Hi Everyone Thanks George for your welcome. My name is Tracey and I live in Lithgow. N.S.W. Australia. Like many on these lists I am tracing my family lines from many different countries and along the way may little snippets pop up that we wonder about. Soo.... My first question is if any one knows what a BRUSH FARM is. To explain in short. A relative would always ask her father "Do you love me Dad" and he would reply "Well I didn't put you on the bloody Brush Farm did I?" He was of Polish Decent, born in London and lived in the East End. I wondered if maybe they were some sort of work farms for orphans. I am very curious. Many Thanks Look forward to reading other Trivia Regards Tracey

A warm welcome to you, Tracey! I live with wife and a dog and a cat a few miles south of Oxford in England. I am a retired environmental scientist, and have good easy access to English family history resources, especially Oxfordshire, so if any of that is of interest to you, please just ask. Howard (aka Howie) > Hi Everyone > Thanks George for your welcome. > My name is Tracey and I live in Lithgow. N.S.W. Australia. > Like many on these lists I am tracing my family lines from many different countries > and along the way may little snippets pop up that we wonder about. > Soo.... > My first question is if any one knows what a BRUSH FARM is. > > To explain in short. A relative would always ask her father > "Do you love me Dad" and he would reply > "Well I didn't put you on the bloody Brush Farm did I?" > He was of Polish Decent, born in London and lived in the East End. > I wondered if maybe they were some sort of work farms for orphans. > I am very curious. > > Many Thanks > Look forward to reading other Trivia > Regards > Tracey > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >