annswabey

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  1. My husband and I don't have to pay tax at the moment, neither do many others as we have NO INCOME.  So they should pay tax at a higher rate but, come on, they're sitting on millions while we plebs struggle on nothing and plenty of people are much worse off than us.  I can't believe that you stick up for these people

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  2. Yes, Brew, I think most on here are in receipt of pension.  There are those of us, though, who are self-employed,  like my husband and I, who, whilst in our 60's, are without any pension or income and have to wait until at least June for any Govt support

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  3. He was Edward Hurst, always known as Ted.  He and his very big and very poor family lived in Elson Terrace, off Elson Street.  He had a sister, Margaret, who was a bit closer to your Mum in age (she was born in 1924), but I don't know if she went to Berridge

  4. Very interesting, Jill!  I assume Berridge Infants was mixed?  If so Miss Wheat would have been Headmistress at the time  my Dad was at the school  (he was born in 1922)

     

    Found a death for Elizabeth Maud (sic) Foden with a matching birthdate.  She lived in Ulverston and died on 3/2/1991 ( GRO Deaths Index and National Probate Calendar)

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  5. There's a marriage for a Johnathan Eyre to Sarah Ann Fish in Nottingham in 1902.  Your mothers Birth index entry shows her mothers maiden name to be Fish. In the 1911 census, Sarah Anns birthplace is given as Cromer.  In 1911 they are living at 7 Hope Street and Johnathan is a Coal Miner. On the 1891 census, Johnathan is living with his parents (father is Robert) at 2 Hope Street.  Robert's occupation is Collier.  I'd suggest you take out a free trial with the Ancestry website, to investigate further, or the Ancestry website may be available for free at your local library

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  6. If you think he might have had a British Army pension, due to illness or injury, then, apart from the WW1 records on Ancestry, there are Pension record cards, also on Ancestry, but held by Fold3, which would be worth a search.  Only some are available at the moment, though - think there are lots more to come

     

    I'd had a quick look at the Canadian Army records, as I know they are online, but nothing obvious

     

    Might be worth tracing descendants of Ethel's and/or William's siblings to see if they know more

  7. He appears on the 1939 Register, with a date of birth of 23 Nov 1887, living at 2 L N E R Cottages, Kimberley. He also transferred from the Royal Navy to the Canadian  Navy as per his RN records and there's a record for him here, but it's not online, you have to apply for it

    https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1051&T

     

    You can perhaps get a free trial for the Ancestry website or you may be able to view at your local library, then you'll be able to search surviving British Army service records (other ranks, not Officers) and Railway records.  Bear in mind though, that lots of WW1 service records were destroyed in WW2 so they may not have survived and I don't think the Railway records are complete and they give very little information, anyway

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  8. I can't stand tea, so never drink it.  My Mum and Dad drank gallons of the stuff, though - generally Typhoo with sterilised milk (yuk!).  It had to be strong, otherwise it was described as Mazzewatter, which they must have thought of as weak (after an actual tea brand, Mazawattee). I still use that word now if I see someone drinking weak tea

  9. You could try the Electoral Roll for 1935/36, assuming his home address was given on the Death cert and as long as you know who he may have been living with at the time.  There's a burial on 7 Feb 1936 for a George Henry Smith in Notts on the Deceased Online website, if the burial date seems to fit  There's a small charge to get more details and the record mentions that there's one other burial in the grave, which MIGHT be a family member.  There's also an article in the Nottingham Journal of 8 Feb 1936 saying that a man of that name died in Hospital following an accident at work.  He was 59, lived at 31 Cosby Road, and the article mentions a daughter and 7 sons and that his wife was too ill to attend the funeral. Don't know whether this is your man?

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