I have some blacksmiths from my family tree to add to the list. Hope thethe anecdotes are of interest. THOMAS DOWLING b. abt. 1759 @St. Pancras Chichester m. ELIZABETH RIVERS on 22/1/1780 in Petersfield where he was recorded as a Blacksmith WILLIAM COLEY b. 1798 @ Badg(e)worth, Gloucestershire, 1851 and 2/1/1859 recorded as a Blacksmith. He m. Rebecca b. 1799 in Westerfield and died 1877 in Cheltenham. His two sons:- JOSEPH COLEY b.abt.1835 in Cheltenham m. MARY ELIZABETH STROUD 2/1/1859 in Cheltenham. 1861 he was a Wheelwright Journeyman and in 1881 Carriage Maker WILLIAM HENRY COLLEY b. 1827 in Cheltenham m. Elizabeth b. abt. 1828 in Aldersfield. In 1851 he was a Wheelwright Journeyman with MICHAEL COX, Master Wheelwright at Bishop's Walk and in 1881 Blacksmith and Wheelwright. He died 1901 in Cheltenham. His grandson, son of Joseph Coley WILLIAM HENRY COLLEY b. 19/1/1861 at 17 Hermitage Place, Cheltenham and died 6/10/1922 in Gloucester m. 1/3/1885 PHOEBE SELINA BULLOCK BALLINGER b. 17/4/1863 in Huntley, at Longhope Parish Church. 1881 Wheelwright and in 1885 Coachbuilder. My grandmother, Edith Avis(nee Colley), told my mother that her father, William Henry Colley used to carve the horses for Simmonds Carousal. Two of them just fitted into the front room of their home. He also made the first travelling live-in van for Barnham & Bailey. The Simmonds Company was in Scotland when something went wrong with a piece of equipment so they wrote to the firm William Henry Colley worked for requesting that he travelled to Scotland to carry out the repair. However the firm for which Willam Colley worked sent another employee. On arrival in Scotland this employee was asked who he was and promptly sent back with the message that they wanted the services of William Colley. Best wishes, Marilyn