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Offline David Pinkney

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« on: Monday 01 January 18 01:07 GMT (UK) »
Is there anywhere i can find a date of a possible prisoner's time in jail around 1948-1950?

Is this is closed info or can a relative request the information, the person involved is deceased

Thanks

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Re: prison records
« Reply #1 on: Monday 01 January 18 15:50 GMT (UK) »
Have you tried the National Archives website?
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Re: prison records
« Reply #2 on: Monday 01 January 18 16:14 GMT (UK) »
According to NA site

Prisoners records are opening date: 01 January 2067

I posted this on another tread :

'I have two late uncles who were caught by police when they tried to steal a van with a load of televisions in it in the mid to late 1960s. They did not realise that there were police officers  amongst the van’s cargo and they were arrested. They had a stay in Oxford prison for there trouble.
I think that it took place in London or the Home Counties to the west of London.
How can I substantiate this story?'

in the hope that somebody might be able to find more details about the case. I feel that the local newspapers of the time would have reported it but have so far been unable to find anything. In the light that the uncles are dead, I do not see any reason why I should not have access to any records of them.

David, please excuse me for piggybacking your thread but I feel that if we unite our cause somthing might turn up.
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Re: prison records
« Reply #3 on: Monday 01 January 18 16:18 GMT (UK) »
Have you tried the National Archives website?
See Prison registers and calendars of prisoners (1770-1971)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/prisoners-or-prison-staff/

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Re: prison records
« Reply #4 on: Monday 01 January 18 16:24 GMT (UK) »
Stanmapstone reaches the parts where others fail.
Thanks Stan
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Re: prison records
« Reply #5 on: Monday 22 January 18 21:11 GMT (UK) »
Unfortunately searching through all the available info i can find there is no records that bring up anything relevant unfortunately

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Re: prison records
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 23 January 18 02:12 GMT (UK) »
My great grans file was available at the national archives and she was a serial killer in the 1950's,
the file had statements, letters, photos, etc , and we found that just by searching her name in the general search on there, so maybe yours might have something similar.
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Re: prison records
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 23 January 18 20:18 GMT (UK) »
Unfortunately nothing seems to come up :(

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Re: prison records
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 23 January 18 21:43 GMT (UK) »
I have learnt one thing in ten years + of FR. These things can take time.
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Lipscombe (Longwick Berkshire, Maidenhead)
Marsh (London, Monksweirmouth, Durham+Berks  Bucks, Wokingham
Reynolds (Buckinghamshire Stoke on Trent)
Green, Stoke Poges
Brown (Co Durham, Windsor, Wokingham)
Wilson (Eton)
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