On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:28:44 -0000 "Martin Samson" <martinsamson@btinternet.com> wrote: Hello Martin, So, my mail was spam, was it? :-) Seriously, you might want to consider removing the [SPAM] insertion because it's possible other people's filters will, incorrectly, dump the message in a junk folder. Or worse still, delete it without warning. > In the 1901 census Ebeneezer is shown as a printer's linotype operator Yes, it's been mentioned elsewhere (another list) that he was a lino-type operator. TBH, I didn't look at later census returns myself. I don't know why, as it's the sort of thing I usually do, and recommend to others that they do it. I should take my own advice, perhaps. :-) [snip trade description] > You really wanted to know that ddn't you! :-) Some of it I already knew, but thanks to you, my knowledge of the printing trade has expanded. It can never hurt to explain things anyway. There's always someone that wants to know, even if they're too shy to ask. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Does she always shout at you, does she tell you what to do Family Life - Sham 69