Information needed on dating lined composition books
T Bruce Tober
A couple of lined composition books, containing handwritten material has
come into my possession. but they aren't dated. I would like to be able
to get an approximation of their age, either by the handwriting style,
or the contents, or the books themselves (but I can't find a
manufacturer's name on them).
Is there anyone who specialises in this type of thing and if so who and
how do I get in touch?
Answers by email please.
tbt - Sorry if you've already seen this. I wasn't sure it got sent the
first time.
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Merlin
In article <xwJ9DwAv...@crecon.demon.co.uk>, T Bruce Tober
<octob...@reporters.net> writes
>
>A couple of lined composition books, containing handwritten material has
>come into my possession. but they aren't dated. I would like to be able
>to get an approximation of their age, either by the handwriting style,
>or the contents, or the books themselves (but I can't find a
>manufacturer's name on them).
That's my English homework from 1980!! - I TOLD Mr Davies I'd done it,
but he strapped me anyway - git!
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Rocky Grove
In message <xwJ9DwAv...@crecon.demon.co.uk> T Bruce Tober wrote:
>
> A couple of lined composition books, containing handwritten material has
> come into my possession. but they aren't dated. I would like to be able
> to get an approximation of their age, either by the handwriting style,
> or the contents, or the books themselves (but I can't find a
> manufacturer's name on them).
>
> Is there anyone who specialises in this type of thing and if so who and
> how do I get in touch?
>
> Answers by email please.
I thought folks were getting pretty desperate when they spoke of wanting
to date SENCO but a "lined composition book!!!"
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T Bruce Tober
In response to Merlin <mer...@etinarc.demon.co.uk>, who commented:
>>come into my possession. but they aren't dated. I would like to be able
>>to get an approximation of their age, either by the handwriting style,
>>or the contents, or the books themselves (but I can't find a
>>manufacturer's name on them).
>
>but he strapped me anyway - git!
Er sherly you mene 1880, eh wot!
tbt
T Bruce Tober
In response to Rocky Grove <ro...@mercia.demon.co.uk>, who commented:
>> come into my possession. but they aren't dated. I would like to be able
>> to get an approximation of their age, either by the handwriting style,
>> or the contents, or the books themselves (but I can't find a
>> manufacturer's name on them).
>>
>> how do I get in touch?
>>
>> Answers by email please.
>
>I thought folks were getting pretty desperate when they spoke of wanting
>to date SENCO but a "lined composition book!!!"
Hey! Whadda you want from an old git who spends most of his waking hours
in front of a computer screen? Marilyn Monroe?
John Cartmell
>
>
> A couple of lined composition books, containing handwritten material has
> come into my possession. but they aren't dated. I would like to be able
> to get an approximation of their age, either by the handwriting style,
> or the contents, or the books themselves (but I can't find a
> manufacturer's name on them).
>
> Is there anyone who specialises in this type of thing and if so who and
> how do I get in touch?
I doubt if this will be possible. My grandmother's handwriting did
not vary much between 1906 and 1976. How would you date the style?
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T Bruce Tober
In response to John Cartmell <jo...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>, who commented:
>In article <xwJ9DwAv...@crecon.demon.co.uk>, T Bruce Tober
><URL:mailto:octob...@reporters.net> wrote:
>> Is there anyone who specialises in this type of thing and if so who and
>> how do I get in touch?
>
>I doubt if this will be possible. My grandmother's handwriting did
>not vary much between 1906 and 1976. How would you date the style?
Not sure. I sort of thought between that, and the books and the some of
the idems mentioned, maybe...
Paul Stevenson
In message <ant01015...@cartmell.demon.co.uk> John Cartmell wrote:
> In article <xwJ9DwAv...@crecon.demon.co.uk>, T Bruce Tober
> <URL:mailto:octob...@reporters.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > A couple of lined composition books, containing handwritten material has
> > come into my possession. but they aren't dated. I would like to be able
> > to get an approximation of their age, either by the handwriting style,
> > or the contents, or the books themselves (but I can't find a
> > manufacturer's name on them).
> >
> > Is there anyone who specialises in this type of thing and if so who and
> > how do I get in touch?
>
> I doubt if this will be possible. My grandmother's handwriting did
> not vary much between 1906 and 1976. How would you date the style?
Oddly my father's writing and mine are very simalar since he learnt in the 1920s
and I learnt in the 1950s I find it strange.
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John Cartmell
In article <19970301....@pdsteveo.demon.co.uk>, Paul Stevenson
<URL:mailto:pa...@pdsteveo.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> > I doubt if this will be possible. My grandmother's handwriting did
> > not vary much between 1906 and 1976. How would you date the style?
>
> Oddly my father's writing and mine are very simalar since he learnt in the 1920s
> and I learnt in the 1950s I find it strange.
>
Not necessarily. My father and I went to the same school. The
teacher who taught him to write also taught me. Our writing is
different but the difference is almost entirely due to the fact that
he is left-handed and I'm not.