HI.....
Look what I found....
1871:
St Giles, Reading, Berkshire
60 Horse street
Little Crown .................maybe a pub LOL
John Simmonds head ...lic. Victualler
plus his family
plus lots of lodgers one of them......
JOHN PENROSE Mar 24 TRAVELLING MUSICIAN b Glos.
says he's married, ummm, also b Glos. ummmm , maybe trying to hide ?
I know, I know, age is wrong too, but Brissygal did say the family story was that Philippa ran off with a TRAVELLING MINSTREL !!

deb
(still trying to pack for hols

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