Let's hope this works, and they don't have the same degree of Nausea side effects as the other ones I was on. Appetite totally under control. Blood pressure still well within normal ranges (136/75). So, we shall see. Meanwhile, 3/4 of the way through JD Kirk's Blood and Treachery.
My gorgeous wee girl who looks like she's eating spaghetti but actually it's the fringe on a blanket!!
I was reading something really interesting on Findmypast earlier on, whilst checking the Newspapers for my family in Cheriton Bishop - trying to establish a connection there. It was in the Morning Chronicle in October 1839 and spoke of a lass (who could be a relly) being duped into possibly stealing things from her boss in order to pay 5 shillings to have her Nativity read by "Raphael", Astrologer. She went back next day and was told it was another 5 shillings and if she couldn't pay up, she might find her legs got broken or other ill luck attend her. Poor girl wasn't able to read very well and didn't understand most of the Nativity cast for her (fortune telling, basically). He (real name Ebernezer Webber) was proven to be an utter fake and sentenced to 3 months hard labour in the House of Correction.
I have been very distracted looking through as for some reason a lot of the "links" they are meant to provide - highlighted in blue - don't actually take you to the page and highlighted article you want. Still, I've read all sorts of interesting stuff on there. Early racism in Totnes (poor chap, a "Hindoo" set upon and robbed by three drunken louts;) arson; murder; attempted murder; all sorts. One poor girl was sentenced to 6 mths hard labour - her crime, "taking a piece of cloth"!
I have also been searching for my g. grandfather, John Bolt, who moved to Hampstead in London with his mother when she was widowed (in Moretonhampstead). Have found what could be him, being somewhat militant about the Vestry Elections (Hampstead Town Ward). He lived in Holly Place and the house next door has just sold for a cool £4 million. That was an odd number though and perhaps his place was flattened as there are more modern dwellings for the even numbers. Think the dates are wrong as he had been in the Vestry members for 40 years. All I can say is, he wasn't having any nonsense! He wanted new blood in the Vestry!
