Hi All, This sounds like an interesting short series on Radio 4 starting this afternoon. Does anyone know whether these programmes can he 'heard' on the internet or cassettes bought of them? In a message of 8 Nov 2004 you wrote: | | Members may be interested in the UK BBC Radio 4 series ~ | | What Did Your Ancestors Do For A Living | | running all next week (beginning Monday 8 November) at 3.45pm. | It features interviews with many voices from the Genealogical Community | looking at our ancestors' trades and occupations. | | Monday - Sheffield and the Midlands - cutlery, pottery button and | gunmaking (featuring Doreen Hopwood, David Hey, Miranda Goodby, | Mark Pearsall) | | Tuesday - The North - heavy industries , mills , ship building and mines | (Featuring David Tonks, David Hey, Harold Spencer, Liz de Mercardo, | Muriel Bland, Joyce Culling) | | Wednesday - London - artisans, domestic service, army relatives and | crooks (featuring David Hey , Michael Gandy, Else Churchill, Mark Pearsall, | Dorothy Hills, George Smith , Frances Brotsall, Joyce Culling) | | Thursday - East Anglia - farming and the workhouse (Frances Collinson, | Stephen Pope, Richard Dalton, David Hey) | | Friday - Wales and the West Country - mining, the docks, cigarettes and | chocolate ( featuring Ceri Thompson, Andy King, Robert Blatchford) | | | Else Churchill | Genealogy Officer | Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, London, EC1M 7BA | Tel +44 (0)20 7702 5488 Fax +44 (0)20 7250 1800. | | Visit the Society's website at | http://www.sog.org.uk/ | Have fun, Rosemary, Northumberland UK ............................................................ Webmaster for Banburyshire Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/index.htm Email: banbury@prob.freeserve.co.uk ............................................................