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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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Australia / Was it an offence for a man to live with another man's wife in Australia 1839?
« on: Monday 01 March 21 05:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hello

In 1839 in Victoria, Australia my great great grandmother (Harriet) left her husband to live with my great great grandfather (Chris). Her young children went with her.
The abandoned husband put notices in the local paper stating " ... any person harbouring my lawful wife after this notice will be prosecuted" and "...he [Chris] being guilty of an offence against the laws with which he now stands charged at my insistence."
He offered 20 pounds for information leading to him being able to apprehend Chris.
Did Chris break any laws and was he in danger of prosecution if apprehended?




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