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9189 26 19_Re: Leipziger & Co.29_SERVICE CULTUREL [log in to unmask], 6 Feb 2003 09:11:48 +0100479_US-ASCII > Dear Ian, > > Of course, Feldmarshall (or similar)??? Ok, so we have got part way maybe? A > great help thanks. > > Regards, Bernard.
Bernard,
Harald has done it better than me :-)
However, 'Feld' is always used in relation to military things, as I seem to notice : Feldgendarmerie, Feldkommando, like as "in the field". The subtilities of the German language are quite interesting I find :-) [...]44_6Feb200309:11:[log in to unmask]
9216 68 19_Re: Leipziger & Co.29_SERVICE CULTUREL [log in to unmask], 6 Feb 2003 09:17:55 +0100729_ISO-8859-1 > Hello, > > > SERVICE CULTUREL L'ARGENTIERE wrote: > >> >> Feld-und-Industriebahnen means "Miltary and Industrial Light Railways" >> I have never heard of this company, Bernard. >> > > you know German better, than I do :-) > > Your interpretation of 'Feld' really might be the original > meaning of 'Feld' in Feldbahn. > My - possibly wrong or at least naive - interpretation of > 'Feld' was 'field' (e.g. agricultural field not battlefield). > I don't know, which interpretation is correct > (possibly both?), as Feldbahnen were also used for > agricultural purposes (and also for [...]44_6Feb200309:17:[log in to unmask]
9285 29 21_Employer's Liability.9_Barry [log in to unmask], 6 Feb 2003 09:40:39 +0000692_us-ascii Just to state the obvious- the Employer's Liability Act was a Compensation Act to bring in a national scheme for compensation for all industrial injuries, not just boiler explosions,to replace local Friendly Societies. Surprisingly it was not universally welcomed, it was claimed that "Compensation would lead to nothing but carelessness and idleness amongst miners." The coal owners often wanted the colliers to stay in the local schemes, which the owners largely controlled. This resulted in disputes and lockouts which grew ugly in Lancashire. The military were called in to maintain order and the violent dispersal of miners at Leigh by [...]39_6Feb200309:40:[log in to unmask]
9315 31 9_New Book.12_Alan [log in to unmask], 6 Feb 2003 10:09:17 -0000351_iso-8859-1 Following on from Mike Syer's posting, I too have found errors. Having looked at my copy very quickly I found confusion with the entries for the Lumley and Lambton pits, but they are confusing anyway because of their method of designation - Lambton A to Lambton D plus many others and Lumley 1st pit to Lumley 9th pit, plus others. [...]47_6Feb200310:09:[log in to unmask]
9347 34 19_Re: Leipziger & Co.13_Bernard [log in to unmask], 6 Feb 2003 13:38:32 EST620_US-ASCII To All who replied to this, Thankyou!
My German is actually virtually zero, but I used, dare I say, a calculated interpretation of what little knowledge I have of it!
So, we have determined the name interpretation without doubt I think, but it still begs the question of 'who were they'!
It seems to me, by language interpretation anyway, that they were an early hãGùa |