Who Do You Think You Are - Brian Blessed 14th Aug

[Jenoco]

Originally Posted by Ann from Sussex

You've got BB's turn of phrase off to a tee Shona. I swear can actually hear him whilst reading your post. Splendid,splendid!

I felt the same.

This episode is already posed to YouTube so I was able to watch it. I actually enjoyed it more than I expected to after reading this thread. Perhaps I was expecting it to be far worse

Thanks for filling some of the gaps. You really notice them during the programme when you've had experience doing your own family history research.

[kiterunner]

Now that ancestry have indexed some of the London Poor Law records, here is a link to Charles Blessed's admission to the workhouse, 11 Nov 1822, with details of his apprenticeship:
London Poor Law records on ancestry

and Jabez's admission in 1827 with details of his apprenticeship:
London Poor Law records on ancestry