Joseph Lines was my Great Grandfather. He formed the company G&J Lines with his brother George. They primarily made rocking horses.He attended St Andrews School, Camden, starting, aged 7, on October 1855. His Disposition and Attitude was shown, when admitted as ‘Can read a little’. He was admitted into the 5th class.. At the time… Continue reading Joseph Lines
Month: July 2016
George Edward Lines – Pictures
I have some pictures of my Grandfather, George Edward Lines, taken by my cousin some years ago, from pictures in a family album. I hope to add more information about who is in them as I work it out. The Lines Family group picture in 1902 My Grandfather was one of four brothers and four… Continue reading George Edward Lines – Pictures
Letter from George Lines, 11th February 1915, from The Bury, Chesham
This is a letter from my Grandfather, George Edward Lines, written on the 11th of February 1915. I am gradually scanning and transcribing his letters, and will add notes as I find more information. For context you can see his Official War Record. This will come between his being commissioned in December 1914 and his… Continue reading Letter from George Lines, 11th February 1915, from The Bury, Chesham
HTML in WordPress
I have been writing HTML, by hand – as that was the only way you could write when it first came out, ever since it was invented. Before that I had been using the DEC format program and IBM GML for some time, so the concept of a markup language was familiar.As my previous web… Continue reading HTML in WordPress