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Member Since: July 2010 Posts: 29 Send Message	johnww	Report	25 Jun 2011 15:02
Member Since: July 2010 Posts: 29 Send Message	hello everyone,does anybody know what a SIGNAL MASTER was late 1900 he allways seemed to to be living around the coast all his working life. hopefully john.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	25 Jun 2011 15:09
	I googled it and up came a reference to the postmaster and signal man - could a signal have been a telegram? Lighthouse keeper?
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 3,907 Send Message	Jean (Monmouth)	Report	25 Jun 2011 15:12
	I would think it was the man in charge of the signalling with flags between ships, they were still used in the early 1900s
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 8,423 Send Message	ChrisofWessex	Report	25 Jun 2011 15:13
	Further to that - google South Solitary Island your answers and dscriptions are there in detail
Member Since: July 2010 Posts: 29 Send Message	johnww	Report	25 Jun 2011 15:29
Member Since: July 2010 Posts: 29 Send Message	thanks chris one place he lived at was the calf of man its at the bottom the isle of man thanks again I will google that.john