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£3,000 was a LOT to lose in 1924!! 

...and season's greetings to you and yours, Pat.

Thanks for the picture of the "great and good" watching people in the workhouse eating their Christmas dinner - it would really put me off my food having them watch me eat!...and I doubt that the cook, holding the enormous christmas pudding, could have stood there for long...

Many thanks for your comments re Colin Chapman's talk precis - the availability of these does rest on a member of the audience being willing to produce one for us.

Brian and Pam - many thanks for your precis of the Colin Chapman  talk last week- much appreciated by those who cannot get to the physical meetings - ensures such members feel part of the Society .

I for one would have enjoyed such a precis for the Honey Langcaster-James talk on "Early Founders of WSM" - on 12/7/2023. I note that it has not appeared on the "videos" section- understandable if she express a wish against it - but a precis might have been good ?

Several Family History Societies do put a precis of physical meetings in their journals -  not just a precis but also a list of the websites/info sources that the meeting speaker has mentioned - 

useful for those not able to attend !

So once again - many thanks for your time and trouble on Colin Chapmans "Seasonal Traditions"  ! Made me think of our own  family Christmas traditions .....

..how clever of your mum, Pat, to make blackboards and easels!  Lucky you!!

Yes, I was horrified by the number attending the last Zoom meeting - with Peter on holiday I should have reminded people, sorry.

Hello - I was very sorry to miss the Wrington Zoom meeting- I was interested as I have traced some extended family there in earlier centuries ! Simply I forgot - the message from WFHS came thro on  8th Oct and I did not put in in my calendar ! Any chances of reminders nearer the date ? Just the one notification - people can miss .

Recently I have been researching a Master mariner based in the Bristol Channel and whilst waiting to visit Greenwich Maritime Mus - I have found the following sites of use/interesting - wondered if they might be of help to others .

As regards churchyards - my main comment is that  due to "health and safety"  some have laid the memorial stones flat on the ground  with the inscriptions face down - -you cannot lift them to read ! ! In the case of Congresbury you might find its Congresbury Parish Council who are responsible for upkeep.

Local history & maritime digital archive (southampton.gov.uk)

Maritime Memorials | Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters (rmg.co.uk)

and https/crewlist.org.uk   - its called CLIP