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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Somerset => England => Somerset Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Trunkybun1 on Tuesday 09 April 24 16:59 BST (UK)
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Does anyone have access to electoral rolls for Bridge Street in Frome around 1957 or 1958? I am trying to find out where our family were living then and believe it was in Bridge Street in a flat. Many thanks if anyone can help.
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Have you tried Frome Museum :-\
https://frome-museum.org/
Hopefully they would be able to tell you where they are held
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If you can locate where they are held maybe someone could look it up for you
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Sorry, unlucky timing as I was in Frome last week but back to Scotland now..
Good idea from Rosie to approach the Museum, and wonder if anyone from the Frome Society could help:
http://www.fsls.org.uk/
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Thanks for your suggestions everyone. I will certainly try the museum to start with :)
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It will be interesting to hear if the museum can help or suggest where these registers are held. They are generally very helpful in there. :)
The Museum is on the corner of Bridge Street
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Indeed, the museum was very helpful. They were able to look up the households of the flats in Bridge street and identify which one we lived in when I was a baby. Not only that, but I asked for details of Butler & Tanner and they also hold the employee records there. Happy days.
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I am really pleased to hear that the museum was able to give you so much information. It is certainly a treasure trove of Frome information. There is now a housing estate where Butler & Tanner were in Caxton Road ::)
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Just as long as you pronounce Frome correctly!
Rhymes with broom; does NOT rhyme with Rome! ;D
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;D ;D.
It is not surprising that many people pronounce it wrongly.
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Just as long as you pronounce Frome correctly!
Rhymes with broom; does NOT rhyme with Rome! ;D
Absolutely!
I used to live close by and a friend moved from London to Frome and was not enamoured. I hasten to say not my view but she insisted on calling it ‘Gloom’.
Great to hear you were able to get the information as a result of Rosie’s brilliant lead.
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Forgot to say used to hear the expression ‘all roads lead to Frome’..
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Of course, I say Frrooome! You should try some of the placenames round here Heysham, pronounced Heesham, Aughton pronounced Afton and Quernmore pronounced Quermer and many others....
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My OH's mother was born in Heysham and those before her :).
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And as for the Huckyduck in Coleford…
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And as for the Huckyduck in Coleford…
Isn't that a Carnival Club in Bridgwater?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bphYDkWBJLo
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https://offthebeatentrackinsomerset.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-hucky-duck-and-other-canal-aqueducts.html?m=1
You’re getting warm! The Huckyduck Carnival Club from Coleford which is well known in the West Country at winter carnival time is named after the Huckyduck canal aqueduct in the same village..
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Rosie 99 - it is a lovely place. We take all our visitors to Heysham ;D