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A place in Taplow
« on: Wednesday 20 September 23 10:14 BST (UK) »
Hello,Does anybody on here  know of a house/home in Taplow Maidenhead Buckinghamshire called the  Idle Hour a very distant relative died there in 1921 of Influenza (could it be a nursing home) the name was taken from a Australian newspaper that some body passed on to me
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Re: A place in Taplow
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 20 September 23 10:26 BST (UK) »
What was the name of the person who died there and date of article
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Re: A place in Taplow
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 20 September 23 10:28 BST (UK) »
There is an Idle House Hour in Taplow but it would appear to be a normal dwelling.

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Re: A place in Taplow
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 20 September 23 10:37 BST (UK) »
That is probably it.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246456530?searchTerm=“Idle%20hour”%20taplow%20influenza

“At her residence, Idle Hour, Taplow”


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Re: A place in Taplow
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 20 September 23 10:42 BST (UK) »
From the Reading Mercury, 2 January 1915
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Re: A place in Taplow
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 20 September 23 11:11 BST (UK) »
Thanks to everyone who has replied to my post ,yes that was the Australian  newspaper,I had not actually seen it, I had looked for her on the 1921 cencus but the only one coming up says she was born in Kilkenny Ireland and I know mine is from Sydney area  Australia
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Re: A place in Taplow
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 20 September 23 12:27 BST (UK) »
The occupants of Idle Hour at the time of the 1921 census (June 1921) were George and Eileen Mitchell.
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Re: A place in Taplow
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 17 October 23 11:25 BST (UK) »
Hello just an update on Nina Pearse she is buried in the  churchyard Taplow  Buckinghamshire
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