13694&layers=BT

Stan

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Northumberland / Re: Blyth Local history:Hardwick's
« on: Wednesday 18 November 20 17:13 GMT (UK)  »
In the Newcastle Journal 06 December 1969 there is an advert for the L.M.S. Motor Driving School at 5 Simpson Street, Blyth. So Hardwick was gone by then.

Stan

Correcton My mistake looking at the Telephone Directories, E W Hardwick is listed at  5 Simpson Street, Blyth from 1972 to 1984.

Stan

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Armed Forces / Re: WW1 medal
« on: Wednesday 18 November 20 14:47 GMT (UK)  »

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Northumberland / Re: Blyth Local history:Hardwick's
« on: Wednesday 18 November 20 13:30 GMT (UK)  »
In the Newcastle Journal 06 December 1969 there is an advert for the L.M.S. Motor Driving School at 5 Simpson Street, Blyth. So Hardwick was gone by then.

Stan

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