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Monmouthshire / Re: Coal Trimmer
« on: Monday 02 October 06 15:25 BST (UK)  »
hi steve, thanks for the info on the books by cliff knight i did read them a good few years ago and was fascinated and saddened by some of the stories in them about pill from 1805-1900.

thanks you den for clarifying about the blob/ blobbing info.

i only found out a  year ago that my  gr gr grandfather william anstice on my dad side of the family was a river pilot and he went on to be  the dockmaster down newport docks in the 1870ish .
 atb ian .h

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Monmouthshire / Re: Coal Trimmer
« on: Monday 02 October 06 00:03 BST (UK)  »
Ian I saw some photos awhile back of Coal Trimmer`s in Newport docks early 1900`s.Hardy men for sure.Big shovels,lanterns,hats and even smiles!



                                                Steve
hi steve , can you remember were you saw the photo was it  in  local paper / book, would like to see what they look like back then.
on a sad note a lot of the old coal trimmers suffered/died  from lung disease due to the dust.
Hi Ian

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you was still paid a small wage called a blob


I wonder if you mean a "bob"? A bob was a shilling or 5 new pence and a small salary indeed!

kind regards, Arranroots ;)


hi arranroots
almost 90%sure it was called a blob(blobing) down pill,
 it may have just been a bit of old newport docker slang.
atb ian.h

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Cornwall / Re: The Christoe Family
« on: Sunday 01 October 06 23:24 BST (UK)  »
 many thanks malcolm for all the help and the info on the  christoe side of the family,
great to find out about the Australian connections  and  what great names blood and neptune
i almost wet myself laughing  when i told my 105 yr old nana about blood she said blood  sounded like a vampire,
 i then had a couple of hours of nana stories of her adventures in Australia and New Zealand when she was abit younger (80ish),it  took 5-6 weeks to get there on the boat,
 me half a hour on the local boating lake and i turn green.lol
many thanks again mal all the best m8
 ian

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Monmouthshire / Re: Coal Trimmer
« on: Friday 29 September 06 22:10 BST (UK)  »
hi steve, my grandfather to was a coal trimmer down newport docks, it was a well paid job at the time when the  ships were in and  if you was one of the  lucky ones to get pick to work that day at 6 in the morning,
 if you was one of the unlucky men not to get pick it was home to bed and back down the docks at 12ish to see if there was any work going, you was still paid a small wage called a blob if there was no work that day if i remember right.
they used to call the big shovels banjos and they was also very  useful for whacking all sort of creepy crawlers you would find in the holds of the ships my old grandfather would say.
atb ian.h

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Cornwall / Re: Missing Jacka Family
« on: Wednesday 16 August 06 10:30 BST (UK)  »
hi dexter,   i did find one william jacka  dont think its the one your looking for,  thought il pass the info on to you just in case it may be some  use to you.

http://www.hattam.co.uk/familytree/indilist.php?alpha=J&surname_sublist=yes&surname=Jacka

atb ian.h

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Cornwall / Re: Where are you ? Census Lookup and more ... Ellis family
« on: Thursday 06 July 06 21:30 BST (UK)  »
hi yn9man
could not find any ellis from truro but Ive found a few more ellis from mardon dont no if the info is any use to you.
http://www.hattam.co.uk/familytree/indilist.php?alpha=E&surname_sublist=yes&surname=Ellis

atb ian.h

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Cornwall Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Jacob PENROSE
« on: Friday 30 June 06 00:31 BST (UK)  »
hi wildgoose,
i could not find jacob but i did come across a few penrose in the 1700s living in cornwall,
http://www.hattam.co.uk/familytree/indilist.php?alpha=P&surname_sublist=yes&surname=Penrose

dont no if the info is any use to you.
atb ian.h

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Cornwall / Re: anyone else researching Berryman In Cornwall
« on: Tuesday 30 May 06 08:56 BST (UK)  »
hi alby,
 i found a few berrymen from the penzance in my search for my family (borlase) from penzance, thought il pass the info on to you just in case it may be usefull to you.
http://www.hattam.co.uk/familytree/indilist.php?alpha=B&surname_sublist=yes&surname=Berryman
atb ian.h

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Cornwall / Re: Surnames from Newlyn St Just and Penzance
« on: Thursday 04 May 06 21:00 BST (UK)  »
hi pixie
i found 46 blewett living in st just on this site
http://www.hattam.co.uk/familytree/indilist.php?alpha=B&surname_sublist=yes&surname=Blewett
could not find the names your after on there.
thought IL pass the link on just in case the info is any good to you.
atb ian.h

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