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Messages - Mike in Cumbria

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It might be the workhouse, with Walter Elstrop as the Master of Institution

Edit:  Idiotic suggestion after noticing the 1939 date!

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The Lighter Side / Re: WHAT IS THE POINT? by "Fed Up"
« on: Friday 17 March 23 17:59 GMT (UK)  »
I read it as primarily to prevent coastal erosion, etc.by removing large quantities of sand/rocks, rather than the odd sea shell/flotsam and jetsam.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/74

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An Act to amend the law relating to the protection of the coast of Great Britain against erosion and encroachment by the sea; to provide for the restriction and removal of works detrimental to navigation; to transfer the management of Crown foreshore from the Minister of Transport to the Commissioners of Crown Lands; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.


74 years of not picking up shells because of misunderstanding this law - priceless!

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Looks a bit like gleaner.
What does the picture show?

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The Common Room / Re: Woolwright occupation?
« on: Tuesday 17 January 23 10:42 GMT (UK)  »
Trying to help a friend as she has a Woolwright as an occupation on a census. She knows that they are a craftsman but does anyone know what their typical tasks were please?
Any chance of posting a clip of the  census form?

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The Common Room / Re: Woolwright occupation?
« on: Tuesday 17 January 23 08:04 GMT (UK)  »
Trying to help a friend as she has a Woolwright as an occupation on a census. She knows that they are a craftsman but does anyone know what their typical tasks were please?
Could it be a mis-transcribed (and possibly misspelled) wheelwright?

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: tracing deceased relatives
« on: Wednesday 11 January 23 18:04 GMT (UK)  »
deceased relatives

Why have you edited your post?

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: tracing dead relatives
« on: Wednesday 11 January 23 15:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hello ,Silly question really! is it perfectly legal to try and trace deceased relatives
just wondering/
If not, genealogy would be a crime

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Strange employment in 1921 census
« on: Friday 30 December 22 11:18 GMT (UK)  »
Pig wash is just another term for pigswill. I never thought about the word "hogwash" before but it obviously used to mean the same thing.

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The Lighter Side / Re: A Christmas Perennial - The King William's College Quiz 2022
« on: Tuesday 27 December 22 13:01 GMT (UK)  »
 

Mike - Queen Victoria might fit but I want to look into this a bit more... ???

Apparently she also used "Countess of Lancaster" as an alias  :) :) :)

Sorry - "Duchess" was a mistype on my part. I meant to say that she used the aliases Countess of Balmoral  and Countess of Lancaster
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8668654/queen-victoria-travels-as-countess-of/

Everybody else in that list is an Emperor or Empress

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