Josiah Jackson's diaries 1882-1904: index and snippets

Rooms

Date Snippet
Sat 26 Jan 1884

Very bad serving tonight; wind blew lot tiles House Stalls rain beat several Rooms.
bad (82), beat (1), blew (20), House (1200), lot (110), rain (360), Rooms (66), serving (9), several (95), stalls (39), tiles (68), tonight; (2), Very (143), Wind (58)
Tue 31 Dec 1889

Mr T. B. Lock called AI bought tons Waterloo feeding Cake Tom annual meeting Baptist Chapel (School Rooms).
annual (23), Baptist (69), bought (1410), cake (715), Called (1514), Chapel (342), Feeding (77), Lock (63), meeting (967), Rooms (66), school (673), Tom (2187), tons (300), Waterloo (31)
Tue 31 Dec 1889

Johney Box Cox Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), Box (33), Cox (280), Johney (105), Rooms (66)
Thu 16 Jan 1890

A, , Johney Assembly Rooms entertainment Heard Mrs Ingram died morning.
Assembly (49), died (153), Entertainment (25), heard (404), Ingram (49), Johney (105), morning (1314), Mrs (1554), Rooms (66)
Thu 27 Mar 1890

Mr J. Jones agreed send galls machine oil @ / per gall Hundreds Bran @ / per cwt Mr Jones tea Assembly Rooms heard Mr Moriey others speak Politics.
agreed (1355), Assembly (49), Bran (176), cwt (322), Gall (28), galls (18), heard (404), Hundreds (2), Jones (1185), Jones (1185), Machine (183), Moriey (1), oil (51), others (707), Per (696), Per (696), Politics (3), Rooms (66), send (792), speak (11), tea (270)
Thu 24 Apr 1890

heard Mr Payton Lecture The Irish Question Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), heard (404), Irish (1), lecture (136), Payton (1), Question (3), Rooms (66), The (347)
Thu 16 Oct 1890

St heard Mr Hobhouse M. P. Lecture Assembly Rooms Politics.
Assembly (49), heard (404), Hobhouse (110), lecture (136), Politics (3), Rooms (66)
Thu 8 Jan 1891

A Sistere A P heard Miss Maidment Butter making Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), butter (201), heard (404), Maidment (16), making (235), Miss (918), Rooms (66), Sistere (1)
Wed 13 May 1891

We agreed allow /- fees St Rooms c. Mr F. E. Stroud St bought oranges St Mr Gass.
agreed (1355), allow (44), bought (1410), fees (77), Gass (77), oranges (1), Rooms (66), Stroud (1409)
Thu 21 May 1891

Janey, Albert Sc Miss Peach St meeting Blue Balk Assembly Rooms St Veal , Mr Peach, Mr Treasure.
Albert (378), Assembly (49), Balk (1), Blue (78), Janey (244), meeting (967), Miss (918), Peach (300), Peach (300), Rooms (66), Treasure (959), veal (18)
Tue 6 Oct 1891

heard Mr Gentry recite Assembly Rooms evening.
Assembly (49), evening (828), Gentry (1), heard (404), recite (3), Rooms (66)
Wed 11 Nov 1891

The wind blew Trees St broke limbs others blew Window Boys Rooms.
blew (20), blew (20), boys (105), broke (60), limbs (3), others (707), Rooms (66), The (347), trees (115), Wind (58), Window (16)
Tue 17 Nov 1891

Mr G. Amor Ticket ofhim Cricket Dinner Assembly Rooms.
Amor (227), Assembly (49), Cricket (48), dinner (168), ofhim (5), Rooms (66), Ticket (18)
Sat 2 Jul 1892

IA wnt Political meeting Assembly Rooms favour Mr H-Hobbouse Candidate.
Assembly (49), Candidate (9), favour (5), H-Hobbouse (1), meeting (967), Political (2), Rooms (66), wnt (1)
Mon 10 Oct 1892

Had tea meeting Assembly Rooms agreed Arches otherwise decorate town, i paid fee ail helping today trees.
agreed (1355), ail (11), Arches (1), Assembly (49), decorate (2), fee (35), Had (431), helping (61), meeting (967), otherwise (6), paid (1944), Rooms (66), tea (270), today (1127), Town (532), trees (115)
Wed 8 Nov 1893

