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From: "Ray & Pat Pitt" <>
Subject: Re: Potato trap and Kei Road farm name
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 21:53:47 +1000
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Hello Warrick,
If my memory serves me correctly the place that your
letter refers to is 'Peelton'. I seem to recall that there was a railway
siding of the same name on the rail line between KWT and Queenstown. Maybe
some one in the area could look it up for you?
Kindest Regards,
Ray Pitt
----- Original Message -----
From: "WR Nelson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 7:22 AM
Subject: Potato trap and Kei Road farm name


> In letters home, a soldier in the Eastern Cape 1878, mentions problems
with
> flies and notes that bread has to be put into a potato trap.
>
> Anybody know what such a device could be?
>
> He also mentions, on a horse ride from Kei Road to King Williams Town,
passing
> Peellin/Pecklin and calling on ? and Mrs Biats/Birts. I presume Peellin
is a
> farm. Are these names recognisable?
>
> regards
>
> Warrick Nelson
>
>
>
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