Genealogy Chat

Found this in an old book - a photograph of an advert for Ablett's Boots, sold by Ablett's, 17 Aughton Street, Ormskirk. There is a mention of how the shopkeeper will be open all day on Wednesdays from 4 Jan 1893, but their assistants will have their usual half-day off.

"You may have LADIES' BOOTS from 2s 11d to 15s 6d.

You may have GENT.'S BOOTS from 4s 6d to 25s.

You may have BOYS' and GIRLS' BOOTS for Hard Wear.

You may have a right good Leather pair of LADIES' SLIPPERS for 1s 9d.

You may have CHILDREN'S BOOTS too numerous to mention."

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Some entertainment . .

"The Aeolian Entertainers - A Clever Combination of First-class Artistes in their Popular Entertainment, comprising Music, Mirth and Melody"

performance was at Ormskirk Working Men's Institute on Sat 2 September 1911 at 8pm - popular prices 3d, 6d, and 1s.

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Aughton, Lydiate and Maghull Horticultural, Poultry and Pigeon Society
The Third Annual Show of Flowers, Fruit, Vegetables, Butter, Bread, Eggs, Poultry, Pigeons & Canaries will be held in a field near Town Green Station on Wednesday, Aug 29th, 1894

159 Classes and over 100 special prizes

A First-Class band will be in Attendance

Admission: 12 to 4pm 1s. ; 4 to 8pm 6d

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Crowning of the Rose Queen and Field Day

Saturday June 24th 1933

at 2.30 pm in Halsall Park (by kind permission of Mr. D Oswald)

Queen - Miss Hilda Knowles

Maids of Honour - Mary Gibbons, Margaret Prescott, Doris Sismey, Winifred Sutton

Herald - Robert Scarisbrick

Crown Bearer - William Wallbank

Pages - John Ball, John Knowles

Programme - Price 2d

Oh, that would make a lot of sense! Thanks, Kath.

From Google:-

Mensuration - The measurement of angles, areas and lengths of geometric figures.

Kath. x

Thanks, Joseanne. To be honest, I was rather surprised to read that they had evening classes back then. I always thought of them as quite a modern thing.

Does anyone know what Mensuration is, just out of interest? That's definitely how it's spelt in the magazine and - looking at what it's included with - it sounds like some sort of maths discipline.

Our daughter got married by Common License this year [no please don't lets get into the difference between Common and Special License] Anycase because that meant that Banns didn't have to called in the church the wedding fees were reduced by I think it was £19. Mind you the license cost her £70 and most of that was administration charges.

The cost of publishing banns at the church you get married in would normally be included in the wedding fees and they aren't usually itemized. If the couple don't live in the same parish then Banns would have to be called in the man's parish church as well and you would have to pay for that, I think it is about £32.

By the way Kate, very interesting.

Victoria I think the taste of the stuff stopped me moaning regardless of if it worked on not!

But, bottom line Claire - did it work?

Anyone ever tasted neat quinine? Now that IS something to avoid at all costs!

Fascinating stuff Kate, thank you. The headstone and grave prices to be bargains compared to the medicine type stuff.

And 2/6 for publishing banns!! I don't remember paying anything for them in 1962 - but perhaps the grey cell holding that memory has died.

Victoria

It came in a little brown bottle & you were supposed to dilute it with water. Strange but I don't remember it making me sleep but wait til I get my hands on my Mum in the morning!!!!!!!!!

I've just read that link, Claire. I'm surprised people who took it didn't just go to sleep and never wake up!

I remember the effect cannabis used to have on a college friend - he seemed to enter this permanent state of "nothing matters, it can wait till tomorrow" so no wonder people used Chlorodyne for hysteria and palpitations. Combined with the other ingredients, I can only imagine what it might do.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a few desperate mothers gave the odd dose to their frantic babies . . .

A note on Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

This stuff was still around in the 1960's. I dreaded having an upset tum as Mum would give me a teaspoon of the ghastly stuff, neat! Looking at what was in this medicine, I'm surprised I lived to tell the tale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorodyne

I have collected the following from adverts and articles in the Aughton parish magazine for November 1915 - thought it may be interesting or useful.

Gravestones . . . .
8th Century "St. Paul" Cross memorial - 3ft 6in tall £8 10s, 4ft 6in tall


Evening Classes etc
Arithmetic, Mensuration and English - 2hr session every Tuesday from Oct 19th 1915 to Mar 14th 1916 (except 2 weeks at Christmas) - one shilling per subject

Plain Needlework - 2hrs every Wednesday from Oct 20th 1915 to Mar 15th (except two weeks at Christmas) - one shilling per subject


Allenbury's Diet (described as a partially predigested combination of milk and whole wheat) - 1/6 and 3/- for tins

Norton's Camomile Pills for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Liver Complaints - sold in bottles, 1 shilling 1 and a half pence or 2/9

Iron "Jelloids" - 1 shilling 1 and a half pence (for a fortnight's treatment) or 2/9 - "an excellent restorative"

Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne - "the best known remedy for coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis", "Acts like a charm in Diarrhoea, Colic and other bowel complaints", "Cuts short attacks of spasms, hysteria, palpitation. A true palliative in neuralgia, toothache, rhematism, gout" - 1 shilling 1 and a half pence, 2s 9d, 4s 6d

Melany Marking Ink (new metallic pen with every bottle, nickel linen stretcher with each half size) - 6d or 1s

"Swan Safety" Pen - 12/6 upwards

McLanachan's on Burscough Street sold Ladies' Winter Coats, prices ranging from 10/6 to 10 guineas


Parish expenses
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fee for publishing banns 2s 6d

"every person dying in the parish is entitled to be buried in the Churchyard" - 8s 4d for a new grave, 7s 4d for an old grave

burial fees - sexton 5/6 (new grave), 4/6 (old grave), passing bell - 1/- per hour, clerk's fee - 10d, minister's fee - 1s