St met Misses Benjafield Williams, teachers Butter making School, commenced Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), Benjafield (12), butter (201), commenced (69), making (235), met (393), Misses (39), Rooms (66), school (673), Teachers (10), Williams (32)
Mon 20 Nov 1893

Sc met Dr Stockwell, Mr Hooper, Mr Marchant Mr John Parsons, Sc Mr AHill House Mr T. H. Jones' letting Reading Room Bruton agreed alterations necessary Sc putting gas Rooms upstairs Sc furniture required.
agreed (1355), AHill (4), alterations (12), Bruton (758), furniture (30), gas (99), Hooper (91), House (1200), John (2874), Jones (1185), Letting (19), Marchant (12), met (393), necessary (6), Parsons (146), putting (152), Reading (50), required (36), room (278), Rooms (66), Stockwell (187), upstairs (6)
Thu 8 Feb 1894

Assembly Rooms heard Hand Bell Ringers.
Assembly (49), Bell (9), Hand (6), heard (404), Ringers (5), Rooms (66)
Sat 10 Feb 1894

? voted towards building Class Rooms extra .
Building (71), Class (48), extra (27), Rooms (66), towards (18), voted (8)
Sat 10 Feb 1894

Unionist Committee meeting Assembly Rooms members reelected.
Assembly (49), Committee (364), meeting (967), members (47), reelected (2), Rooms (66), Unionist (17)
Mon 12 Feb 1894

school (Voluntary) Committee meeting Sc decided unanimiously infants School Room Drilling recruits Volunteers Corps, pay Room, gass arrangeing room Sec future application fbr Rooms decided General Committee letting party Mr Henderson having Pulley ready, Lumber brought agreed send sons fix tomorrow.
agreed (1355), application (14), arrangeing (1), brought (899), Committee (364), Committee (364), Corps (1), decided (122), decided (122), Drilling (29), fbr (94), fix (7), future (12), Gass (77), general (15), having (103), Henderson (181), Infants (54), Letting (19), Lumber (781), meeting (967), Party (35), pay (274), Pulley (13), ready (109), recruits (1), room (278), room (278), room (278), Rooms (66), school (673), school (673), sec (38), send (792), Sons (147), tomorrow (666), unanimiously (1), Voluntary (2), Volunteers (8)
Thu 8 Mar 1894

We stayed tea Wesieyan school Rooms.
Rooms (66), school (673), stayed (239), tea (270), Wesieyan (1)
Thu 22 Nov 1894

J. Rex, T. H G. J Mr Ingram's heap manure bought J. Meaden Lumber dust Waggon Load Louie, Victor Stanley miss Skinner's concert Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), bought (1410), concert (49), dust (66), heap (58), Ingram (49), load (292), Louie (713), Lumber (781), manure (256), Meaden (261), Miss (918), Rex (2123), Rooms (66), Skinner (14), Stanley (703), Victor (1058), Waggon (230)
Thu 29 Nov 1894

Names mentioned St agreed meet Monday evening Assembly Rooms.
agreed (1355), Assembly (49), evening (828), meet (154), mentioned (10), Monday (364), names (21), Rooms (66)
Mon 3 Dec 1894

Too stock , wanted Came St meeting Assembly Rooms virtually names Printed suggested Parish Councillors rejected prefer Poll.
Assembly (49), Came (596), Councillors (14), meeting (967), names (21), Parish (189), Poll (9), prefer (5), printed (14), rejected (2), Rooms (66), stock (194), suggested (7), Too (4), virtually (1), wanted (149)
Sat 26 Jan 1895

Bruton Unionist meeting Assembly Rooms chairman Elected, Mr T. O. Bennett myself Vice chairman committees Elected Mr T. O. Bennett Church Farm Hornblotton agreed Tuesday morning .
agreed (1355), Assembly (49), Bennett (682), Bennett (682), Bruton (758), Chairman (14), Chairman (14), church (99), Committees (4), elected (36), elected (36), Farm (548), Hornblotton (1), meeting (967), morning (1314), myself (111), Rooms (66), Tuesday (178), Unionist (17), Vice (4)
Tue 29 Jan 1895

