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Old 09-11-2012, 08:15 PM
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That dead man's cash he had in his desk drawer must have been cursed if he died less than a year after the wreck.
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Old 09-11-2012, 09:46 PM
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Have you a street in the East Cemetery data for the last baptism I typed - Cecil Pattinson, I see he's in there - the street is recorded in the preachers book but I've starred it as illegible, but I've had a few guesses, like to know if I'm right
He's down as Queen Street.
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Old 10-11-2012, 01:00 PM
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I had it as 'Queen or Lime' (yes it's that bad)
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Old 14-11-2012, 03:03 PM
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Came across this charming entry;


the body of a man in a sailor's [dress], above 50 years of age found at the mouth of Coquet, much mutilated and very putrid, buried.

I was wondering how his clothing survived considering the reference to the body. The word 'dress' is my best guess as it's difficult to read so perhaps it's something else?

Anyway, the burial date is Aug 19 1818. Poor fellow.
There must be a fundamental law about the survival of clothing. I came across an article in the Morpeth Herald in 1894. An inquest held at Helsay Farm on a body washed up half a mile north of the harbour (found by my gt grandfather's brother!) The body was very much decomposed but the clothes were in good order. The body seemed to have been in the water about 3 weeks.
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