On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:11:21 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi Josephine, I remember seeing "Bambi" and "Wizard of Oz" downtown > Bristol but not sure of the cinema. Had to walk down from Trinity St. > through lots of rubble from the bombings. Hi Edna, You would have gone to one of the city cinemas like the Odeon in Union Street, Bristol and you would have seen the same bombed-out streets that I saw as a child. Ian reckons that there was still evidence of bomb damage in Bristol in the late 1960s, but I must have been so used to it by then that I didn't take any notice. I saw the Wizard of Oz at the Vandyck Cinema, Fishponds perhaps seven or eight years later than you saw it in Bristol. I thought it was scary, but even more frightening was the 1958 film about the sinking of the Titanic, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, which I saw at The Regal, Staple Hill with my Mum. She thought it was going to be a comedy as we had previously seen the 1953 film, Genevieve, starring Kenneth More. The link you've given to the Bristol cinema photographs has brought back all sorts of memories, not only of the films but of looking through Bristol's Evening Post to see what was on, the excitement in waiting in the queue to get in and buying little tubs of ice cream from the usherette in the interval. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On 05 Feb 2011 Peter wrote: I think the marriage was probably 12th February 1832 at Otterford between William Farrant and Hannah Marks, but I have not had the opportunity as yet to look at the original record and see how well it fits. Hello again Peter, Certainly those marriage details are exactly as found on Roy Parkhouse's website: here http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Otterford/OttMar.html Jenny

On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:30:58 -0000, Roy Stockdill <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: > It would seem quite possible there is some connection to your Candys (or > Candey) at Burlescombe but I haven't found a marriage for James Candy > and Mary. Perhaps James Candy and your Mary Candey were brother and > sister? Hi Roy, Many thanks for all the Candy details in your message. As it came I was looking at Candy events in Burlescombe on the site, which Chris Jefferies sent to the B & S list last month. https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/se All this has livened up the day for me:-) It's amazing how much can now be found online if only you know where to look or if someone points you in the right direction. > I e-mailed you separately about the more recent connection! Thanks for that, too. I've been having a look at that connection, as well. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

> Hi Roy, > > The surname CANDY and reference to Burlescombe caught my eye. > > My possible 4x great-grandparents, James NORMAN and Mary CANDEY, were > married at Burlescombe, Devon on 30th. May 1803. > > My 3x great-grandparents were Henry NORMAN, a mason, born in Holcombe > Rogus c.1805 and Charlotte OSMOND, born c.1811, in Sampford Peverell, > Devon > > They were in Bristol , when their daughter Charlotte, my 2x > great-grandmother, was baptized on 11th. March 1832 at the church of > St. Philip and St. Jacob. Abode was St. Philip and father's occupation > was mason. > > The NORMAN family was in Westleigh, Burlescombe at the time of the > 1851 census. > Hi Josephine Elizabeth Candy was baptised at Burlescombe on 13 Feb 1820, daughter of James Candy and Mary (wife's surname not known) which is found on the IGI, batch no. C168477). This accords more or less with Elizabeth's stated age in the censuses. She was very probably the same Elizabeth who had a daughter, Mary Ann Candey [sic] baptised at Burlescombe on 25 Aug 1839 (batch no. C168479). FreeBMD then has a potential marriage for a James Palmer and Elizabeth Candy in the Dec quarter of 1843 (Wellington, vol 10 page 733). I say "potential" because there is another male name on the same page. James must have died before 1851 because Elizabeth is shown as a widow in that census, with a son, James Jr, 5, with her. Also in the household is Mary Ann Candy, 11, described as a lodger born at Burlescombe, but in 1861 she appears as Elizabeth's daughter. It would seem quite possible there is some connection to your Candys (or Candey) at Burlescombe but I haven't found a marriage for James Candy and Mary. Perhaps James Candy and your Mary Candey were brother and sister? I e-mailed you separately about the more recent connection! