It certainly sounds the sort of document that Hampshire Record Office would be delighted to add to their collection. Moya Page, researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Mullett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] TAYLOR family of Shirley Birthday Book and WorldWar II Diary Hi Sandra Maybe it should be given to a library. Just a thought. Betty Canada On 5/9/07, Sandra J Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi List, > My daughter recently purchased a box of books at an auction and among > these was a birthday book belonging to an Ethel Taylor of Shirley, who I > have since discovered was born in Winchester in 1890, the daughter of > Joseph S Taylor (born Worthy) and Louisa (born Stockbridge) > The birthday book was used as a daily diary during the period 1940/41 > and is an insight into the daily routine of a Southampton family during > the blitz. The hours spent in the air-raid shelter each night is > recorded together with details of particularly bad raids and > casualties. National events such as the sinking of the Hood and the > Bismark are noted and the number of enemy planes brought down. Raids on > places like Portsmouth, Plymouth, Coventry and London are also recorded. > I am currently typing up all the entries and would be pleased to pass > this on to anyone interested when complete. Other names in the diary > include HIDER and TUTT. > If anyone has a proven relationship with this family, my daughter may be > persuaded to pass it on together with a few other books which had been > awarded as Sunday School prizes to the said Ethel TAYLOR. > Regards > Sandra > > > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message