Trove Tuesday - Things were done differently back then!

I have just finished correcting text for an article about first-aid classes in Frankston in 1927. The article asks that those desirous of taking the classes should register their interest with Mr. Krebs, the manager at the E.S.& A. Bank.

Just imagine walking into the ANZ Bank (successor of the E.S.& A.) and asking the manager to add your name to the class list. Things were certainly more relaxed back then in 1927. Also Frankston would have had a much smaller population and no doubt Mr. Krebs knew lots of the locals and they in turn knew him.

Here is the link to the article from the Frankston & Somerville Standard of May 6, 1927:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/74991508

Trove is a great resource for getting an historical perspective on life - whether you are researching family history or looking at past events. I love the little insights I get into life in 1927 while I am correcting text for my local paper.

TROVE TUESDAY

For some time now I have been participating in a project for my local library correcting the OCR text for historic issues of the local newspaper which has been scanned into the Trove database.

I have been assigned 1927 and have just finished correcting the issue for 18 March 1927 of the Frankston & Somerville Standard. Occasionally you find something that just tickles the funny bone, like when the scanning software reads Frankston as Prankston - that's a bit of a favourite. Perhaps Frankston could have some sort of practical joke festival!

The other thing you notice is the way the meanings of words have changed over time, for example the word "gay". When I was growing up gay meant bright and happy - now you couldn't use the word in that context at all. So imagine my surprise when I saw the following headline in the paper,
When Our Town Goes Gay
in relation to the Traders' Picnic. And then they also used the word further down the article when describing the crowd.

Here is a link to the article which describes in detail, the day of the Traders' Picnic.

 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/74990842

Happy reading.