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Offline AnnieP

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Can anyone read the place name
« on: Sunday 10 March 19 12:59 GMT (UK) »
This is a British Postal Service Appointment Book for Harold E Fenton. He was appointed as a clerk on the 21 Dec 1926 but I can't decipher the next column which should be the place name.
Any ideas?
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Re: Can anyone read the place name
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 10 March 19 13:09 GMT (UK) »
All I see is Enger Provs, which won't get us anywhere... ::) ???
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Re: Can anyone read the place name
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 10 March 19 13:13 GMT (UK) »
Is it actually a placename, or a department name?  Looks like Engr Prov - Engineering provisions?

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Re: Can anyone read the place name
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 10 March 19 13:17 GMT (UK) »
Engr Prov = Engineering Department: Provinces
and
Engr Ldn = Engineering Department: London


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Re: Can anyone read the place name
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 10 March 19 14:05 GMT (UK) »
Could it simply be ' English provinces' ?
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Re: Can anyone read the place name
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 10 March 19 14:38 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: candleflame on Sunday 10 March 19 14:05 GMT (UK)
Could it simply be ' English provinces' ?

Without seeming to disregard the above...

The reference for others is specific i.e. where was Harold E Fenton born which may help & do you have some extra text to compare as this is vague?

What's the actual wording for the column?

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Re: Can anyone read the place name
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 10 March 19 14:47 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Rosinish on Sunday 10 March 19 14:38 GMT (UK)
Quote from: candleflame on Sunday 10 March 19 14:05 GMT (UK)
Could it simply be ' English provinces' ?

Without seeming to disregard the above...

The reference for others is specific i.e. where was Harold E Fenton born which may help & do you have some extra text to compare as this is vague?

What's the actual wording for the column?


The actual wording is simply ‘Place’ i.e. the place in which he was going to do the job to which he’d been appointed. In some other cases on the page it’s an actual place name, in others it seems to be the name of a particular department.
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Re: Can anyone read the place name
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 10 March 19 14:51 GMT (UK) »
1926
Registered No...  - Surname -Christian name - Situation to which Nominated - Place-Minute No -Observations
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Re: Can anyone read the place name
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 10 March 19 14:55 GMT (UK) »
The answer to the question has already been given in reply #3.

Quote from: tonepad on Sunday 10 March 19 13:17 GMT (UK)
Engr Prov = Engineering Department: Provinces
and
Engr Ldn = Engineering Department: London

See:

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See page 63 here
https://www.postalmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Family_History_Research_Guide.pdf
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