by AndrewA » Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:59 pm
This is one of the most challenging transcriptions I have had to date, 2 days i have kept going back to this and nothings clicked, normally I can work it out then its like a mist lifted and eureka moment when it leaps off the page and I say to myself "of course it is!", but with this nothing, I keep seeing different things, comparing handwriting isnt much help either.
Ok so I noticed the title of file is showing, I am certain one of the words is Marine, or Marina, but most likely Marine. there is also the word "in" preceeding it. Could be first word is dealer, now a Horse Marine is term used for people employed on barges to take the place of horses, esepcailly on routes where horses can not go, such as long tunnels, but Marine Horse? Dealer in Marine Horse? That is assuming we are looking at an H, with the middle bar not showing,
However what if its a J, it dosnt look too far off the other J, in which case we have Journeyman, that leaves the remainder, yes it could be a W and M, workman?
Another candidate is an I, or even an S,
around the coast, there were a number of people who were marine shop keepers, anything from a scrap dealer specialising in used junk or people owning decent shops selling quality goods.
So, I am none the wise and everytime I look at this I see something different, the brain likes to tell you what it thinks it should be and fills in the gaps so to speak.
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