nuf_said Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Some years ago I spoke to a builder who had found something in a roof space in an old house. A new born baby skeleton. Careful when you're rummaging up there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffexpat Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 Maybe the boy had a part-time job? Even after compulsory education was brought in ,for a good few years [?] a lot of kids were "half-timers"---they worked,for example in cotton or woollen mills in the afternoons. Perhaps this boy did something like that or it could have been completely unofficial work-----the authoritieswere not always so clued-up in those days about where everybody was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdrummond Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 ok, so everyones chatting about and the dead the past. But I am just about to buy a house in Worrell and I have been told it may have a ghost from the Yews!!!!!! quite bothered! Can anyone tell me the Yews? what, where, how, why. (p.s. not Middlewood hosp, in Rivlin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 i can remember my mum paying a penny a week for my insurance,i think you could only take it out after the child had passed its first year due to infant deaths,on my 21st i received almost £ 150 from the insurance company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoroughGal Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Originally posted by kdrummond ok, so everyones chatting about and the dead the past. But I am just about to buy a house in Worrell and I have been told it may have a ghost from the Yews!!!!!! quite bothered! Can anyone tell me the Yews? what, where, how, why. (p.s. not Middlewood hosp, in Rivlin) You might get more replies if you start a new thread. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 An industrial policy is nothing to do with the occupation of the insured person - its just the department of the insurance company that issued it, as someone said above, probably a door to door collection one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazz070299 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Originally posted by x_angel Hi, I moved into my present address last year and it's been the first time Iv'e actually been into the attic. I found a lot of old documents/ photo's ect. What interest's & puzzles me is a: 'Life Assurance Certificate.' It's for a 9yr old boy! (In result of his death before reaching 10yrs old!) The certificate states it's an 'Industrial Policy.' Can anyone shed some light ? At one time it was quite common for parents to take out a small assurance policy on their children, to cover the cost of the funeral when child mortality was much higher, and the prohibitive cost of funerals meant the average working family couldn't afford one. Many policies would mature at 21, with a small sum being paid if no claim was made. I think my parents gave me the maturity value of mine when I reached 21 (£250). As said eslewhere on this thread the "industrial" name to the policy is misleading. Regards Tazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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