Free house means that the pub is not tied to a brewery . So it can sell the beers that they choose. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Price" <genetree@tpg.com.au> To: <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [POWYS] Powys List Activity Stats - September 2012 > > Well now, here's a question no doubt the answer to which many > Welshpersons will know. > A very friendly lister recently took some photos in my Rogers > stamping grounds of Welshpool and one of them was The Raven pub in > Raven Square. On the outside of the pub is wording "Free House." That > has me puzzled. > Cheers > Graham > Melbourne > Oz > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Listers, Now that the List has wakened from its slumbers, can I gently remind everyone to make sure the Subject line of your message is relevant to the content of the message. Having a relevant subject line makes searching of the List Archives much more fruitful. I quote from the "Do's and Don'ts" on the Powys List webpage <www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm>: Subject Lines - Always make the subject line meaningful, and if appropriate, indicate which county is involved by using the abbreviations BRE, MGY or RAD; e.g. BRE, Defynnog, Havard, 1819. Powys List archives are available at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/POWYS Click the 'Search' link on the far right of the archives page to display the Archives Search Engine. To access the archives of other mailing lists, go to http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ and enter the name of the list you are seeking. You do not need to subscribe to a list in order to study and search its archives. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK Administrator - Powys RootsWeb mailing list E-mail: john@jlb2011.co.uk Personal Homepage: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/ Joint Webmaster, Breconshire Local & Family History Society http://www.blfhs.co.uk/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/

Dear All, As you say there has not been much activity I would like to ask some clever person what the word (em'ee) means after a person's name on census records. Thanking you in anticipation. Sue in Suffolk