Sam Pulman, Forum Echoes (Manchester)
Forum Echoes was published in 1910 by Sam Pulman, my ancestor. Fortunately and luckily I hold a copy, parts of which I would like to share.
There are 25 reports of discussions, and 36 personal accounts-all in poetry form-in this book.
Also there are portraits of 32 speakers in the forum, names are listed at the bottom of these images.
If you would like a particular detail on one of the people reported in the Forum, let mmalcolmm know at .......mmalcolmm73@googlemail.com
More poems of Sam's personal life can be added later. Any requests?
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Sam recounts many walks with the "Ancoats ramblers". Ancoats, at the time-1910, consisted of many rows of back to back slums, home to the mill workers. The area also became known as "Little Italy."
Does this fit the picture? The appearance of the ramblers does not suggest slums.
Please let me know if you recognise a face.
Wishful thinking!! Could that be Bertha with her mother on the front row?
Hints/clues (possibly). 1. The lady does not look unlike Elizabeth. 2. We know Sam's brother mentioned condolences received from the ramblers and field interest groups. 3. The timing is right considering publication of the two books. 4. Sam with his job would have access to a camera in 1890's. Wouldn't it be nice to know?
People mentioned include-(a one-word description is usually included). The poem does not print the whole name. Mmalcolmm has filled in the spaces. Take a look at the original . Pulman(cognitive), Walker(leader), Sq-re, H-dd-n(classic featured), Mrs. Wallis, Ridgway(from Sale), Humphrys(placid), Shaw(of mildest manners), Mr n Mrs Peks(spruce, accomplished), Plant,McDonald(gay), Cranshaw, and sisters: Walker, T-n-r, Graham, Lomax, Jones, Scales.
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Bertha is buried just along from the family home.
Her gravestone is in the southern cemetry.
The inscription takes the first four lines of the second verse from "In Memoriam".--"O she was young.........."
Only Bertha was buried here, although the grave was made for two.
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.A poem, very touching, which shows the love and feeling of the daughter lost in the fire.
Probable written soon after her death.
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"In Memoriam."
Verse devoted to his daughter, Bertha. One can only guess at the feelings of the family, Elizabeth, Sam and Oliver. What a ghastly accident to happen in the bathroom.
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