Yes, Josephine, you are good at many things but a failure when it comes to refraining from researching and working on the computer... ....Will be interested in your comments after you read the novel Miss Ann Green of Clifton: A Romance of the Bristol Riots by E.W. Baker, which must go to near the top of the list for books to be read. (It has an 1828 map and black-and-white photographic illustrations).... Now show us how long you can go before reaching for that book again... (;-)) Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:07 AM Subject: [B&S] General social history (was Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol, prices in 1902 and 1937 ) On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:14:48 -0000, Tony Harrison <a.harrison@tesco.net> wrote: > You are an endless source of information. You must spend most of your day > researching it. Although I have found most of my Bristol Family (except > baptisms for the Taylor's and their deaths) I remain a member as I learn > so much about general social history from your posts. Keep up the good > work. Hi Tony, Thanks for your kind words. I like to find answers to the questions in my mind so can't resist a little looking up here and there:-) In the case of the hotel prices for the Royal Hotel, I just had to reach to the bookshelf behind me for books with Bristol hotel information, which were published in 1902 and 1937. However, I have other bookshelves with lots of novels and this year I promised myself that I would keep off the computer and read through them. I haven't yet read the novel Miss Ann Green of Clifton: A Romance of the Bristol Riots by E.W. Baker, which must go to near the top of the list for books to be read. (It has an 1828 map and black-and-white photographic illustrations and I've often looked at those.) At the beginning of January, our Edna thought it would be interesting to see how much I could refrain from using the computer. I gave in on the third day of January:-) Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com