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Robert Speirs
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Yvonne | Report | 23 Dec 2013 22:47 |
If anyone has better eyesight than me, and an Ancestry sub, could you please look at Robert Speirs' recruitment form for the army in 1914. Question No. 6 asks who is your employer and it's that that I can't read. His army no. is 2809 to make it easier to find. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 23 Dec 2013 23:04 |
The first part looks like Bodsea ... |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 23 Dec 2013 23:07 |
Sorry, Yvonne - it's too faint. I can't even make out his occupation which might have helped - Something Manager. |
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Yvonne | Report | 23 Dec 2013 23:10 |
Thanks MarieCeleste. On closer inspection it does look like Bodsea but can't make anything out of the second word. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 23 Dec 2013 23:10 |
In 1911 he's a Telegraph Messenger - does that help us?: |
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Yvonne | Report | 23 Dec 2013 23:12 |
Thanks all. I thought his occupation looked like assistant manager but one in 1911 census is definitely him. Oh well, back to the drawing board! |
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Yvonne | Report | 24 Dec 2013 00:17 |
My son has just done some fancy photo editing and we think the second part is Dale St. The first word that we thought looked like Bodsea could possibly be Bodega - does this mean anything to anyone. |
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Sylvia | Report | 24 Dec 2013 00:36 |
dega may refer to: |
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Yvonne | Report | 24 Dec 2013 00:43 |
Thanks Sylvia. I guess there were/are a lot of wine bars, etc., in Liverpool and Dale St. is definitely still there. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 24 Dec 2013 16:57 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/scouse/city/dalest.shtml |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 24 Dec 2013 17:09 |
The Liverpool Echo carried a job advert in the Tuesday 17 November 1914 edition: |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 24 Dec 2013 17:21 |
Skimming through other articles suggests that the Bodega Wine Co was formed in 1868 (it may have been Canadian) and was a big concern with branches in several cities in England. It appears to have opened in Liverpool in 1882. |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 24 Dec 2013 19:46 |
Bodega is also Spanish for wine bar it is pronounced. bod A ga |
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Yvonne | Report | 27 Dec 2013 21:47 |
As always, I don't know how you find this information but I'm very grateful. It definitely looks as though Bodega it is. |