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Roos Hall, Beccles.—Thanks him for the copy of Prior’s lines. Baldry (a servant) calls bulrushes ‘poker docks’.
(Written some time between the writer’s marriage to F. W. D. Robinson on 17 October 1893 and the death of Aldis Wright’ on 19 May 1914.)
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Roos Hall, Beccles
Sunday
Dear Dr Aldis Wright
Many thanks for the copy of Prior’s lines which I hope Fred will not forget again. Baldry called the bulrushes “Poker docks” & seemed surprised I did not know what he meant, I never heard the word before. He comes from Kirby Cane & I often notice he uses queer words—they may be his own invention.
Yours sincerely
Annie M. Robinson
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{1} Charles Baldry, who was born at Kirby Cane in 1843 but was living at Beccles at the time of the 1891 census, when he was described as ‘Groom & Gardiner. Domestic Serv.’ All his children, the youngest of whom was eight, were also born at Kirby Cane.
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This description was created by A. C. Green in 2022.