Reed cooking instructions calf meal Messrs Chard /c rates Mr Bennett Men dung hauling Mrs Sutcliffe agreed Mr Hoare Rooms Board house /- per week.
agreed (1355), Bennett (682), Board (142), calf (367), Chard (97), Cooking (9), Dung (719), hauling (1627), Hoare (155), House (1200), Instructions (10), meal (202), Men (1554), Messrs (1565), Mrs (1554), Per (696), Rates (137), Reed (3327), Rooms (66), Sutcliffe (18), week (405)
Mon 20 May 1895

Saw Mr Clarke Sc agreed send H Cross whitewash rooms () Thursday.
agreed (1355), Clarke (296), Cross (99), Rooms (66), Saw (1040), send (792), Thursday (210), Whitewash (4)
Thu 11 Jul 1895

called Mr Hobhouse's Committee Rooms.
Called (1514), Committee (364), Hobhouse (110), Rooms (66)
Fri 12 Jul 1895

Bruton meeting Mr Swinebome Harmam's Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), Bruton (758), Harmam (4), meeting (967), Rooms (66), Swinebome (1)
Thu 12 Dec 1895

From heard Bruton Blackbirds Assembly Rooms aid Institute Funds.
aid (20), Assembly (49), Blackbirds (3), Bruton (758), From (73), Funds (23), heard (404), Institute (59), Rooms (66)
Thu 9 Apr 1896

Mr Clarke bad round house fields report several rooms Ac house condition gates, Hedges, ditches trenches botton ground reference .
bad (82), botton (1), Clarke (296), condition (21), ditches (10), fields (92), gates (37), Ground (382), Hedges (32), House (1200), House (1200), reference (2), report (32), Rooms (66), round (264), several (95), trenches (1)
Thu 20 Aug 1896

Messrs T. O. Bennett Cap Kelly Holt Meedham sav Show field We afterward Assembly rooms agreed hurdle Cricket Fitch Hyde.
afterward (211), agreed (1355), Assembly (49), Bennett (682), cap (9), Cricket (48), Field (181), Fitch (1), Holt (9), hurdle (13), Hyde (177), Kelly (3), Meedham (1), Messrs (1565), Rooms (66), sav (3), Show (118)
Mon 5 Oct 1896

Victor cream Mill Assembly Rooms miss Barett, Instructor fro Butter making Victor Pupils.
Assembly (49), Barett (5), butter (201), cream (17), fro (3), Instructor (2), making (235), Mill (133), Miss (918), Pupils (5), Rooms (66), Victor (1058), Victor (1058)
Wed 7 Oct 1896

Chapel heard Mr Little preach afterward Indignation meeting National school Rooms against Armenian atrocities.
afterward (211), against (67), Armenian (3), Atrocities (3), Chapel (342), heard (404), Indignation (3), Little (124), meeting (967), National (43), preach (203), Rooms (66), school (673)
Mon 18 Jan 1897

Mr W. Pearce's met others decided children's party Thursday Jan Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), Children (136), decided (122), Jan (40), met (393), others (707), Party (35), Pearce (265), Rooms (66), Thursday (210)
Tue 26 Jan 1897

others Council smoking Concert Assembly Rooms aid Institute.
aid (20), Assembly (49), concert (49), Council (146), Institute (59), others (707), Rooms (66), Smoking (6)
Thu 28 Jan 1897

, Victor, Louie, Stanley, Sc Willie Assembly Rooms children's party Sc enjoyed ourselves.
Assembly (49), Children (136), enjoyed (1), Louie (713), ourselves (10), Party (35), Rooms (66), Stanley (703), Victor (1058), Willie (383)
Thu 19 Aug 1897

Bazaar held Assembly Rooms aid New W. School fund
aid (20), Assembly (49), Bazaar (23), held (146), New (159), Rooms (66), school (673)
Tue 19 Oct 1897

Stanley Mother Ms Jar ley's wax works Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), jar (5), ley (5), Mother (176), Rooms (66), Stanley (703), Wax (5), Works (62)
Thu 25 Nov 1897