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Jenny, Thanks for the reply - comments below: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Davis" <jenny.davis@zen.co.uk> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Combe St Nicholas (FARRANT) > On 05 Feb 2011 Peter wrote: > My known interest in Combe St Nicholas is the family of William Farrant > (c.1800-1875) a shoemaker from Axminster, and Hannah (probably MARKS) > (c.1810-1888) his wife, who I know from census data lived in Combe briefly > in the 1840s. Perhaps you have come across them? Some of their children > may > appear in the Combe registers - possibly Thomas bap 1837 Churchstanton but > disappears after 1841, Samuel b.c.1840 Combe, Henry John b.c.1843 Combe, > Mary b 1844Q2 Combe (GRO Chard 10/378). The next child I have for them is > Susan b 1849Q4 by which time they were in Chardstock. > > > Hi Peter, > > As you no doubt have observed, your Farrant family appear in the Combe St > Nicholas census returns of 1841 but not of 1851. > > The 1841 census gives the address as Wadford; William, 25, a shoemaker > born > out of county; Hannah, 25, also born out of county; and 4 children, all > born > in county, Sarah, 7; Elizabeth, 6; Thomas, 4; and Samuel, 2. > > Looking for the name FARRANT in the Combe parish registers I see 3 > baptisms: > > Mary Farrant on 13 may 1844 > John Farrant on 01 Oct 1846 > Thomas Farrant on 01 Oct 1846 - all children of William & Hannah. > > There were 2 children buried at Combe, both on 24 Nov 1842: Elizabeth, > aged > 8; and Thomas, aged 6. Thanks for these - I have not had access to the Combe records so these records fill in my gaps. > Unusually, this is a family who lived in Combe St Nicholas - for at least > 5 > years it seems - but who don't appear to have made any marriage links with > Combe folks. Both William & Hannah came from 'out of county'; and they > left > the parish before any of their children were of age to marry. I have found > no marriage of that name in the parish registers. I think the marriage was probably 12th February 1832 at Otterford between William Farrant and Hannah Marks, but I have not had the opportunity as yet to look at the original record and see how well it fits. Part of the problem is a lack of consistancy with census data. Hannah is given as being born in Dunkeswell (1851 census) or West Leigh (1861 census) or Broadway (1881 census). I think William was from Axminster, probably the son of Thomas Farrant and Rachel Stedman, chr Axminster 25th Oct 1801, though again the data is inconsistant. The Chardstock Web Museum site gives him as being 82 years old by the time of his burial in December 1875. > Looking at the 1841 returns William's immediate (apparent) neighbours, > that > is the two families before and the two after, there were 3 blacksmiths and > a > miller/baker, which suggests to me they were very close to the village > centre. > > As for their move to Chardstock: I don't see the family there in the 1851 > census returns, though I see them there in 1871! It seems probable Samuel, > bc.1840, wed Susan DENING at Chardstock on 29 Jan 1861; that Samuel > witnessed the marriage of Susan's sister, Mary, at Chardstock on 20 Dec > 1866; and Susan, b.1849, married James SHINER, again at Chardstock, on 6 > Jul > 1871. All these data, and others, are to be found:- > > here: http://www.chardstockwebmuseum.org/census.html Thanks for this. They are on page 24 of the Chardstock Web Museum transcription of the 1851 census at Farway under the name of FarrEnt. > > I have in the past found many links between the folks of Chardstock and > Combe St Nicholas but in my rather hurried look in the Chardstock > registers > I've not found any marriage to link your FARRANTS into my @family@ of > Combe > St Nicholas folks. (Indeed, by 1901, Samual Farrant bc.1840 had living > with > him, *four* bachelor sons). No, I don't think they link. As you have already found some of them married in Chardstock. Henry John b.c.1843 moved to Lovington which is presumably where he married (the GRO have 1867Q2 Wincanton 5c/775), whilst Sarah b.c.1834 married in Lewisham in Kent. The two I was unsure of you have answered by providing information on their burials. Thomas chr 1 Oct 1846 I was unaware of, but I would say that he was likely to be the Thomas buried at the age of 2 in Chardstock on 30th November 1848. Thanks again and regards Peter

On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:00:23 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > If you look to the right on that site, you will see more Bristol > cinemas... > http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/2063068492/in/set-72157603194396363/ Thanks, Edna. I followed your directions and looked through every picture. What memories some of these cinemas have conjured up in my mind not only of the films I saw at them, but of the friends and relatives who accompanied me. The Odeon in Bristol features prominently in my mind as there I saw South Pacific, Cleopatra, The Sound of Music, Becket, Othello and A Man for all Seasons. The visit to the Odeon for South Pacific was probably in 1959, but the other films were seen in the 1960s. Other cinemas, where I saw films were the Gaumont, the King's, the Whiteladies, the Metropole, the Vandyck, the Regal and the Orpheus. My last visit to a cinema was 29 years ago on 6th. February, on the occasion of my nephew's 16th. birthday. It only seems like yesterday. Time has certainly flown since then. I could reminisce all night, to myself, but I've just received an e-mail from my hungry husband, which says, 'What's for tea and when are we going to have it?' Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On 05 Feb 2011 Peter wrote: My known interest in Combe St Nicholas is the family of William Farrant (c.1800-1875) a shoemaker from Axminster, and Hannah (probably MARKS) (c.1810-1888) his wife, who I know from census data lived in Combe briefly in the 1840s. Perhaps you have come across them? Some of their children may appear in the Combe registers - possibly Thomas bap 1837 Churchstanton but disappears after 1841, Samuel b.c.1840 Combe, Henry John b.c.1843 Combe, Mary b 1844Q2 Combe (GRO Chard 10/378). The next child I have for them is Susan b 1849Q4 by which time they were in Chardstock. Hi Peter, As you no doubt have observed, your Farrant family appear in the Combe St Nicholas census returns of 1841 but not of 1851. The 1841 census gives the address as Wadford; William, 25, a shoemaker born out of county; Hannah, 25, also born out of county; and 4 children, all born in county, Sarah, 7; Elizabeth, 6; Thomas, 4; and Samuel, 2. Looking for the name FARRANT in the Combe parish registers I see 3 baptisms: Mary Farrant on 13 may 1844 John Farrant on 01 Oct 1846 Thomas Farrant on 01 Oct 1846 - all children of William & Hannah. There were 2 children buried at Combe, both on 24 Nov 1842: Elizabeth, aged 8; and Thomas, aged 6. Unusually, this is a family who lived in Combe St Nicholas - for at least 5 years it seems - but who don't appear to have made any marriage links with Combe folks. Both William & Hannah came from 'out of county'; and they left the parish before any of their children were of age to marry. I have found no marriage of that name in the parish registers. Looking at the 1841 returns William's immediate (apparent) neighbours, that is the two families before and the two after, there were 3 blacksmiths and a miller/baker, which suggests to me they were very close to the village centre. As for their move to Chardstock: I don't see the family there in the 1851 census returns, though I see them there in 1871! It seems probable Samuel, bc.1840, wed Susan DENING at Chardstock on 29 Jan 1861; that Samuel witnessed the marriage of Susan's sister, Mary, at Chardstock on 20 Dec 1866; and Susan, b.1849, married James SHINER, again at Chardstock, on 6 Jul 1871. All these data, and others, are to be found:- here: http://www.chardstockwebmuseum.org/census.html I have in the past found many links between the folks of Chardstock and Combe St Nicholas but in my rather hurried look in the Chardstock registers I've not found any marriage to link your FARRANTS into my @family@ of Combe St Nicholas folks. (Indeed, by 1901, Samual Farrant bc.1840 had living with him, *four* bachelor sons). HTH, Jenny

In article <4D4D734B.7141.1BE14D6@localhost>, Roy Stockdill <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: > James Palmer was a stonemason, born circa 1846 at Wellington, and > probably the son of another James Palmer (who d before 1851) and > Elizabeth CANDY/CANDEY, who were married at Wellington in 1843 (Dec > quarter, vol 10 page 733). Elizabeth was born circa 1820 at > Burlescombe, Devon, which is just across the county border but was in > the Wellington registration district, so possibly the marriage was there > too. Her father was possibly James Candy and before her marriage > Elizabeth appears to have had an illegitimate daughter, Mary Ann Candy, > born circa 1839 Hi Roy, The surname CANDY and reference to Burlescombe caught my eye. My possible 4x great-grandparents, James NORMAN and Mary CANDEY, were married at Burlescombe, Devon on 30th. May 1803. My 3x great-grandparents were Henry NORMAN, a mason, born in Holcombe Rogus c.1805 and Charlotte OSMOND, born c.1811, in Sampford Peverell, Devon They were in Bristol , when their daughter Charlotte, my 2x great-grandmother, was baptized on 11th. March 1832 at the church of St. Philip and St. Jacob. Abode was St. Philip and father's occupation was mason. The NORMAN family was in Westleigh, Burlescombe at the time of the 1851 census. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Is anyone here researching the above names, specifically descent from the following marriage..... JAMES PALMER to SOPHIA HITCHCOCK at Wellington, Som, in the Oct-Dec quarter of 1867 (FreeBMD, vol 5c page 543). James Palmer was a stonemason, born circa 1846 at Wellington, and probably the son of another James Palmer (who d before 1851) and Elizabeth CANDY/CANDEY, who were married at Wellington in 1843 (Dec quarter, vol 10 page 733). Elizabeth was born circa 1820 at Burlescombe, Devon, which is just across the county border but was in the Wellington registration district, so possibly the marriage was there too. Her father was possibly James Candy and before her marriage Elizabeth appears to have had an illegitimate daughter, Mary Ann Candy, born circa 1839 Sophia, I believe was born at Wellington 1847 and was the daughter of David and Mary HITCHCOCK, David being a hand loom weaver. James and Sophia Palmer were great-grandparents of someone who has featured prominently in the news recently but who the over-zealous and petty Rootsweb rules will not permit me to mention as a living person, even though the name has been widely published in newspapers and broadcasting media. Having recently been evicted from a list not a million miles from this one for having the temerity to question the ruling, I am not taking another chance! I am happy to compare notes privately if anyone thinks they have a genuine connection, especially to earlier generations. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

