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0-4762500 Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society .uk Registered Charity No. 513437 Preston Branch preston@.ukNEWSLETTER FEBRUARY - MARCH 2021Well, good evening once again to our virtual meeting night at Kingsfold. Unfortunately that darned virus is still with us and we continue to be locked-down and shielding in accordance with the Government’s edicts. It will shortly be twelve months since all this lock-down began, but following Boris and Nichola’s edicts over the last few days, there is potentially an easing of the restrictions in sight. Personally we’ve had our first jab and the second is expected at the end of April. That doesn’t mean we can trip the light fantastic just yet. It’s looking to be the summer before we get back to any normality. Our motorhome has been laid up now for the fifth month in a row and we are unlikely to be getting out and about until May. Have to be very careful that the moving parts don’t seize up and damp doesn’t set in. Costing a little bit keeping a heater on inside the ‘van. Tonight would have been a presentation about ‘A Lady who helped shape Preston,’ by Patricia Harrison, but we have had to cancel that of course because of the virus. Fortunately, Patricia has agreed to move her talk to the September meeting night, provided all the virus has gone away. You can keep up with things on our Facebook Page, Preston Branch LFHHS, and the Society’s web-site at .uk Anything else you can contact me at the addresses at the end of the newsletter.Whilst we are not actually meeting at Kingsfold we would wish to thank the Church Council for their forbearance whilst they have been closed, without revenue, this past eleven months. We wish them well in their efforts to maintain the Church in these troubling times.The Lancashire Archives have had to remain closed after the last lockdown, but you may still contact them by phone or e.mail if you have a specific enquiry. Just go to their web-site at .uk and select your method of contact. You can also still search the Archive’s ‘Catalogue’ on-line. During the closedown, they have re-started their monthly lunchtime lectures. Again, contact them for the ‘password’ etc that will get you into the talks. The last one was an interesting presentation about the Lancashire coalfield by Steve Tinsley. Coming from a Wigan area mining family, much was very familiar for me. There were a numbers of photos bringing back memories of my former Edwardian police colleagues and the areas of St. Helens where I used to walk my beat. Aaaah, nostalgia. The audio of an interview with a true Lancashire minor brought back memories of my own accent.“Tha’ll afta loos that if thas gooin’ Bobbyin,”I was informed. Kathryn Newman will be talking about scrapbooks on Friday, 19th March, 12.30-13.30,and the next after that will be Friday, 9th April, 12.30 – 13.30 by Keri Nicholson on researching pubs and publican ancestors. E.mail the Archives for the access codes. If you can’t find the e.mail with the codes back from the Archives, check your ‘spam’ folder. That’s where mine went.62960252730500British people are like coconuts. Hard on the outside but sweet once you crack us. The Lancashire Library Service is operating on restricted hours, but you can still get a book sent to your own library to collect at the door. Check the opening hours beforehand. You will also be allowed an extended loan, and there are no penalty charges if you bring it back late. A couple of books I have needed for my research have come via this route and they have provided invaluable information on my research of the Penwortham WW2 casualties. Just find the book you want in the Catalogue on the Library’s web-site and follow the prompts. You have to be a member of the Library.The National Archives are of course still closed. As I write this following Boris’s recent statement of relaxing lock-down, TNA have not yet published the why’s and where-fore’s of when they may re-open. If your document has however been digitised, you can download a pdf copy for free. Just follow the prompts. I have used it on a number of occasions during lockdown saving ?’s. The Society have also been conducting monthly ‘Branch’ meetings via Zoom which have proved quite successful. The next one will be on Tuesday, 9th March, at 7pm when Eric Jackson will be presenting “After you are Dead.” The rise and history of anatomical dissection. Look out for the password connections