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The Common Room / Re: Definition of adulterer/adulteress
« on: Thursday 07 August 25 15:54 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: elliot on Thursday 07 August 25 15:07 BST (UK)

For those of you with sharper minds and who can cope with definitional contradictions,
do I have to be an ADULT to be an ADULTERER?
If so, what is the definition of an ADULT in our United Kingdom please?

If you have to be married to be an adulterer, then in Scotland and Northern Ireland you have to be at least 16 and in England and Wales you have to be at least 18. Not sure that makes you an adult though.

Adult and Adultery do not share a common root, so no you don't have to be an "adult" to commit adultery, just married.

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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Tuesday 05 August 25 20:54 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: gc1 on Tuesday 05 August 25 20:45 BST (UK)
Just to add to all the ideas Goggle search has this to say ??? ???

"In the 1939 Register, "W. A. S" likely refers to Women's Auxiliary Service, which was a part of the civil defence services during World War II. The register includes various abbreviations to denote different roles within institutions, with "W. A. S" being one of them."  ;D ;D

That makes sense, especially now when I look at the names.  ::)

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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Tuesday 05 August 25 20:39 BST (UK)  »
It may not be relevant but W.A.S appears often under civil defence (not occupation), sometimes with ARP or First Aid after it. 

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The Common Room / Re: Adoption and Original birth certificate
« on: Tuesday 05 August 25 20:10 BST (UK)  »
My MIL was adopted in 1930.  I have her adoption certificate and her original birth entry definitely still appears in the indexes.  I also have the original court order for the adoption and this gives the reference in the birth indexes to  the original birth entry. 

Was he legally adopted and if so could the legal paper work still exist somewhere?   Also are you sure  that the birth name that is  know is correct eg, he may think his name was "John" at birth, but could it have been James John and maybe appear in the indexes as James J making it hard to find.

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The Common Room / Re: What is a W. A. S. Inspection (Eng)? (1939 REGISTER)
« on: Tuesday 05 August 25 19:28 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: PatLac on Tuesday 05 August 25 15:36 BST (UK)
When I search for occupation "W. S. Inspection" in Bradford in the 1939 Register on Ancestry another chap comes up - John S Brown, DOB 1917 - can someone with a subscription have a look?

The entry for John S Brown, gives occupation as W.O. Inspection Engineer Cll.  The "Cll" part is not clear.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: memorial plaque bench
« on: Sunday 13 April 25 22:48 BST (UK)  »
I think it says
Soroptimist International of Port Talbot. In memory of Hilda and Joy Jones founder members

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The Common Room / Re: Newspaper Article
« on: Saturday 05 April 25 17:31 BST (UK)  »
There an article here!
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/you-killed-your-wife-went-2921291

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Newspaper / Death Look Up
« on: Saturday 05 April 25 15:52 BST (UK)  »
The old newspapers are stored at Carlisle library on microfiche.  The library is undergoing a refurbishment and is operating at a reduced level, so currently the newspapers aren't available and the Carlisle Archives only hold a limited amount of old newspapers on microfiche, unfortunately not from this time period.

If he was buried in Carlisle, it would be in one of three municipal cemeteries and as he lived in Highwood Crescent, Harraby  would, I think be either Upperby (closest) or the largest cemetery on Dalston Road.  You could contact
Cemetery & Crematorium Office
Carlisle Crematorium
Dalston Road,
Carlisle,
CA2 6AT
Tel: 01228 817390
for information about his possible burial or cremation. 

Carlisle Archives do have records for the municipal cemeteries but I think they only go up to the very early 60's, so if his wife died in 1959, they may hold the record for that and her place of burial might give you a clue to where he was buried. I can check this for you on my next visit, (probably in the next few weeks)

I can also check the newspaper for both death and sympathy announcements when the library reopens fully and the records are available again.


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Technical Help / Re: Help, I use Windows 11 and my photos have all changed to PDF.
« on: Sunday 16 March 25 20:53 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: LizzieW on Sunday 16 March 25 15:53 GMT (UK)

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I also found that Windows 11 has a default setting that does not allow you to download any programmes/apps which are not approved by Microsoft.  I had to turn this setting off (no going back after its turned off and something that Microsoft does not wants you to do) but this then allowed to download the programmes I wanted to use my laptop for.
  How do you do that?


It took me a whole afternoon and a load of pulled out hair to find out why I couldn't just download programes I wanted, and the solution to it. All I wanted to do was install a craft programme that operates my craft cutting machine. I think this is how I did it -  Setting - privacy and security - windows security - apps and turned it off.

Quote from: Biggles50 on Sunday 16 March 25 18:53 GMT (UK)
A previous computer engineer thought OneDrive was enough - obviously not in my case.
In nobody’s case is One Drive the way to go.

First thing I do is to disable the spawn of the Devil and that is One Drive.



That's what I did with One Drive (your post reminded me what its called). Can't remember how I did it though!   I wanted to be able to save files where I wanted to and not to where Microsoft wanted.

Quote from: LizzieW on Sunday 16 March 25 15:53 GMT (UK)

I don't like the way it opens now and I don't see the point.  I could always enlarge the photos if I wanted to and I prefer to open them a normal size, not a small size and then have to enlarge them. 
I know what you mean, there is an icon next to the resize drop down menu, a rectangle with lines inside called "zoom to fit" that will resize the photo to the full screen size with one click, but can't find a way to make this the default settings!

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