Princess Royal Colliery and Lydney Mill? (General)

by downunder , Thursday, September 12, 2013, 00:40 (4085 days ago)

Hi

Having been very fortunate and found a record of my collier relative working at Princess Royal Colliery in 1936, I was wondering if someone could help with something written next to his name under "Occupation." It's the number "41" and also seems to refer to the entry above which says "Roads D." I've seen my bloke referred to as a "colliery roadmaster" on his daughter's marriage certificate from that same year.

Question 2 - His address in 1936 is given as Bream and by 1939 he was living in West Dean, so does that mean the family would have moved house between 1936 and 1939? (Please excuse woeful geographic knowledge) (Edited to add: this silly person has now rechecked their daughter's birth certificate and seen the address as "Bream's Eaves, West Dean" so assumes it is the same place)

Question 3 - We've also been told that his wife worked "in a mill in Lydney." Any ideas about what mill it could be would be great.

Cheers and thanks again from Oz.