Month: January 2017

So I now know is what was concealed in the shorthand written by my great great-grandfather Fred in his diary of 1879. I owe a debt of thanks to Margaret Robertson, who I was introduced to via Facebook, and who kindly spent a lot of her free time going through and deciphering my great great… Continue reading A young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of more than love

Edit 14:30 17th January 2017: I have been overwhelmed with the kindness of others. After lots of sharing around on facebook and twitter, I now have an almost complete transcription – and it’s fascinating. I will be blogging it very shortly! Thank you to everyone (and their mums) for doing this. You have been lovely!… Continue reading Shorthand from 136 years ago – need a hand, short or otherwise.