Nice bit of personal history uploaded

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15 years ago

A rather nice PDF has been uploaded by exHayle, it's a scan of a letter from a Mary Trowson, dating from 1871, the widow of a mine engine worker sent to her brother in New Zealand thanking him for a gift of £5 when she and young children existed on £1/month.

Transcipt:

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/MELLANEAR-Mine/Mary-Trowsonletter-transcription-Kay.pdf

Original:

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/documents/MELLANEAR-Mine/Mary-Trownson-letter-original-4-pages.pdf

The chap who uploaded it actually remembers one of the people named in the letter, making it all the more personal.

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15 years ago

I noticed this but hadn't got round to it... fantastic and a great social comment on the times. :thumbsup:

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