The Building of the Leeds Infrastructure

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sat 02 Jun, 2012 9:43 pm

Helen, I assume you've gone through all of this stuff.http://www.raynerfamily.org.uk/various/scaife/index.php

HelenG · Post by **HelenG** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 10:41 am

Jogon wrote: Helen, I assume you've gone through all of this stuff.http://www.raynerfamily.org.uk/various/scaife/index.php Hi Jogon, yes I have thanks,wonder which was worse,being in an workhouse in Whitechapel in the early 1800's or being sent there to work 15 hrs a day?

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 12:35 pm

Well, of the two, Blubberhouses at least meant she wasn't taken by cholera. And (witness you being here) she would take comfort from knowing things turned out ok, eventually.

book · Post by **book** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 12:48 pm

If its any comfort Blubberhouses would have been a better place than Whitechapel even in the the workhouse era.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 2:38 pm

book wrote: If its any comfort Blubberhouses would have been a better place than Whitechapel even in the the workhouse era. Why's it called Blubberhouses anyway.......crying whales ?

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 5:02 pm

1. A Walter Bluber lived in Yorkshire 1229 (house of Bluber?)2. Anglo-Saxon "bluberhus", "the house(s) by the stream"?

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 5:23 pm

somme1916 wrote: book wrote: If its any comfort Blubberhouses would have been a better place than Whitechapel even in the the workhouse era. Why's it called Blubberhouses anyway.......crying whales ? Or from the article linked above: "Interestingly, Blubberhouses may have derived its name from the 'blowers' or 'blauers', which was the local name for the iron-smelting furnaces, that were abundant around here."

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 5:53 pm

Caron wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Jogon wrote: BlakeyHow's your cine getting on? Hi Jogon - well actually its not cine, its a camera sized VHS cassette. I think I shall be able to put it onto a DVD with the aid of my wonderful Toshiba VHS to DISC or vice verca machine. I really must get down to it as a member on here kindly undertook to put it on you tube if I do. As far as I recall its around twenty odd minutes so I'll split it into two - I believe that ten minutes is the maximum per item on you tube - all new to me. Please don't expect too much - its really amateur - but there are some good views of the village when the dam was almost totally dry in 1995. Dear Blakey. Please hurry and put Jogon out of his never ending misery. Thank you Blakey did you get my email with my address? There's no need to split it as I can put it onto a site called Vimeo, similar to Youtube but they allow longer videos even full movies, so it will be seen in full. There's also a download option in case anyone wants it to keep.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 10:11 pm

Jogon wrote: 1. A Walter Bluber lived in Yorkshire 1229 (house of Bluber?)2. Anglo-Saxon "bluberhus", "the house(s) by the stream"? Cheers,didn't know that.There's some very strange place names in and around Yorkshire.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Sun 03 Jun, 2012 10:13 pm

raveydavey wrote: somme1916 wrote: book wrote: If its any comfort Blubberhouses would have been a better place than Whitechapel even in the the workhouse era. Why's it called Blubberhouses anyway.......crying whales ? Or from the article linked above: "Interestingly, Blubberhouses may have derived its name from the 'blowers' or 'blauers', which was the local name for the iron-smelting furnaces, that were abundant around here." Cheers,didn't know that either !