The Diary of Nathaniel Bryceson (Part 7)

[Ruskie]

prayer offered up for the suppression of the approaching famine or otherwise scarcity of food which at present threatens this country,

The autumn of 1846 was when the potato famime really got bad in Ireland - but potato blight was also present on the mainland.

Out of interest you can still get (well you could about 10 years ago) the main variety of potato that the Irish grew and the one that failed the most - Lumpers. I've grown it and it's pretty tasteless but kind of gritty and not very nice.

Carole

Yes, I thought Nat may have been referring to the potato famine. Interesting about "lumpers" which sounds like an awful spud (from someone who loves a good potato  )

[Ruskie]

Some information about John Howard here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_(prison_reformer)

He married a woman 30 years older than himself!  Maybe there was something in that London water. 

[Ruskie]

Looks like Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky (re the dress) was nothing new

Now Steve we don't want to lower the tone of this thread by mentioning those two. 

[wcclibraries]

Just to let you all know, Jim's lovely blog post about the Nathaniel Bryceson memorial walk went live yesterday:
http://wcclibraries.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/in-the-footsteps-of-a-victorian-clerk/

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Thanks Jim - from Ali, on behalf of Westminster Libraries & Archives

[deb usa]

Hi Ali

Welcome to Rootschat! 

Thanks so much for the link... it's great!

At first I didn't know who Jim was ...  ... then it clicked ... it's our Mongibello!

Our thanks to you and all at Westminster Libraries & Archives for providing us the oppotunity to read the diary, albeit from afar.

deb

[Steven Bryceson]

Ah, Mongibello's true identity is out! Thanks Jim for the story - fabulous!

[Ruskie]

Just to let you all know, Jim's lovely blog post about the Nathaniel Bryceson memorial walk went live yesterday:
http://wcclibraries.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/in-the-footsteps-of-a-victorian-clerk/

If you would like to receive email notification of all posts on the Books & the City blog from Westminster Libraries & Archives, there is an email subscription box in the right-hand column. If you only want to hear about posts relating to Nathaniel Bryceson, then you can subscribe to the 'bryceson' tag by RSS with http://en.wordpress.com/tag/bryceson/feed/

Thanks Jim - from Ali, on behalf of Westminster Libraries & Archives

Glad you've joined us at last Alison!  I will check the links later. Thank you for letting us know.

[alpinecottage]

Oh how frustrating......re today's entry; what was hardly damaged?

[steve_gus]

I thought that no posts at all yesterday was more frustrating