The Vandyke of Fishponds does look posh -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/4413324693/ Edna - Ottawa

Thanks Josephine. Looks all "new" around there (Google map). Thought that Wizard of Oz was scary too. Actually the movie effects are still well done, even by today's standards. Glad you are enjoying the site. (;-)) Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Bristol cinemas... On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:11:21 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi Josephine, I remember seeing "Bambi" and "Wizard of Oz" downtown > Bristol but not sure of the cinema. Had to walk down from Trinity St. > through lots of rubble from the bombings. Hi Edna, You would have gone to one of the city cinemas like the Odeon in Union Street, Bristol and you would have seen the same bombed-out streets that I saw as a child. Ian reckons that there was still evidence of bomb damage in Bristol in the late 1960s, but I must have been so used to it by then that I didn't take any notice. I saw the Wizard of Oz at the Vandyck Cinema, Fishponds perhaps seven or eight years later than you saw it in Bristol. I thought it was scary, but even more frightening was the 1958 film about the sinking of the Titanic, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, which I saw at The Regal, Staple Hill with my Mum. She thought it was going to be a comedy as we had previously seen the 1953 film, Genevieve, starring Kenneth More. The link you've given to the Bristol cinema photographs has brought back all sorts of memories, not only of the films but of looking through Bristol's Evening Post to see what was on, the excitement in waiting in the queue to get in and buying little tubs of ice cream from the usherette in the interval. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Jenny, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Davis" <jenny.davis@zen.co.uk> To: <BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [B&S] William Harris, Wadeford, Chard, Somerset -- tobacco tin > Listers may be interested to know that my family history studies embrace > the > entire population of Combe St Nicholas. My known interest in Combe St Nicholas is the family of William Farrant (c.1800-1875) a shoemaker from Axminster, and Hannah (probably MARKS) (c.1810-1888) his wife, who I know from census data lived in Combe briefly in the 1840s. Perhaps you have come across them? Some of their children may appear in the Combe registers - possibly Thomas bap 1837 Churchstanton but disappears after 1841, Samuel b.c.1840 Combe, Henry John b.c.1843 Combe, Mary b 1844Q2 Combe (GRO Chard 10/378). The next child I have for them is Susan b 1849Q4 by which time they were in Chardstock. Regards Peter

On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:54:07 -0000, Jenny Davis <jenny.davis@zen.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Josephine, > I too saw the programme, in which the pronunciation of the village name > was Wod*e*ford; but note, locals know it as *Wodford* Hi Jenny, Thanks for that. It's always good to know local pronunciation. > The village is largely a part of the parish of Combe St Nicholas, When I looked for Wadeford on the map, I saw Combe St. Nicholas nearby and thought of you and your family research there. > Thus said William HARRIS is to be found within Chard returns in the 1901 > census and in Combe returns tenyears earlier. I wondered if anything could be found out about him, but I don't have access to the online censuses so I didn't go looking for him. > Listers may be interested to know that my family history studies embrace > the entire population of Combe St Nicholas. My database has no fewer > than four with the name William Harris, but there is little doubt (in my > mind) the > tobacco tin was given to the William who was born in 1860 at Bishop's > Lydiard. It's interesting how an object like this tobacco tin with a name and place inscribed on it can lead to all sorts of other fascinating information. The brass oval tobacco tin, belonging to William HARRIS, was also interesting to me as we have a similar oval one in a silvery metal. The brass one was made by Thomas Evans of Treherbert in Glamorgan. I've just looked inside ours and the maker is the same. The owner of ours was a distant Somerset-born relative through marriage, William GRIFFIN, the son of John and Sarah GRIFFIN, who was baptized on 20th. November 1842 at Walcot Church. He died on 25th. November 1919 and was buried at Cardiff Cemetery. