I have an engraved brass, wooden-handled school bell given on my retirement. It is on a shelf under a cloth, nobody wants it. I will only use it in case of fire to wake up all inhabitants of this building. Lorna May ----- Original Message ----- From: Florian Barker <florianbarker@ntlworld.com> To: cornish@rootsweb.com, cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Cc: cornish@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 08:13:25 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Weekly News. 29th January, 1857. We often read about such items and I wonder whether any of these gifts presented to local worthies actually still exist. My sister has a silver tray presented to our godmother's mother at her wedding and I have a silver salver given to my father on his retirement. However it is only out of sentiment that we've kept these items, they're not what you might call works of art! so how often do these gifts survive? Any ideas? Do we know of any? Florian (in damp and chilly Coventry) > TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN - At a meeting of the inhabitants of St. > Ive, on Tuesday the 19th instant, a very elegantly chased silver > communion service, with a suitable inscription, and a handsome set of > books, were presented by the parishioners as a mark of their sincere > esteem and gratitude to their late curate, the Rev. GEORGE EDGCOME, who > has accepted the curacy of St. Gluvias. ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message