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Old 07-09-20, 11:51
Janet in Yorkshire Janet in Yorkshire is offline
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Originally Posted by Merry View Post
OC - perhaps it was the same person wth the flowery handwriting dashing around the country dishing out bits of paper to the unsuspecting?
I attended a talk once when it was said that there were "ghetto scribes" who charged coppers for writing down names, dates, addresses etc for the illiterate or for emigrant residents.
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