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London and Middlesex / Re: Market street, poplar
« on: Saturday 09 August 14 14:39 BST (UK)  »
If you are still looking for where Market Street is, here is an aerial photograph taken in 1946 http://prntscr.com/4b310t
The Old Red Lion pub stands on the right hand end of Market Street at it's junction with Kerby Street. My nan used to live almost opposite the pub as you can see here
http://prntscr.com/4b350y
If you are on Facebook, go to this link
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153038433519838&set=gm.796567117030412&type=1&theater
Where you will see a 1951 photo of the regulars just setting out on a BEANO.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: What was a pedestrian trainer?
« on: Friday 29 May 09 22:50 BST (UK)  »
Thanks.  I must confess I wondered if it was teaching road safety.

TD

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / What was a pedestrian trainer?
« on: Friday 29 May 09 20:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi, Can anyone help me.  On a census return one of my ancestors was a 'Pedestrian Trainer'.  Wondering if anyone would know exactly what the job might have entailed.

Many thanks
TD

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Missing road name in 1871 census for Lambeth
« on: Thursday 07 May 09 14:48 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, those folio numbers were a huge help.  It does look pretty conclusive that its Salamanca Street as opposed to cottages, court or place.

Trouble with this fh research is that its SO addictive, isn't it?

Off to update my gedcom file.

Thanks to everyone for their huge input.

Best wishes to you all
TD

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Missing road name in 1871 census for Lambeth
« on: Thursday 07 May 09 14:06 BST (UK)  »
That's interesting, that there's a Salamanca Street and Place.  Its given me an idea, if I do a search for other residents of the property but in the next census, they might just be at the same address, which will tell me for certain what the road is.  Long shot, but worth a try.

Thanks and well done.

TD

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Missing road name in 1871 census for Lambeth
« on: Wednesday 06 May 09 15:41 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for your help.  Sorry about the incorrect folio number, I was copying and pasting a whole clutch of them into my gedcom software, must have selected the right folio but not done ctl+c, hence the previous folio got pasted into the post.  Apologies.

You are right in that the writing has a lot to be desired.

Thanks again for your help
TD

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Missing road name in 1871 census for Lambeth
« on: Wednesday 06 May 09 08:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi, can anyone help me please.  I have found my family on the 1871 census, (all be it the name was misspelt) under the following:

RG9/52 Folio 143 Page 30

They were the RAYNER family.  I have them living in Lambeth, which in that era was classed as Surrey.  When I tried to find the street name, the enumerator had just written 'Continued'.  I tried going back over the various images, but when I came to the sheet showing the start of their street, where the name should have been written, the corner of the page had been torn away!

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can identify the family's exact address?

Many thanks for your help.

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Amelia Elizabeth P SMEE birth
« on: Thursday 06 November 08 13:46 GMT (UK)  »
I think I need to lay down with a scotch and soda in a darkened room!!

Thanks for the info.  Time to see if I can unravel it all.  I know that West Ham is a definite because that's where all my subsequent rellies are from. As for the earlier stuff, I need to go through it very carefully.

What I don't understand is why does there seem to be this wholesale shift of women from Devon to Essex?  Did they run out of men down there or something???

TD

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Amelia Elizabeth P SMEE birth
« on: Thursday 06 November 08 13:38 GMT (UK)  »
Oh my! The plot thickens.  I've got a William Smee marrying Louisa Clara Linsell Q3 1860, Braintree.  William was born in Braintree, Essex and Louisa born in Torrington, Devon.

Strangest thing though was that in 1920, in Essex, one of the descendants of Amelia Smee married someone whose grandmother, (might have been her great grandmother - can't remember), was from South Molton in Devon.  What a coincidence!

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