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From: edward.brown< >
Subject: Re: Occupation Farndel Man?
Date: 1 Oct 1998 01:18:12 -0700


My OED indicates that reddle is a colour - a deep ochre.
Apparently this was the colour used for marking sheep.

This may help or it may be a red (or Ochre) herring :-)

Regards

In message <>, Moira Forde
<> writes
>Farndel was the local name for reddle, huh? Well, that's O.K. then. *Much*
>clearer, now. ;-)
>Moira
>Sometimes the answers are harder than the questions ...
>----------
>> From: Bill Bedford <>
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: Occupation Farndel Man?
>> Date: 30 September 1998 22:03
>>
>> Liz Exton <> wrote:
>>
>> > I have my great-grandparents' marriage cert. Thy were married in
>> > Salford and their parents lived in Northwhich, Cheshire. I can read
>> > all of it except for the groom's father's occupation, which seems to
>> > be "Farndel Man". Does this make any sense to anyone?
>> >
>>
>> I think the farndel was a local name for reddle, but I'm not 100% sure
>> and will look it up next time I'm in the library.
>>
>> --
>> Chaos is found wherever order is being sought.
>> It always defeats order, because it is better organized
>>
>> ______________________________
>

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edward.brown

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