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Hi Josephine, I remember seeing "Bambi" and "Wizard of Oz" downtown Bristol but not sure of the cinema. Had to walk down from Trinity St. through lots of rubble from the bombings. Cheers, Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Bristol cinemas... On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:00:23 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > If you look to the right on that site, you will see more Bristol > cinemas... > http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/2063068492/in/set-72157603194396363/ Thanks, Edna. I followed your directions and looked through every picture. What memories some of these cinemas have conjured up in my mind not only of the films I saw at them, but of the friends and relatives who accompanied me. The Odeon in Bristol features prominently in my mind as there I saw South Pacific, Cleopatra, The Sound of Music, Becket, Othello and A Man for all Seasons. The visit to the Odeon for South Pacific was probably in 1959, but the other films were seen in the 1960s. Other cinemas, where I saw films were the Gaumont, the King's, the Whiteladies, the Metropole, the Vandyck, the Regal and the Orpheus. My last visit to a cinema was 29 years ago on 6th. February, on the occasion of my nephew's 16th. birthday. It only seems like yesterday. Time has certainly flown since then. I could reminisce all night, to myself, but I've just received an e-mail from my hungry husband, which says, 'What's for tea and when are we going to have it?' Josephine --

If you look to the right on that site, you will see more Bristol cinemas... http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/2063068492/in/set-72157603194396363/ Edna - Ottawa

On 04 Feb 2011 Josephine wrote: I have just finished watching today's Bargain Hunt from Shepton Mallet on BBC One television. One of the items purchased for auction was an oval brass tobacco tin with an inscription to William Harris of Wadeford Chard Somerset. I've been to Chard, but was unfamiliar with Wadeford so I've just looked up the location of this village in my atlas. So that's another new thing discovered today. The tobacco tin possibly dates from late Victorian or early Edwardian times. Hi Josephine, I too saw the programme, in which the pronunciation of the village name was Wod*e*ford; but note, locals know it as *Wodford*. The village is largely a part of the parish of Combe St Nicholas, but confusingly, the boundary, as far as census returns are concerned, has 'wobbled' over the years. Thus said William HARRIS is to be found within Chard returns in the 1901 census and in Combe returns ten years earlier. To be fair, the family moved home in those intervening years, from 'Lower Wadeford' to 'Rackstile, Wadeford'; but that's a move which I believe to be only about a quarter of a mile (towards Chard). Listers may be interested to know that my family history studies embrace the entire population of Combe St Nicholas. My database has no fewer than four with the name William Harris, but there is little doubt (in my mind) the tobacco tin was given to the William who was born in 1860 at Bishop's Lydiard. He married Grace Ann PLAYER whose roots, on her mother's side of the family, were in Combe St Nicholas going back at least to the 17thC, with surnames such as BETTY, FOWLER, MANNING, PAVEY and FURBER featuring: all names well associated with the neighbourhood. On her father's side of the family there are connections to Bishopshull which is only about 3 miles from her husband's birthplace. Her paternal grandmother was Ruth CROKER (1792-1864) who was the subject of a (complicated) removal order in 1829. It seems Ruth was married, to James HAYNE, for about 6 years, 1812 to 1818, during which time she had three children, before her husband deserted her. Several years later she married again, to Jacob PLAYER, and had two further children. During the removal proceedings, her first husband, James Hayne, upon oath saith: " .... 17 years ago I married Ruth Croker at Bishops Hull in the County of Somerset my present Wife and who I believe is living. She has five children as I have heard born since our marriage, the three eldest Jane aged 16 William aged 15 and Betsey aged 13 upwards I believe to be mine the other two she had by another man to whom I have heard she was married four years ago. I left her 11 years ago and have neither seen nor heard of her since until within these few days .... ". This statement raises a question which I'm wondering if any lister might answer. This woman was deserted by her husband, and seven years later she married again, presumably unaware whether or not her first husband was still alive. In fact he was still alive and living, as it happens, in Streatham more than 100 miles from Bishopshull. Was her second marriage bigamous? Regards, Jenny

I've been chatting off list with one of my correspondents about the Quaker Burial Ground at Bromley Heath, which I remembered from when I was a child. I came across a reference to it on the following web page about The history of the Downend and Bromley Heath Parish: http://www.downendbromleyheath.org/home/history.html It's a very interesting page and one which I don't think I've come across before. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Yes Josephine. I remember now - that's the one I had in the back of my mind but the one I referred to was Peter Stusckey's - if that makes sense. Bob

