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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 16:24 BST (UK)  »
https://www.debenham-ops.org.uk/ReservedOccupations.pdf

Link to a list of reserved occupations which includes ‘Drainage and Sanitary Service’ ‘all occupations other than labourers’ which may fit with ‘W’ for Water and ‘S’ for sanitation?

Corroboration with the occupation of the Mr Thompson found by JenB would be great.

(A digression, there are some occupations on the list which is from not that long ago which makes me realise just how much our world has changed since then.)

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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 15:50 BST (UK)  »
Wondering if the job was a reserved occupation maybe ‘Water and Sewerage’ with ‘Eng’ for Engineer?

However I couldn’t see that exact description in online sources with lists of reserved occupations during WW2.

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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 13:20 BST (UK)  »
Sorry deleted last as a red herring.

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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 13:15 BST (UK)  »
Connected to ‘Women’s Auxiliary Services’ ?

However, I’ve no evidence to justify beyond the tie in with the first letters of the abbreviation.

Is it possible to show the description as shown in the Register?

In any event will delve deeper.

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Caithness / Re: Robert McGregor and Mary Sutherland 1762
« on: Friday 01 August 25 11:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi Daniel, sorry I’ve just realised the original information is from the 2009 research which I conflated with yours!


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Caithness / Re: Robert McGregor and Mary Sutherland 1762
« on: Friday 01 August 25 11:00 BST (UK)  »

I’m now a bit confused as you say that you are new to this having just seen the same questions and pretty much the information you put on Caithness.org in 2009. Do your current questions take account of any information you were given since that time?

https://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?88422-Robert-McGregor-and-Mary-Sutherland-1762

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Caithness / Re: Robert McGregor and Mary Sutherland 1762
« on: Friday 01 August 25 10:43 BST (UK)  »

[quote

…‘Highland Clearances Trail’ describing Badbea and how people were cleared (evicted) from Auchencraig, Berriedale, by Donald Horne in 1830

[/quote]

http://www.badbeafamilies.com/

Maybe some leads for your search? Badbea is a haunting place. Difficult to comprehend how people who were indeed forced from their homes inland and moved to marginal land at the top of precipitous cliffs coped in such a desolate place.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Date photo please for the amusement park
« on: Friday 25 July 25 06:28 BST (UK)  »
https://goodnestone.org.uk/old-photographs/

maddys52 is spot on, the photo is in the Goodnestone village archive dated c 1930s which is on line. You need to scroll down to see it.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Cause of death - can’t read top word
« on: Monday 14 July 25 16:21 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: sandiep on Monday 14 July 25 15:54 BST (UK)
or maybe Tetanus

I agree Icterus, the ‘er’ after ‘Ict’ is written in very similar way to the ‘er’ after ‘C’ in ‘Certified’.

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