Made Cheque school fees Mr Pearce, Bazaar (Church) Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), Bazaar (23), cheque (1456), church (99), fees (77), Made (79), Pearce (265), Rooms (66), school (673)
Tue 7 Dec 1897

Rain , wet W. Whatton agreed @ /- per week winter, /- per week summer /- harvest , commence Sunday morning Parish meeting decided raise ? Lighting Town re Lighting act Afterward Smoking Concert Assembly Rooms.
Act (13), afterward (211), agreed (1355), Assembly (49), commence (19), concert (49), decided (122), Harvest (70), lighting (36), lighting (36), meeting (967), morning (1314), Parish (189), Per (696), Per (696), rain (360), raise (5), Rooms (66), Smoking (6), Summer (25), Sunday (117), Town (532), week (405), week (405), wet (231), Whatton (211), Winter (172)
Wed 15 Dec 1897

Home Reading Rooms.
Home (144), Reading (50), Rooms (66)
Fri 21 Jan 1898

, A, Stanley, Edgar, Willie Children's Party Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), Children (136), Edgar (357), Party (35), Rooms (66), Stanley (703), Willie (383)
Sat 5 Mar 1898

Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), Rooms (66)
Tue 7 Jun 1898

St Mr S. Hisgrove Rooms re putting cheese floors bad access rooms bad least room cheese.
access (1), bad (82), bad (82), cheese (1666), cheese (1666), Floors (10), Hisgrove (299), least (17), putting (152), room (278), Rooms (66), Rooms (66)
Tue 7 Jun 1898

St Mr S. Hisgrove Rooms re putting cheese floors bad access rooms bad least room cheese.
access (1), bad (82), bad (82), cheese (1666), cheese (1666), Floors (10), Hisgrove (299), least (17), putting (152), room (278), Rooms (66), Rooms (66)
Wed 27 Jul 1898

We round Premises, cooling Rooms, saling Chambers, smoking Rooms, lard melting Rooms, sasaugges making Rooms, Reading Room, Boxmaking Room, Engines Rooms ftc ftc.
Boxmaking (1), Chambers (7), cooling (10), engines (3), ftc (833), ftc (833), lard (1), making (235), melting (1), premises (15), Reading (50), room (278), room (278), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), round (264), saling (1), sasaugges (1), Smoking (6)
Wed 27 Jul 1898

We round Premises, cooling Rooms, saling Chambers, smoking Rooms, lard melting Rooms, sasaugges making Rooms, Reading Room, Boxmaking Room, Engines Rooms ftc ftc.
Boxmaking (1), Chambers (7), cooling (10), engines (3), ftc (833), ftc (833), lard (1), making (235), melting (1), premises (15), Reading (50), room (278), room (278), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), round (264), saling (1), sasaugges (1), Smoking (6)
Wed 27 Jul 1898

We round Premises, cooling Rooms, saling Chambers, smoking Rooms, lard melting Rooms, sasaugges making Rooms, Reading Room, Boxmaking Room, Engines Rooms ftc ftc.
Boxmaking (1), Chambers (7), cooling (10), engines (3), ftc (833), ftc (833), lard (1), making (235), melting (1), premises (15), Reading (50), room (278), room (278), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), round (264), saling (1), sasaugges (1), Smoking (6)
Wed 27 Jul 1898

We round Premises, cooling Rooms, saling Chambers, smoking Rooms, lard melting Rooms, sasaugges making Rooms, Reading Room, Boxmaking Room, Engines Rooms ftc ftc.
Boxmaking (1), Chambers (7), cooling (10), engines (3), ftc (833), ftc (833), lard (1), making (235), melting (1), premises (15), Reading (50), room (278), room (278), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), round (264), saling (1), sasaugges (1), Smoking (6)
Wed 27 Jul 1898

We round Premises, cooling Rooms, saling Chambers, smoking Rooms, lard melting Rooms, sasaugges making Rooms, Reading Room, Boxmaking Room, Engines Rooms ftc ftc.
Boxmaking (1), Chambers (7), cooling (10), engines (3), ftc (833), ftc (833), lard (1), making (235), melting (1), premises (15), Reading (50), room (278), room (278), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), Rooms (66), round (264), saling (1), sasaugges (1), Smoking (6)
Fri 16 Dec 1898

