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Finally after 25 years of searcing up and down the country, searcing in Public Record Offices, old news papers, Churches, Schools, Pubs, Clubs, Institute, Factories, an other places for Memorials & Rolls of Honour, several computers later, I've got my books back from the binders, what stated out as just names 127 pges its now 3 volumes over 900 pages a ream of paper, when you include the faces nigh on 2500 of them.
I've been tryin to add a picture of them fort best prt o 10 mins, had to give up. Now its done it twice. am givin up tu much bother |
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Well done Retlaw.....you deserve a medal!
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Wow.....that is beautiful.
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Well Deserved.;)
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(many times when int library's not by staff, who were always eager to help). photographing every article in the old news papers, Accrington's Blackburn, some Burnley, some Chorley, 1000's of pics, all to be downloaded an twiddled about, faces extracted touched up, and resized, printing em out tu read and trype into tother computer, which still runs on DOS6, hour on hour till me backside aches, often siting wi me nut in me aands, "what the ell am I doing this for,"an having to put up with my uncle Mycroft, urgin me on, Holmes's don't give up. Well ave done it, not proud, just relieved a can take mi time with my next project, I once down loaded whilst on Ancstry all the 11th East Lancs Medal Cards, over 4000 of them, now lining them up straight, resizing, cleaning them up entering missing details, arguing wi Kew Records, when the've wrongly indexed or misspelt um, an they can be right snotty buggers. Scrattin me ead again an again, why am I doing this, well John int Library thinks its good idea, an given me a load of index cards to stick em on. roll on 2918. |
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A truly magnificent effort Walter.
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I can see why you would be relieved. I would imagine it has been a mammoth task...a bit like eating an elephant with a mustard spoon......but now it is done you damn well should be proud. It is an amazing achievment and one which would have defeated a lesser man.
I don't know if anyone has ever thanked you for doing this research, but if they haven't then let me be the first to say 'Thank you Walter' may your legacy be recognised for the great achievement that it is. Oh and if you need any decipherin' doing...I'm your man. |
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Well done Walter, a mammoth task.
What a nice (and well deserved) medal. Dare I ask if there is an electronic version or ever will be? Many researchers use web based material more and more these days so perhaps the next task is to make it web based. |
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Remembering Our Heroes. July 1st 2016, 1st & 3rd Pictures Luke (grandson age 6) helping with the crosses of rememberance, the two Accrington Mascots at the Serre Memorial. and Luke receiving my medal from the Mayor of Bapaume
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It is very sad to think that Army Medics would do that......betray colleagues and deprive loved ones of their effects and the memories that those effects hold. |
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