Eliza FIELD b1835, Linton (and Norton) By Bromyard (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, May 07, 2014, 14:01 (3854 days ago) @ lizlochh62

Hi Liz,
thanks for answering wrt the engine driver; that's great, we do love a mystery to look into !

Also may I say what an absolute pleasure it's been seeing your replies today, so friendly and grateful which is nice to see. I suspect I'm not alone in thinking how this proves just how great this friendly forum almost always is, when so many volunteers are happy to spend their own time & effort trying to help kindred spirits such as your good self.
THANK YOU for helping brighten up my day.

This is especially true after just reading someone else's very different post from today. I know I'm a miserable old git deep down - with very good personal reasons - but why is it so hard for some people to communicate with their fellows in a polite, friendly, gracious manner ??. Especially when this website is free to access and run entirely by unpaid volunteers, it's meant to be a leisure pastime after all !!??.

Thanks to you again Liz for your interesting and enjoyable post, please keep em coming, especially if you can find out any more about John's engine-driving career ?.
That said, was it a career ?. Apart from the 1871 Census are their any other records which suggest he was a skilled technical man all his life, eg Marriage records ?. There may also be other records worth researching eg railway employment records.
Or was this a "one-off" job, possibly suddenly halted by the accident ? A search of the local papers is often the best way to research such stories, it would have been reported upon, I've seen FoD local newspapers devote a paragraph to "boy falls of bicycle", for example !.

Thanks again and happy hunting, Jeff