As an aside on the subject of Knotts : not Cy, but Lionel Knott could be seen travelling the streets of Weymouth at one time, as the Borough's lamp lighter - still very much alive and enjoying his retirement. Paul On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:43:08 +0100, "Ray Collins" <Ray.Collins@btinternet.com> wrote: >One possible unthought of source might be the local court records and court >reports in the Southern Times. With such a large number involved it is not >surprising that the Australians "conflicted" with the law fairly frequently! >I know I have seen a number of ST reports of cases when I have been >researching ST of 1917, 18, 19 etc including one absolutely hilarious one of >a court case concerning an altercation between group of Aussies and a well >known Weymouth character called Cy Knott who was still going strong as a >"tramp about town" over 40 years later. 50.33.50N 02.26.70W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html