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    1. World War II
    2. I was born in Weymouth 1945.Grandfather George Tame Blatchford,was a Cabin and or Saloon Steward.Grandmother operated the Duke Of Edenburg,a public house in Weymouth.Grandfather passed away nov 1942. My mother Lily May Blatchford married in Weymouth too a US Navy man in 1944.When the family vacated the Pub grandmother moved down the street and opened a Hospice for Military men. She moved too Winchester and lived with her sister Annie nee Head Broomfield until her death in 1952 Grandmother Lily May nee Head May have had relatives in Weymouth.? Grandfather was part of a Mariner Family out of Guernsey.actually his Father.The "SS Courier II was a Tramp Steamer,Island Hopping delivering Royal Mail,Cargo,Livestock and passengers,too the Islands.This line of Blatchford's manned this boat for many years. In 1940 the German Occupation of the Islands forced the SS Courier too flee too Weymouth where it stayed until after WWII.. I have not found any of the displaced Blatchford's in Weymouth.WHY.? keep on-keeping on-never quit. Roger

    04/07/2005 07:59:25