Gill, I found this article on the Berkshire FHS site. It contains some interesting material on Captain Swing and the Berkshire Riots. Good luck with your project. It sounds very interesting. http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/journal/Mar2000/Mar2000BerkshireMachineBreakers.htm About the time of the riots my own ancestors made the move from the fields to become labourers and on the canals and railways. Tough people living in tough times. Fred

Thanks, Fred On 19/05/2009, at 10:18 PM, FredW wrote: > Gill, > I found this article on the Berkshire FHS site. It contains some > interesting material on Captain Swing and the Berkshire Riots. > Good luck with your project. It sounds very interesting. > http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/journal/Mar2000/Mar2000BerkshireMachineBreakers.htm > About the time of the riots my own ancestors made the move from the > fields to become labourers and on the canals and railways. Tough > people living in tough times. > Fred > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WESTALL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message