Thank you that is very kind of you and very generous of your time .. I would love a copy if that is possible Thank you Christine > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-sagen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-sagen-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of John Keynes via > Sent: Friday, 6 May 2016 12:29 PM > To: SA Mailing List > Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] 1851 Emigration > > Listers, > > In going through some old papers, I came across one by British historian > Mark Baker, edited in 1974. The title was: > > "FROM WILTSHIRE TO AUSTRALIA 1851 > > THE STORY OF AN EMIGRATION" > > and the article is some 20 (A4-size) pages long. > > If interested, I can send a copy as an attachment to email; file is 45 KB. > > Adobe reader will be needed as the file is in .pdf format. > > The following is an extract from the article: > > ".....those coming from the Salisbury area, of whom there were quite a few, > must have had to plan well ahead; for A360 was not a turnpike road, and the > going would have been slower. The last party to leave, in June, was delayed > at Exeter for 2 1/2 hours by the large number of excursion trains taking > people from the west country to London and back for the Great Exhibition. > The station-master produced some food, and they were well looked after; but > it seems ironical that agricultural labourers and their families should have > been held up on their way out of the country to escape poverty and > unemployment by crowds of excursionists who could afford to pay for the > return journey to London to see the wonders of Victorian technology.,,,,," > > John Keynes, Salisbury Heights, S.A. > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 13445 (20160505) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message