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Can you help decipher this handwriting please? 7 years 5 months ago #58655

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Cyanider - an archaic term for one of the occupations on the mines - I have a few medals to men of the same occupation

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Can you help decipher this handwriting please? 7 years 5 months ago #58656

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How interesting! I did look up Syanider without any success but did not think of Cyanider.

Thank you, Rory.
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Can you help decipher this handwriting please? 7 years 5 months ago #58669

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Here is the first of today's challenges:

This is John Mackie, of Brabant's Horse. It is his trade I cannot read:



Novelist?
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Can you help decipher this handwriting please? 7 years 5 months ago #58670

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Vocalist? I.E. Singer

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Can you help decipher this handwriting please? 7 years 5 months ago #58671

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Rory,

I started with vocalist but struggled with the 'ca' part.

I will see if he published anything ...
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Can you help decipher this handwriting please? 7 years 5 months ago #58676

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How about "Novelist"? Not much use as a trade in Brabant's Horse!
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