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A historical misprint from a Bristol newspaper

Jacob Shartman senior & junior & William Shartman: “This is to certify to all persons that are afflicted by worms in many parts of their bodies or any other distemper that I, William Shartman,...
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The Fray Family

Find me a scientist was a challenge issued by my late brother Colin Pillinger.  At Christmas I would send him a story about our numerous ancestors but the nearest approximation to science I came...
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“The DUTCHMEN” – brassmakers of Bristol, Warmley, Keynsham, Bath & District.

“What is the origin of copper wire?” Answer: “Two Dutchmen fighting over a penny.”  (Joke, told to me by a Danish cousin.) I have a particularly interest in the “Dutchmen” – who were recruited...
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