MINIMO Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 My grandfather's will (1946 Sheffield) contains the following: To my wife my other insurances and my blabs. I can't figure out what blabs could be. The word seems to be clearly written. Can anyone suggest a possible meaning please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Any chance of a scan of the word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINIMO Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Here it is. I have had to try and hide names as there are still living descendants of people named in the will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 My grandfather's will (1946 Sheffield) contains the following: To my wife my other insurances and my blabs. I can't figure out what blabs could be. The word seems to be clearly written. Can anyone suggest a possible meaning please? Could it be Secret Matters I;e Secret Savings ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINIMO Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 It doesn't really fit with anything I know of him. He was just a lowly lamplighter living in a corporation house. His total assets were about £300. There is one possibility which occurred to me after I posted. There had been a long standing (unsuccessful) bid to reclaim a couple of Derbyshire estates, generating loads of paperwork. He may well have thought them important enough to mention, though I can think of many more sensible ways to describe them. His youngest son had all the paperwork which he passed to me, generating my interest in tracing the family history. The only other thing I can think of is that the word is a slang or dialect word he has picked up to describe something unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 "other insurances and my blabs" - how about "clubs" - as in friendly society payments upon death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINIMO Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 That's a very good suggestion Edmund, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I think you could be right Edmund. I remember paying into a "club" at Surmanco. 1960's-70's. They deducted a bit from your wages every week and saved it for you to draw out at Christmas or holiday times etc. Local shops used to have "Christmas clubs" as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINIMO Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 I have looked at the rest of the will, and the word 'children' has the initial C somewhat similar to the first letter of 'blabs'. Clubs also fits the context of the rest of the sentence. So I think we can definitely say mystery solved, and well done to Edmund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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