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World War One / Re: A bit more info before I launch into National Archives
« on: Sunday 05 June 11 18:53 BST (UK) »
Thank you for that Sue, shall try this also.
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Thank you for that Sue, shall try this also.2
World War One / Re: A bit more info before I launch into National Archives
« on: Saturday 04 June 11 12:52 BST (UK) »
Many thanks 
JDS1949 for that link - will save me trawling!
JDS1949 for that link - will save me trawling!3
World War One / Re: A bit more info before I launch into National Archives
« on: Saturday 04 June 11 01:12 BST (UK) »Corisande, Bernard, thank you v much for that info, v helpful indeed. Having checked the Long, Long, Trail it seems increasingly possible my grandfather was in the 8th Battalion, east yorks. Thank you re tip for the PDF; + I hadn't thought to check out the brigade diaries either, so will follow that up.
Much appreciated indeed.
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World War One / A bit more info before I launch into National Archives
« on: Friday 03 June 11 19:48 BST (UK) »
Could someone alleviate my monumental ignorance please? Sorry, I just need this clarifying if poss; in the quest to try and discover our grandfather's battalion during his WW1 service; have got the reference numbers from the National Archives re war diaries that may be worth a look at in connection with the above, but something occurred to me. On his medal index card, the date entered is 7 October 1915; could someone tell me if possible what is the signifiance of entering these dates - in terms of, say, does this mean the date he got to the Western Front? And if so, this might help further narrow down his battalion??Thank you as always for any help.
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Occupation Interests / Re: Sunderland Corporation Transport
« on: Thursday 02 June 11 15:09 BST (UK) » Thank you so much Stan for that info. What an insight it has given; I knew it was a hard job but it seems much harder than I imagined, having to stand etc. Yes it seems to have been a punishing regime for the people who worked on them, as you say, including for your own father; my granda suffered long term effects from wounds he sustained in WW1 so a combination of these and his working on the trams most assuredly contributed to his far too premature death,very sad to say. Thank you
also, for those links which I am going into; I hadn't thought about possible Union records too.
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Occupation Interests / Re: Sunderland Corporation Transport
« on: Wednesday 01 June 11 23:20 BST (UK) »Stan, his name was John Alfred Holborg, he lived in the Roker area. Judging from a picture of him in his tram uniform he was very young when he started, so well over twenty years he was doing this job. I think it must have been a hard job, he did work in all weathers - your Dad, too, maybe. I thought as nothing was coming up in my searches there would be few if any employee records. But worth checking, shy bairns and all that!!
Many thanks.
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Occupation Interests / Sunderland Corporation Transport
« on: Wednesday 01 June 11 22:43 BST (UK) »
Grandfather was an electric tram driver - on old Sunderland history sites, there's a lot of info about the trams (pics/history of the company etc) but we are interested in finding out specifics about our gransfather re routes he worked etc. Can't find anything relating to, say, employee records for the Corporation - does anyone know if realistically these would still exist for family research?The years he worked are vague as we cannot get info on his employment with the Corporation, but for sure he was a tram driver up until 1942 and possibly just prior to WW1 (with 4 year gap as he enlisted) so a continuous period, possibly, between 1919/20 to 1942.
Thank you for any help/suggestions.
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Occupation Interests / Puddler - A What?
« on: Monday 30 May 11 19:09 BST (UK) »Thank you all for that interesting info - I didn't realise there was so much to this puddling business!
Checking ancestor paperwork, our Puddler ancestor was John Noble, great great grandfather, in the Newcastle upon Tyne area.
What a rotten job, even for the standards of those times - poor soul, I don't think he lived to a great age. Someone had to do it, I suppose - glad it wasn't me!!
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Occupation Interests / Re: Puddler! A What?!
« on: Sunday 29 May 11 23:46 BST (UK) »
Christine, Groom
many thanks indeed for that info. Now off to research the art of puddling.
many thanks indeed for that info. Now off to research the art of puddling.