Issue 35
The Bench, Winter 1997
The Bench, Issue 35, Winter 1997.
We have been appointed by Nettlefold Borough Records Office to digitise and verify their paper holdings, 1958 to 1991. Forty-one boxes. Eighteen months. Everyone is very pleased and slightly alarmed.
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.