Andrew, I would like to add my thanks also for all your hard work. Your message "It gave me an evocative feeling of a Dickens novel" was most apposite for me as a Dickens lover and of course, as you will know, Dickens had Malton connections. I don't think I am aware as to your Malton connections (the names you are researching there). If they have been listed somewhere in your e-mails, apologies for missing them. Thanks again, David Drake in Leeds ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Sefton" <andy@andysefton.fsnet.co.uk> To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 8:56 PM Subject: RE: [N'Yorks] Malton Messenger BMD's 24th December 1864 > Thanks to all the kind messages I have received. I was surprised no one > picked up on this super entry I posted for 3rd December 1864 in the Deaths: > > It gave me an evocative feeling of a Dickens novel: > > "On the 28th ult., at Malton, Mr Robert LENG, woodturner, aged 66. Deceased > for many years has been totally blind and being gifted with no ordinary > musical ability, attained great proficiency on various instruments. As a > vocalist he also excelled; and all our townspeople will have vivid > remembrance of his nightly perambulations of the town, during the Christmas > season each year. So far as he is concerned, the Christmas carols will no > longer be heard in Malton." > > Back soon with 1865. > > Andy Sefton > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: 25 May 2003 17:08 > To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [N'Yorks] Malton Messenger BMD's 24th December 1864 > > > To Andy Sefton, > > We will miss you Andy, really enjoy reading these excerpts from the > newspaper. > > Hurry Back, Pam in Arizona. > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the *NEW* RootsWeb/Ancestry Message Boards yet? Take a > tour soon & learn how time-saving those "Gateway" messages are compared > to trying to find the *new* ones on your own. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > This List is dedicated to the North Riding, Yorkshire, England! If you > have a problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please > contact Kathleen off-list at Administration@KathleensKorner.net. Thanks. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >