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Wednesday, 30 July 2014

7. A Boroughbridge Boyhood in the 1850s: “Got out at the back door & went to the Newsroom”

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Tuesday January 29th 1856 Went to Office   at Noon had a walk with Jane & Lizzy & Joe a mile up Topcliffe road & round by Milb...
Monday, 28 July 2014

6. A Boroughbridge Boyhood in the 1850s: "Enjoyed ourselves extremely"

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Tuesday January 15th 1856 Went to the Office   Mrs Workman  Mr Robert W  Mr Henlock & Mrs dined with us at 2 o’clock   I left the Offi...
Saturday, 26 July 2014

5. A Boroughbridge Boyhood in the 1850s: Holidays

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If the working day in the 1850s was a great deal less frenetic than today, holidays were fewer.  John’s parents would generally go to a se...
Thursday, 24 July 2014

4. A Boroughbridge Boyhood in the 1850s: "Went to office"

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From 1855 John was a clerk in his uncle Hirst’s office, entering into articles later – he wrote to the legal stationers’ Butterworths in May...
Tuesday, 22 July 2014

3. A Boroughbridge boyhood in the 1850s: The Yorkshire Volunteers

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Some of the young men belonged to the Territorial Army of the day, the Yorkshire Volunteers.  John’s father had been a Volunteer himself in ...
Sunday, 20 July 2014

2. A Boroughbridge Boyhood in the 1850s: "Good sport"

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Monday January 21st 1856 …  Sat up till 4 o’clock in the morning expectg cow calving   She calved about an hour after I got to bed …  Calv...
Friday, 18 July 2014

1. A Boroughbridge Boyhood in the 1850s: Introducing John Stubbs

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Saturday January 1st 1853 Stayed at home in the morning & helped to clip the pony & had a ride in the evening on the pony John Ri...