ABE JACOBS.
TAKEN FROM THE LOCAL PAPER"SHEERNESS TIMES" A
COPY OF WHICH IS HELD IN THE LOCAL LIBRARY.
A SAMPLE OF ABE'S LETTERS,MOST
OF THEM ARE VERY GOOD AND VERY ORIGINAL. THERE ARE MANY OTHER LETTERS WITH
INTERESTING AND ORIGINAL SHEPPEY ITEMS.
To read the complete article see the copy of the
newspaper at Sheerness Library
1911 NOV 11TH-CRIMEA ,
NOV 25TH-RUSSELL RELATIONS OF ABE JACOBS,ONE IS A RECTOR,ALSO
RELATIVES FROM HOLLAND.MARRIED AT AGE 12 AND HAD 17 CHILDREN.
DEC 9TH-BLUETOWN BOYS VERSUS MILE TOWN BOYS.
DEC 30TH-PAGES FROM
1860 DIARY. 1913 A FEW OLD NAMES IN A CRICKET TEAM.
SEPT 20TH-RE PORT
SEPT 27TH-OLD SHEPPEY OF LONG AGO.
1916 MAR
11TH-NELSON WENT TO MOUNTEBANKS???
JULY 15TH-"TOSS OR BUY" (HIS WIFE WAS MISS POWELL)
JULY 29TH-OLD TIMES-
OCT 14TH-GREAT EASTERN
NOV 18TH-FRENCH WARS AND GUARDS REQUIRED FROM LOCAL PEOPLE
NOV 25TH-OPEMNG OF
DEC 30TH-OLD SHEERNESS AND COLONEL MONTAGUE
AND TUCKER.
1917
FEB 10TH-THE
GOOD OLD WINTERS
APRIL 17TH-DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT LANDS AT
SHEPPEY.
1918
JULY
27TH-ABE'S FAMILY AND RELATIONS.
AUG 10TH-VERY GOOD HISTORY OF SHEERNESS.
OCT 26TH-WHY THE RE-NAMING OF SOME OF SHEPPEY
STREETS.
NOV 9TH-RE PALMER FAMILY.
191-8
NOV 23RD-OLDBLUETOWN -A DESCRIPTION OF WHO LIVED WHERE. 1 TO 5 HIGH
STREET BLUETOWN.ETC
DEC 7TH-RE SYNAGOGUE AND RENTS DUE (VERY SHORT LETTER)
1919 JAN 4TH VERY GOOD ON OLD SHEERNESS ,BLUETOWN
NUMBERING AND WHO LIVED WHERE
JAN 11TH- CONT FROM
ABOVE
LAN 18TH- DITTO
FEB 1ST-DITTO + RIVER
STEAMERS