On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:56:03 -0000, Bob Sanders <bob.sanders59@ntlworld.com> wrote: > My apologies. The book I meant was Peter Stuckey''s as pointed out by > Josephine. Graham farr did write a book about something but it wasn't > Bristol Channel Pilots ! > Showing my age ! I didn't realize that you meant Peter's Stuckey's book, Bob. I thought you meant a Grahame Farr book, which I didn't have. I have Grahame Farr's Somerset Harbours, which was published by Christopher Johnson in 1954. In it there are nine page references for pilots. The first two chapters are entitled 'The Haven of Bristol' and 'Portishead', while the other four chapters are on 'The Harbours of the Levels', 'Bridgwater', 'The Quantock Coast and Watchet' and 'Minehead and Porlock'. A map is at the beginning of the book and there are 15 photographs and 3 line drawings. It's an interesting book and I like dipping into it. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

My apologies. The book I meant was Peter Stuckey''s as pointed out by Josephine. Graham farr did write a book about something but it wasn't Bristol Channel Pilots ! Showing my age ! Bob -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of bristol_and_somerset-request@rootsweb.com Sent: 04 February 2011 14:59 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET Digest, Vol 6, Issue 61 Today's Topics: 1. Quaker school at Sidcot, Somerset (Josephine Jeremiah) 2. Article in Bath Chronicle about the riverside at Bath (Josephine Jeremiah) 3. Bristol Channel Pilots (Bob Sanders) 4. Re: Bristol Channel Pilots (Josephine Jeremiah) 5. Street shop has closed after 176 years (Josephine Jeremiah) 6. William Harris, Wadeford, Chard, Somerset -- tobacco tin (Josephine Jeremiah) 7. Bristol's sight-seeing bus tours, service resumes tomorrow, 5th. February (Josephine Jeremiah) 8. HESKINS FAMILY - GEORGE FILER & HARRIET WILSON MARRIAGE (adrianp7) 9. Re: HESKINS FAMILY - GEORGE FILER & HARRIET WILSON MARRIAGE (Tony Harrison) 10. A History of Sidcot School: a hundred years of West Country Quaker education, 1808-1908 (Josephine Jeremiah) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:36:42 -0000 From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> Subject: [B&S] Quaker school at Sidcot, Somerset To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <op.vqdd7giz42w82j@glasydorlan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes In off-list correspondence, the Quaker school at Sidcot has been mentioned. There may be some list members who are interested in Quakers. Some information about the history of Sidcot School is here: http://www.sidcot.org.uk/about/history.html Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:38:30 -0000 From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> Subject: [B&S] Article in Bath Chronicle about the riverside at Bath To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <op.vqdg2guw42w82j@glasydorlan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes This Bath Chronicle article on the riverside at Bath may be of interest to list members with an interest in this area http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Experts-advise-opening-city-riverside/artic le-3184755-detail/article.html -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 10:10:51 -0000 From: "Bob Sanders" <bob.sanders59@ntlworld.com> Subject: [B&S] Bristol Channel Pilots To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <38156E0674014260AB98D7B7A9F93881@BobsDesktopPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Chris Yes it was a good programme which I have seen previously. However not as good as one form many years ago which I still have on VHS. There is an excellent book (long out of print) by Graham Farr on Bristol Channel Pilotage. Well worth reading if you can get a copy via the library. Bob Sanders ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:10:53 -0000 From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> Subject: Re: [B&S] Bristol Channel Pilots To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <op.vqdlcfkv42w82j@glasydorlan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:10:51 -0000, Bob Sanders <bob.sanders59@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Yes it was a good programme which I have seen previously. However not as > good as one form many years ago which I still have on VHS. There is an > excellent book (long out of print) by Graham Farr on Bristol Channel > Pilotage. Well worth reading if you can get a copy via the library. Here's another book about Bristol Channel Pilots: 'The Sailing Pilots of the Bristol Channel' by Peter Stuckey, first published in 1977 by David & Charles with a revised and enlarged edition first published in 1999 by Redcliffe Press. