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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Yesterday at 22:53 »
Would a man be a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng) if W. A. S. was Women's Auxiliary Service?
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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Yesterday at 14:19 »
Mazi, I think that is a very good point and you are correct. I don't think it stands for the word 'and'.
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The Common Room / Re: Trouble with www.historyofparliamentonline.org
« on: Yesterday at 09:52 »
I see a long description of his life and career.
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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 19:06 BST (UK) »
I can't believe that I had never noticed the OCCUPATION field for searching. Thank you.
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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 16:20 BST (UK) »
Jen, how did you search for the occupation? I must be exceptionally thick today.
It does seem odd that you only got the one hit. Was he really the only man in the country who did that job?
Apart from that, I quite like the water & sewerage option, if this was Call My Bluff.
Zaph
It does seem odd that you only got the one hit. Was he really the only man in the country who did that job?
Apart from that, I quite like the water & sewerage option, if this was Call My Bluff.
Zaph
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Cambridgeshire / Re: On the scrounge and on the cheap!
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 15:50 BST (UK) »
I always think that people who sit gormlessly playing trite games on their daily commute would find it much more rewarding transcribing documents. Such cloud-sourced wisdom would be better than OCR.
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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 15:47 BST (UK) »
Yes, he's my one! How did you find him?
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The only person I can find with this job description in the 1939 register is Ernest A. Thompson born 30th April 1908, single, living in Steadman Terrace, Bradford.
Occupation W.A.S inspection (Eng).
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The Common Room / What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 10:00 BST (UK) »
What might W. A. S. Inspection be short for in an occupation on the 1939 register?
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The Common Room / Re: Odd Marriage Certificate
« on: Wednesday 30 July 25 14:11 BST (UK) »
I read once, which means I can't provide a citation, that mothers would often give the surname of an absent father to the child as a middle name to indicate that the mother knew who the father was, even if the father wasn't going to admit it.
However, there are many other reasons why a child might have an unusual middle name, so it didn't always work.
Zaph
However, there are many other reasons why a child might have an unusual middle name, so it didn't always work.
Zaph