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Title: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: nell1850 on Thursday 21 July 11 22:30 BST (UK)

I've just found a name I'm researching in the British Postal Service Appointment Book on Ancestry. I need some help interpreting the abbreviation in the column labelled 'Situation to which nominated'. It looks like Lr Cr. or maybe Lr Gr. It appears against numerous names. Can anyone advise me? The record is for John Ward Sept 1882.
Many thanks

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: Mothership136 on Tuesday 13 September 11 22:04 BST (UK)

I was wondering if it was an abbreviation for Letter Carrier

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: nell1850 on Tuesday 13 September 11 22:19 BST (UK)

Thank you for that suggestion. That does make some sense. On one of his children's baptism records, he is described as a rural postal messenger! :)

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: mshrmh on Wednesday 14 September 11 12:13 BST (UK)

Nell - some Post Office appointments also appeared in the London Gazette so you may also find him there. In case you haven't tried there:
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: nell1850 on Wednesday 14 September 11 20:42 BST (UK)

Quote from: mshrmh on Wednesday 14 September 11 12:13 BST (UK)

Nell - some Post Office appointments also appeared in the London Gazette so you may also find him there. In case you haven't tried there:
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/

Thank you for the tip  :)

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: GPearce on Monday 16 July 12 05:05 BST (UK)

See list of abbreviations at the very end of the Family History Guide on the British Postal Museum and Archive's website: http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/3292/Family-History-Research-Guide
No obvious matches, but perhaps this will give you some leads.

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: Hercule Poirot on Monday 16 July 12 07:10 BST (UK)

The Ancestry database is a bit of hit and miss, not all appointments are recorded and with the end date I am also missing from the entries.

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: littlefacey on Monday 09 June 14 11:20 BST (UK)

Could you help me decipher Mollie Tuckers description? looks like it begins with a 't'.

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: Rena on Monday 09 June 14 11:37 BST (UK)

I've found a website which offers this:-

Getting posted to the post office:-

Tpnst – Telephonist

http://cutlock.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/getting-posted-to-the-post-office/

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: littlefacey on Monday 09 June 14 11:38 BST (UK)

Brilliant. Thanks Rena!!  ;D

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: Rena on Monday 09 June 14 11:44 BST (UK)

I don't know about you, but I need some frown remover cream  ;D

If they'd just included the "h", we all might have guessed that the two women in your list were telephonists.

Title: Re: British Postal Service Appointment Books
Post by: broofer on Saturday 23 March 19 08:53 GMT (UK)

Quote from: nell1850 on Thursday 21 July 11 22:30 BST (UK)

............the abbreviation in the column labelled 'Situation to which nominated'. It looks like Lr Cr. or maybe Lr Gr. It appears against numerous names.

I suggest that the Lr part is Learner. I have Learner Sorters