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Old 06-01-2012, 11:45   #18
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Re: Buying stuff way back!!! How things have changed!!!

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Originally Posted by Retlaw View Post
There are 3 Joinson's in the Absent Voters list, they all lived in Clayton.
The Absent Voters list wasn't after WW1.
After WW1 they wouldn't be absent, that list was created in 1918 whilst the war was on. It was supposed to have been created by the soldiers filling in forms, but thats bull shine.
There are three men in the Accrington list, who were killed in action 2 years earlier, who filled in those forms, who filled in the forms of men missing in action, later to be found as prisoners of war.
Retlaw.
Thanks for that info Walter, it's fascinating.
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