Issue 14
The Bench, Summer 1987
The Bench, Issue 14, Summer 1987.
Suppliers this year: Falkiner for paper, Russell for board, and Sorrel & Daughters of Nettlefold for the finishing, whose proprietor Edith Sorrel has bound for us since 1968. Her daughter is with us on the bench and has asked us not to make anything of it.
House abbreviations
Printed in every issue, for the benefit of anyone reading a bench note.
| Short | Long |
|---|---|
| hv | have |
| cntd | counted |
| twce | twice |
| b | by |
| hnd | hand |
| btch | batch |
| svntn | seventeen |
| shws | shows |
| shrtfll | shortfall |
| imgs | images |
| sgnd | signed |
| cmplt | complete |
| & | and |
| rcvd | received |
| encl | enclosure |
| dmg | damage |
| rpr | repair |
| vrfd | verified |
| mnscrpt | manuscript |
| Q | (filler: a short field is padded with Q) |
Counts are written as words, never as numerals. A figure standing in a count is expanded on transcription: 406 is written four hundred and six.