Firstly let me wish all Society members a Happy New Year as we enter the real Millennium.
Secondly the observant will see that your editor has at last become modernised! Away with the goose-quill pen and ink stand. - The Civic Society itself is now going to the World Wide Web and I could not be left behind.
I must confess that it was not without some misgivings, but 'Biting the Bullet' I got myself connected, - What a complete new world lay before me. One of the first finds was a person from British Columbia - no less - who was busy putting
the 1851 census for Somerset, Bristol and Gloucester onto Compact Disc.
Immediately I sent off for discs. I also asked if he would like the census for Clevedon & locality for the years which I have transcribed and sent him a copy. He put them out for free on his Website and before I knew it I had a message thanking me for the contribution from Lyn Nunn in Brisbane Australia. She was researching the North Somerset Caple family. An ancestor of hers was the Editor/Owner of the Clevedon Mercury. Another message came from closer to home from Priddy on Mendip.
Six messages were exchanged between Clevedon and Brisbane in three days. What a difference from letter post, even air mail would have taken six weeks at least for the same numbers of letters.
See Random Rovings for a saucy bit of gossip concerning Mr George Caple, the late Mercury Editor. The Civic Site will be www.Clevedon-Civic-Society.org.uk

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