The Diary of Nathaniel Bryceson (Part 8)

[nestagj]

Hope you don't mind me asking but why has the topic been moved to the lighter side after all these months on the common room ?
N

[Daisy Loo]

Yes, just wondering the same thing?  Part 8, and now being moved to the lighter side? hmmm 

[deb usa]

Ummmm ...didn't notice that ....

Maybe because there is only discussion here and not so much of the genealogical research we were doing in the beginning threads.

deb

[steve_gus]

Ummmm ...didn't notice that ....

Maybe because there is only discussion here and not so much of the genealogical research we were doing in the beginning threads.

deb

Could be, and if so, really badly thought out. Anyone looking a tthese threads in the future will find 7 (if not moved) in the original place, this one here, and perhaps when it gets 'researchy' again, moved back to the common room. A bit of a half ---sed decision perhaps?

[drykid]

I was confused about the fire bells too.

re: today's entry: I believe Sir Walter Scott's Tomb is at Dryburgh (not 'Briberg') Abbey; so something went astray there.  Might be Nat's error though rather than a transcription one; maybe it's something he misheard, as the two words do sound very alike.

[Aniseed]

I was confused about the fire bells being lit too, but then I thought rather than using 'lit' to mean 'setting fire to the fire bells' he might have meant 'a light was turned on to illuminate the position of the fire bells to make them more easily seen'. Does that make sense?

It seems a shame to move us to the Lighter Side with so little time of the diary left to go. Don't threads here disappear after a while? I should think these threads are so full of information that they'd be good to keep for future reference, and this last part wouldn't take up too much space, just for completeness. Wasn't Mrs Skirricker discovered to be Mrs Sanigear in this part? Or was that the end of the previous part?

[Ruskie]

Mrs Sanigear was found at the end of Part 7.

I didn't even notice this had been moved to The Lighter Side - it does seem a bit odd.  I think your reason for this is probably correct Deb.

There are links to all the other "Parts" at the beginning of each new "Part" so presumably anyone following this will be able to find them all? 

Maybe if we get delving again they'll move us back to the Common Room. 

I'm hoping that some of the research we've done here may help with the planned Westminster Archives publication of Nat's diary - especially if they decide to include some genealogical information (which I think would be very valuable). I'm sure all of us would love to dig in and help where we can if required. I wonder if that will be "heavy" enough for all of these threads to remain in the Common Room? 

[Siamese Girl]

I was confused about the fire bells too.

re: today's entry: I believe Sir Walter Scott's Tomb is at Dryburgh (not 'Briberg') Abbey; so something went astray there.  Might be Nat's error though rather than a transcription one; maybe it's something he misheard, as the two words do sound very alike.

I read that and thought if he misheard Dryburgh as Briberg no wonder we spent so long chasing Mrs Skirricker ....

I wondered why the thread had been moved to the lighter side as well. It would seem logical to keep all the threads in one place, wouldn't it?

Carole

[Siamese Girl]

Today's entry 12 November:

Mrs Lea senior left Eccleston Wharf for Beauvoir Wharf, Kingsland Road, her eldest son Mr Charles Lea.

Backs up nicely what we have already found out about the Lea family.

Carole