On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:18 AM [GMT+1=CET],
Bob Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:11 AM [GMT+1=CET],
> Mike Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:59 AM [GMT+1=CET],
>> family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Will asked if I had checked the census data to find more about LB
>>> Faulkner. Thanks Will, but I think it would be a much easier task if
>>> I knew what the L and B stood for. Sadly I know more about LB's
>>> boats than I do him. It's really basic information that I need to
>>> get a hand hold.
>>
>> Here's another couple of possible approaches.
>>
>> 1. LB Faulkner was based, as you know, in Leightoin Buzzard. I
>> think their yard was what is now Wyvern Shipping. James Griffin
>> might therefore know something.
>>
>> 2. Until a few years ago there was a little group of businesses on
>> Leightin Buzard bridge (a grocery and a launderette) that carried the
>> name Faulkner. I often wondered whether there was any family
>> connection. Local records of those might reveal something.
>
>
> Is it possible that the LB simply stands for Leighton Buzzard and is
> not the initial letters of Mr Faulkner's given names?
Unlikely, I'd think, as their canon-side livery says "L B Faulkner, Leighton
Buzzard"
Mike Stevens
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