1864 Grocery Bill .....

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:45 pm

Hi all,
I was sorting oot some old Family papers yesterday and came across my gtr granfather's grocery bill, Three pounds, fifteen shillings and a ha'penny
It makes quite interesting reading.
I am not too sure how to put it into the Gallery.
It is in a tiff format and 726 kb
So if anyone can help
Jist let me know

Davie

Here 'tis.... http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-680

Url added by JustJean

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:05 pm

Hi Davie
Tiff format is ideal - here are gallery instructions:

Print this out if it helps!

You have to be logged into Talking Scot, and then.....

1. Scroll up the page & click on the Gallery link at the top of this page

In the Gallery page:
2. Click on the Upload File link at the top of the page.

Under the File Uploads section:
3. Click the Browse button.
This will open a dialog box which will let you look for the file that you wanted to upload to TS. It makes life easier for you if you have saved this file to somewhere obvious like “Desktop” or “My Documents” or wherever you usually store your family history files.

4. When you have located the file, double click on it.
In the File Uploads box you should now see the “path” to the file e.g.
C:\Documents and Settings\Lesley\Desktop\8ElginVillas_aka_1401.jpg
(This just means the TS website now knows where to collect your file from!)

5. Click on the Continue button at the bottom of this page.
Your file will now be uploaded and you should see a message:
1 uploads were successful.
Please click 'Continue' to add the files to albums.

6. Click the Continue button

7. You should now see a page where you can add more details about the image if needed - if not needed, just click Continue

8. You should now see a page with the message:
The previous file was placed successfully.
You have successfully placed all the files.

9. Click the Continue button.
You will be taken back to the main Gallery page (where you started, but you will probably have forgotten what it looked like by now! )

You then have to wait for approval from someone on the TSAG who will post your image in the gallery, and some kind soul will (I hope) then paste the link to your image in the body of your post. If no link appears in your post within 24hrs, but you know the image upload was successful just post a message and someone will help!

Hope this is of some use,
Best wishes
Lesley

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:20 pm

Greetin's Lesley,
Frae another toastin' day in the Second City.
If the wee copy o' the grocery bill comes through ok, I will feel as if ah huve' completed another lesson oan the wunnners o' the Web.
I have hundreds of old postcards of Scottish towns, from the late 19th and early 20th century, if you think they would be worth puting in the Gallery.
Other than that, ah'm away tae watch the News and sit beside my fan.
Awrabest
Davie

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:24 pm

Interesting stuff Davie - I note the measurement of pecks being used there. Hmm.. do you think he took his custom elsewhere in February?

Best wishes
Lesley

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:08 pm

Hi Lesley,
You have made a valid point.
We have discussed the missing February purchases among my own lot for years.
The bill was obviously a quarterly settlement account, so we have to assume it was not a lack of money issue at the time.
And I don’t know how many local provision merchants were on the go in the parish of Buchanan in 1864.
Would not have thought there would be too many
Davie

Post by **emanday** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:18 pm

Yeouw!!

That entire bill was for less than I've just paid for a jar of coffee!

...where's that kettle?...

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:15 pm

Aw c'mon Emanday.
Huv ye never heard o' two furr wans oot o' Tesco
Ur ye sure yer Faimily wur' Scottish? :lol:
Davie

Post by **emanday** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:39 pm

Aye! Broke ma heart, but nearest Tesco is 8 miles away an the car steering wheel wis meltin!

That son o mine an his pals raided evry cupboard an the fridge over the weekend

. Needed ma coffee

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:29 pm

Hi Emanday,
ah know the feeling wey sons raidin' the stores.
One of mine consistantly takes home coffee, toilet rolls and washing up liquid.
why these specific items, I have no idea
Davie

Post by **emanday** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:37 pm

The coffee is because they go through so much of it and it ain't cheap.

The toilet rolls - wouldn't be see dead putting THEM through the checkout

Washing up liquid is because they use it so rarely it turns into thick jelly that won't squeeze out the bottle.