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Offline benhc123

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Somewhere in or around Aberdeen, can you help me decipher it?
« on: Sunday 25 December 22 16:16 GMT (UK) »
It would be really amazing if anyone knows where this is?
I've tried Googling many variants of the way I'm reading it but no luck.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Somewhere in or around Aberdeen, can you help me decipher it?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 25 December 22 16:19 GMT (UK) »
N. Britain

= North Britain
= Scotland
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Re: Somewhere in or around Aberdeen, can you help me decipher it?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 25 December 22 16:27 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Sunday 25 December 22 16:19 GMT (UK)
N. Britain

= North Britain
= Scotland

Thanks!

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Re: Somewhere in or around Aberdeen, can you help me decipher it?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 25 December 22 16:31 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: benhc123 on Sunday 25 December 22 16:27 GMT (UK)
Quote from: ShaunJ on Sunday 25 December 22 16:19 GMT (UK)
N. Britain

= North Britain
= Scotland

Thanks!

Would that ever have been used in 1921?

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Re: Somewhere in or around Aberdeen, can you help me decipher it?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 25 December 22 17:01 GMT (UK) »
I can't say how common the usage would have been in 1921, but yes, there is a 1921 newspaper reference mentioning a proposal to substitute North Britain for Scotland and South Britain for England.  There is also the likes of this 1929 newspaper reference:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Persons having any CLAIMS or DEMANDS against the estate of [NAME], deceased... formerly of Geldie Cottage, Braemar, in the County of Aberdeen, in North Britain ...

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