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Re: can't make out last word
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 11 May 14 18:57 BST (UK) »
Yes!!!
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« Reply #10 on: Sunday 11 May 14 18:59 BST (UK) »
It looks like - licenced to let donkeys  ???
Best wishes, Judy :-))


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« Reply #11 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:00 BST (UK) »
Yes I'll go with that too.
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Re: can't make out last word
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:01 BST (UK) »
Quote from: oldtimer on Sunday 11 May 14 18:59 BST (UK)
It looks like - licenced to let donkeys  ???
that's what I thought  but  ???

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« Reply #13 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:01 BST (UK) »
What is the context?
Best wishes, Judy :-))


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Re: can't make out last word
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:02 BST (UK) »
Hi, Yes, it certainly looks like "Licenced to let Donkeys".

Strange,  :-\

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« Reply #15 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:03 BST (UK) »
Quote from: oldtimer on Sunday 11 May 14 19:01 BST (UK)
What is the context?
1851 census occupation and it's in Cheltenham?

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« Reply #16 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:11 BST (UK) »
Donkey driver, donkey keeper, donkey letter; drives donkeys (of which he is often the owner) let out on hire at pleasure resorts. "A Dictionary of Occupational Terms"

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Re: can't make out last word
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 11 May 14 19:13 BST (UK) »
Hi, I remember reading somewhere (Don't remember where), not sure if "letting" was a word for scraping up manure  :-\

Frank.

ADDED: Got that wrong then.
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