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Occupation puzzle - suggestions please
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Anne | Report | 23 Nov 2004 13:45 |
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Thanks very much, Brenda Anne |
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Phoenix | Report | 23 Nov 2004 13:43 |
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Hope the following comes out: it's another direct paste. (I was wondering what the friend.ly in my history window!) Mast & Sail in Europe & Asia: Contents H. WARINGTON SMYTH MAST & SAIL IN EUROPE AND ASIA. ... www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/smyth/mast_n_sail_00.html - 19k - Cached - Similar pages Mast & Sail in Europe & Asia: List of Sketches ... Mule, 130. Coble-Reefed, 131. A Herring Mule, 132. Humber Gold-duster, 133. Old Trent and Humber Boats, 1835, 134. Humber Keel, 135. Keel, 136. Keel, 137. ... www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/ smyth/mast_n_sail_sketches.html - 26k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from www.friend.ly.net ] Brenda |
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Anne | Report | 23 Nov 2004 13:35 |
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Brenda, THANK you so much!! Like Lesley I had done a Google but only found the name of a modern boat. We never thought of it being a type of boat. Could you remember where you found it please? Thanks so much again - very grateful. Anne |
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Phoenix | Report | 23 Nov 2004 13:20 |
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Found the following by trawling on the internet: HUMBER GOLD-DUSTER While the bilge keels and tumble-home of the top strake of the coble are very suggestive of Dutch origin, there are certain points in which this boat seems to retain some relics of distinctly Norse influence. The simple form of the pins set under the gunwale for belaying halyards to, the flat shape of the loom of the oar and its method of shipping with an iron ring set over a single thowl, as well as the flat head and low peak of the sail, and the light shades of green and blue used in painting the hulls, all flavour of what one meets to-day on the Scandinavian seaboard. Brenda |
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Anne | Report | 23 Nov 2004 13:13 |
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On the 1851 census in Hull, my husband's GG Grandfather, aged 32, is described as "Sailor of Gold Duster". Any ideas as to what this could mean? Only six years previously he was a "soap boiler" Which seems a long way from being a sailor. Other people on the same census pages don't have anything similar to this. Anne |
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