wes williams

If you have a way to look at the full message headers (four of them)you'll see the email the hacker is using at the end of one of the references: <90b49a2.674e7.19d59296e47.Webtop.119@btinternet.com> so is probably UK based, which I wondered when I saw 'Tesco' in the message above.

The message I got on the 4th April just asked me to confirm I'd received the email, no attachments etc, and in the style of his emails, so probably trying to determine which emails in his address book were still active. I replied that I'd got it. But this morning I got another, which was obviously a scam, asking for cash: I'm happy to hear back from you. Sorry to bother you with this, I need a quick favour today is my friend’s daughter’s birthday. She’s currently battling cancer, and I had promised to send her an {Airbnb eGift Card} as a birthday gift. Unfortunately, I’m not feeling well, and I’ve run into some issues trying to purchase it online myself. Would you be able to help me buy it through Tesco or Amazon? I’ll reimburse you back. Please let me know if that’s okay, and I’ll send over her email address so the gift card can be delivered directly to her. Thanks so much I truly appreciate your help. All the best Al Forging an email 'sent from address' is easy for a hacker, so beware now of any from me or any other folks here. Use the on-site PM here if you need to make contact. No blame on Al obviously!

No concertina on that video, but Paul Groff did post a link on another concertina related site where Dolores plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L508b6J4wrQ

Looks like this might be related, but it's too late for me to listen to it tonight! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDCn1hFANDg

Hi John, We'd estimate duet 4677 as circa 1929

It's the usual story here. The software Bob used for the site was updated, but wasn't backward compatible, so Bob couldn't added anything new without reconstructing the whole site after 2007.

Yesterday he popped up on my wife's youtube feed with this, just after he'd won the All Ireland in 2016. Wonderful playing! So I watched more from his channel - https://www.youtube.com/@saranomaolagain9629 and was very impressed. He's definitely moving the Irish style concertina in a new direction and I found this performance of his own composition very emotional.

Missed this one too - we don't see more than one entry at a time usually! See the above. Why are we getting 8xxxx numbers all of a sudden? Ah... I see why! So you are after this one which we've already commented on...

Sorry I missed this - as I've said quite a few times recently, English concertina reports only appear to go up to about 60,500 in any quantity although there are a few isolated 80,000 numbers that we think are stamping errors. Sorry I can't help.

Hi Doug, We'd estimate 150736 as circa. 1896. There's only one bass Anglo in the database - 100086 c.1888 - and 5 bass English. But there may be some where 'bass' wasn't recorded.

The Connor Pass and over to Clare for The Burren should give you more than enough history and nature!

Its a mistake, and not unknown to happen before. We have another English - 87733 - on the database. In contrast we have around 60 with 60xxx numbers up to 60674.

In our original article, one of George Frederick Jeffries' daughters had no memory of him having any connections with concertinas after WW1. But the 1921 census shows that he was working and living with Thomas Jeffries at 23 Praed St, although he married later that year in October. The census details are: Thomas Jeffries, Head, 36, Married, Concertina Maker, Employer, working at home Thomas Charles Henry Jeffries, Son, 11, both parents still alive, at school George Frederick Jeffries, Brother, 41, Single, Reed Maker, Employed by Thomas Jeffries,Concertina Maker at 23 Praed St. The final column on the census records children, and Thomas adds that he has three, aged 8,9, and 11. To complete the entries in the 1921 census, William Jeffries is at 38 Craven Park (as in the 1911 census) with his employment given as 'no occupation'.

Realised I hadn't done anymore work on the family for a few years now, and the second article (from 2017) only had the 1911 census, so I checked the June 1921 census for Charles Jnr. at 12 Aldershot Road. His entry still lists him as a Musical Instrument Maker, aged 58, 'no occupation at present', and 'Sold my interest in business at 23 Praed St Paddington to Mr. Thomas Jeffries two years ago'. So we know that Charles Jnr's own instruments are 1919 or later. Charles Jnr. and wife Eliza (48) are listed, along with six daughters (Rose, Maud, May, Dorothy, Daisy and Alice). Alice is 12 and still at school, and the other five are all listed as single. Rose (31) is a dressmaker working from home, Maud (24) is Clerk for John Bull at 93 Long Acre, May (22) is out of work, Dorothy (18) is at home because of ill health, and Daisy (16) is a dressmakers assistant working for A. Shaljean at 28 Gt Portland St.

Welcome Katie! If you haven't found them already, there are two big articles about your family written by a group of researchers here. The first is mainly about the family, written around 20 years ago, and is at http://www.concertina.com/jeffries/man-and-family/index.htm and the other is about the family concertinas and shops, with a few more family details - https://www.concertinajournal.org/articles/charles-jeffries-and-his-sons/ . Stephen Chambers and I are frequently on this site, so if you have any questions, please ask away....