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His Probate is on below 1957...

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#calendar

Not seeing in Newspapers, when you check Publications in list on below, the Bristol ones don't cover that period, some others which often do are those Western Daily etc. in list, but they only go to 1950...


https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/advanced

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Chris :)

:-D :-D :-D

Person killed by a cow, news at 11.

:-D

I had a rellie who was killed by a cow.

Ha, you've given me an idea about some of my own -- my male forebears had bad luck with buses.

One, according to the death certificate, was run down and killed by a bus in London 1875 -- so that would have been a horse-drawn one, I assume. One would have thought that a large not very fast-moving vehicle would have been apparent to the victim before he got in its way. Maybe it was a runaway bus.

And one, according to vague family stories, was run and killed down by a motorcycle while alighting from a bus in Salisbury during WWII -- I haven't got that death cert so I can't speak to the veracity of the tale.

I should tug on Chris Ho's sleeve and exploit that member's intrepid expertise with newspapers!


Now you're right ... if someone were run over by a horse-drawn breadwagon (yes, I remember them from my youth too), today, that *would* be all over the news! ;-)


(ErikaH - RMShy is in western Canada. Long bus ride to the local library if it happened in England!)

When I was a child in the 1950's, a horse-drawn greengrocery cart used to come door to door regularly.

I don't know how common such things were generally - but possibly more common than you think.

The horse was called Tam, and he had a nosebag to keep him happy while the greengrocer was serving customers. He (Tam) would stop at each house without being told - he knew the route. The greengrocer walked alongside until they reached the end of the street.

Have you checked the local newspapers for the area in the appropriate library, or records office?

Right something like this:

Today an 80ish yr. old man got run over by a bunch of bread while walking across the road minding his own business. Had to go to the hospital with a broken leg(or ankle). News story at 11.

But NOTHING :-| that I can find.

Oh I guess his name would be helpful : James Ball born 1875 died 1957 in Bristol Snowdon Road Hospital

I would think there might have been a "traffic accident" report :-D

This should of been in the newspaper "Sometime in the 1950's he was run over by a horse drawn baker's wagon" Shouldn't it? Today it would be EVERYWHERE, but why can't I find it, unless it was so common place it wasn't even newsworthy. :-|