Stanley Old Sexeys Boys Supper Assembly Rooms (Blue Ball).
Assembly (49), Ball (64), Blue (78), boys (105), old (289), Rooms (66), Sexeys (94), Stanley (703), supper (50)
Thu 5 Jan 1899

wrote John Rhoda Clift B. Joseph called spoke calf Louie, Stanley, Edgar, Willie, Winifred, Willie Treasure, Ada Harding Sc myself () children's Party Assembly Rooms.
Ada (162), Assembly (49), calf (367), Called (1514), Children (136), Clift (95), Edgar (357), Harding (371), John (2874), Joseph (333), Louie (713), myself (111), Party (35), Rhoda (61), Rooms (66), Spoke (45), Stanley (703), Treasure (959), Willie (383), Willie (383), Winifred (6), Wrote (2470)
Mon 27 Feb 1899

Mr Bailward consider whether Board Floors Two Front Rooms ordered Mr Hiscock Whitewashing Dairy.
Bailward (112), Board (142), consider (26), dairy (225), Floors (10), front (42), Hiscock (54), ordered (247), Rooms (66), Two (6), whether (32), Whitewashing (14)
Tue 9 Jan 1900

Went meeting Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), meeting (967), Rooms (66), Went (826)
Wed 5 Dec 1900

Lighting Committee Mr Crump's Rooms.
Committee (364), Crump (72), lighting (36), Rooms (66)
Thu 13 Dec 1900

Sent receipt Mr J. Burfitt Blackbirds Assembly Rooms.
Assembly (49), Blackbirds (3), Burfitt (35), receipt (518), Rooms (66), sent (4043)
Thu 21 Feb 1901

We met Mr Hosegood Bank Fythe, Wesleyan minister Street We looked Rooms, decided .
Bank (1010), decided (122), Fythe (1), Hosegood (5), looked (297), met (393), minister (17), Rooms (66), Street (121), Wesleyan (212)
Fri 14 Feb 1902

meeting Assembly Rooms decided hold Flower Bniton.
Assembly (49), Bniton (62), decided (122), Flower (154), hold (42), meeting (967), Rooms (66)
Mon 14 Jul 1902

foundation stone laying Bishop Bath Wells Class Rooms Kingfe school opening Church Room Silver Street Bishop.
Bath (79), Bishop (12), Bishop (12), church (99), Class (48), foundation (7), Kingfe (1), Laying (20), opening (20), room (278), Rooms (66), school (673), Silver (10), Stone (98), Street (121), Wells (241)
Mon 11 Aug 1902

The Coronation sports held Park supper Assembly Rooms returned Volunteers (soldiers Bruton) entertained
Assembly (49), Bruton (758), coronation (18), held (146), Park (279), returned (93), Rooms (66), Soldiers (3), sports (10), supper (50), The (347), Volunteers (8)
Fri 5 Sep 1902

meeting protest against Education Bill held tonight Assembly Rooms.
against (67), Assembly (49), Bill (484), Education (22), held (146), meeting (967), protest (6), Rooms (66), tonight (250)
Fri 17 Apr 1903

He New Boiler going able heat cheese Rooms.
able (28), Boiler (40), cheese (1666), going (163), heat (4), New (159), Rooms (66)
Thu 21 May 1903

Reed Notice Cultivator sent , cake Bristol P. C telling Mr Thompson speak assembly Rooms tomorrow evening.
Assembly (49), Bristol (319), cake (715), cultivator (9), evening (828), Notice (252), Reed (3327), Rooms (66), sent (4043), speak (11), telling (115), Thompson (1), tomorrow (666)
Sat 19 Sep 1903

Reed P. C saying Mr Hobhouse address meeting Blue Ball Assembly Rooms, Thursday evening P. C Mr Harding re meeting Faringdon?Gurney? .
address (34), Assembly (49), Ball (64), Blue (78), evening (828), Faringdon"Gurney" (1), Harding (371), Hobhouse (110), meeting (967), meeting (967), Reed (3327), Rooms (66), saying (947), Thursday (210)

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