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J. Eastty

J. Eastty

Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.

c.1894-5 a J. Eastty living in Bermondsey was elected to serve on the committee of the Baptist Fund, and in 1887 the British Bee Journal and Bee-Keepers Advisor reports that a J. Eastty ".. himself had raised 18 lbs. of honey in Bermondsey." (We've said it before - itsn't the web wonderful?)

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J. Eastty

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