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:46:28 -0000 From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> Subject: [B&S] Street shop has closed after 176 years To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <op.vqdmzqbf42w82j@glasydorlan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Last year, I had a good time looking around Street in Somerset so this article about a Street shop, which has closed after 176 years, caught my eye: http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/End-era-shop-closes-176-years/article-3 173301-detail/article.html -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:17:33 -0000 From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> Subject: [B&S] William Harris, Wadeford, Chard, Somerset -- tobacco tin To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <op.vqdq7jg642w82j@glasydorlan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes I have just finished watching today's Bargain Hunt from Shepton Mallet on BBC One television. One of the items purchased for auction was an oval brass tobacco tin with an inscription to William Harris of Wadeford Chard Somerset. I've been to Chard, but was unfamiliar with Wadeford so I've just looked up the location of this village in my atlas. So that's another new thing discovered today. The tobacco tin possibly dates from late Victorian or early Edwardian times. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:12:37 -0000 From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> Subject: [B&S] Bristol's sight-seeing bus tours, service resumes tomorrow, 5th. February To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <op.vqdtrbcc42w82j@glasydorlan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes There is an article in Bristol's Evening Post today about Bristol's sight-seeing open-top bus tours resuming service tomorrow on 5th February. http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/aboard-sight-seeing-bus-tours/article-31 84297-detail/article.html The article includes a link to the City Sightseeing Bristol web site: http://www.citysightseeingbristol.co.uk/ -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:16:23 -0000 From: "adrianp7" <adrianp7@talktalk.net> Subject: [B&S] HESKINS FAMILY - GEORGE FILER & HARRIET WILSON MARRIAGE To: "BRISTOL & SOMERSET" <BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <95D9F3247DEC4730A317839343E0BA41@ee80e1d813c5417> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original The marriage of George FILER and Harriet WILSON was registered in Bristol during the June quarter of 1878. I suspect that Harriet was the sister of William Henry and Thomas Melhuish WILSON who both married into my HESKINS family. I would appreciate confirmation, please, if at all possible, that Harriet's father was shown as Thomas, a paper maker. Adrian Yorkshire ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 14:55:13 -0000 From: "Tony Harrison" <a.harrison@tesco.net> Subject: Re: [B&S] HESKINS FAMILY - GEORGE FILER & HARRIET WILSON MARRIAGE To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <2E9FAF484F2E4988863C44104D3964A3@Tony> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi Adrian Sorry cannot help re marriage entry. However there is a George and Harriet Filer living in Bedminster (part of Bristol) in the 1881 census. She is shown as aged 40 and born in Devon. Whereas your Harriet Wilson was born in Bristol 1845. Hope this helps Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "adrianp7" <adrianp7@talktalk.net> To: "BRISTOL & SOMERSET" <BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:16 PM Subject: [B&S] HESKINS FAMILY - GEORGE FILER & HARRIET WILSON MARRIAGE > The marriage of George FILER and Harriet WILSON was registered in Bristol > during the June quarter of 1878. > > I suspect that Harriet was the sister of William Henry and Thomas Melhuish > WILSON who both married into my HESKINS family. I would appreciate > confirmation, please, if at all possible, that Harriet's father was shown > as > Thomas, a paper maker. > > Adrian > Yorkshire > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:59:21 -0000 From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> Subject: [B&S] A History of Sidcot School: a hundred years of West Country Quaker education, 1808-1908 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <op.vqdvw7nr42w82j@glasydorlan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes In a previous message, today, I mentioned the Quaker school at Sidcot in Somerset. I've just found a reference to a book about this school. A History of Sidcot School: a hundred years of West Country Quaker education, 1808-1908, by Francis Arnold Knight, was published by J.M. Dent & Co. in 1908. It looks like this book has been reprinted recently. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------ To contact the BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET list administrator, send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET mailing list, send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET Digest, Vol 6, Issue 61 ***************************************************