on The Forum a few days before. Just click on the connections from 6.45pm. Thanks to Marian Crossley for putting these meetings together, which is helping us to stay in touch. These talks are for members only.Early warning that the Society’s A.G.M. will be happening on Saturday, 15th May, at 2pm via Zoom. Keep a look out on The Forum and May’s ‘Lancashire’ magazine for full details. This time it will be inter-active.Events on this Date24th February303 - First edict by Emperor Diocletian for persecution of Christians1528 – Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (Topkapi Palace - Istanbul) signs Hungarian treaty1582 – Pope Gregory XIII announces the new style calendar1797 – Last invaders of Britain surrender to bunch of Welsh women in pointy hats.1881 – De Lesseps starts work on Panama Canal. Unsuccessfully.162560010223500Deaths on this Date24th February1810 – Henry Cavendish, discoverer of hydrogen1990 – Jonnie Ray, American singer1993 – Bobby Moore – English footballer1994 – Dinah Shore – US singer, actress and TV personality42481509017000Just gave away all my old batteries. Free of charge. 18669002032000Birthdays on this Date24th February1786 – German - Wilhelm Grimm – teller of fairy tales1919 – Henry Kitchener – third and last Earl of Khartoum – d. 20111931 – Brian Close – Yorkshire cricketer d. 20151932 – Michel Legrand – French composer – Windmills of your Mind – d. 20191940 – Dennis Law – Scottish & Manchester footballer1948 – Dennis ‘Minder’ Waterman – English actor1955 – Steve Jobs – Founder of ‘Apple’ – d. 2011Chorley Branch have added a new page to their website - Podcasts. It gives links to a number of Family History podcasts which give lots of hints and tips. It’s like listening to the radio. Follow the link at:- common web-sites, LancsBMD, LancsOPC, Family Search, Ancestry, FindMyPast etc. that we use will probably have had a recent up-date on their contents. Always worth another check to see if your research has come on-line. Most highlight what their most recent updates entail.I am informed that the National Library of Scotland have added 22 new maps of the ‘County maps of Northern England, 1760s-1840s’ which are now available at ? These contain the most detailed mapping prior to the Ordnance Survey coming along.The Family History Federation ‘Really Useful Family History Show’ will be taking place on-line on Saturday, 10th April. Tickets are ?10 for the all-day event. BUY YOURS at?fhf- Talks on Parish Records, British India, Wartime Medics, Irish Ancestors, Paupers Prisons and Workhouses, Jewish History, Canals and Railways, Foundlings and Adoption, Commonwealth War Graves Commission and much more. If you have a particular problem, you can book a fifteen minute consultation with a suitable ‘expert’ by going to Looks like a very informative day.?If you are stuck on something specific to the Preston area, please feel free to give me a call and we’ll see what we can do. You can also use our Facebook page at ‘Preston Branch LFHHS’ where Joan will try her best to answer your enquiry. Just because the research centres and meeting nights are closed, there is no need to leave your studies in abeyance until everything is back to normal, whenever that may be. Give us a call and keep safe in the meanwhile. Oh, and just because you’ve had the ‘jab’, don’t think you are out of the woods yet. Stay safe, keep your distance, wear a mask and wash your hands frequently. You can’t be too careful.4384728900What do you call a pig that does karate? A ‘pork chop’. Headstone symbolsA Celtic Cross?is a cross surrounded by a circle representing eternity or heaven and earth connected.A Canterbury Cross?is a Celtic Cross but with shorter arms that flare out towards their ends.A Column?represents a person’s life. A broken column indicates a life cut short. A wreath over the column is victory over death. The first mention in the bible of a grave marker is a pillar in Genesis 35:20?A Clover?seen on a headstone can represent the trinity like the shamrock. Occasionally the lucky 4 four leaf clover is seen. In Victorian symbology it represented?‘promise’.?587544410181200What do you call a group of killer whales playing instruments? An Orca-stra!That’s all for now folks. Keep safe. We hope you find the newsletter informative and if you are stuck on anything in the Preston area, please feel free to give us a call.Stewart McLoughlin Secretary 01772-614457 ................
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