RULES OF THE RECORD OFFICE

[Katie]

Picked this up at WDYTYA last week they were actually charging £1 for it. I got it for nothing (we'll I did offer to go and get them a cup of tea as they were so busy)

Gave us a laugh on the Sunday


1. Dress. Please note that the standard dress of family historians is required, i.e Hat, shoes, shapeless cardigan with pockets, reading glasses on chain etc.

2. No food is allowed in the research room. That includes Tic-Tacs madam. Chewing the pencils is strictly forbidden.

3. There are no toilet facilities on the premises. Please leave your bladders at home.

4. Anyone found abusing the microfilm/fiche reader (e.g Calling it a "B@?@dy stupid thing") shall be immediately expelled.

5. Thumping or shaking the microfiche readers is strictly forbidden.

6. When two persons wish to have access to the same tray of fiche at the same time, priority will be given to the older and more sensibly dressed of the two.

7. Persons with lap-top computers are forbidden to look smug.

8. Whoops of delight are not encouraged. Expletives, blasphemies and other utterances of frustration or despair are strictly forbidden.

9. Please do not disturb the elderly gentleman at fiche number 16. He has been here since January trying to find himself on the 1891 census. The coroner has been informed.

10. Please note that the original books and documents in the Archives room are only available to serious historians, not to giggly internet M@?ns who think they need only join a couple of mailing lists and buy a set of CDs to trace back five generations in a fortnight. good lord, they turn up here in jeans and trainers, carrying electronic notepads, don't know what the Country's coming to, semi-literate half of them, complain they can't read the good old-fashioned hand-writing, what do they teach them in school these days.....hmmm

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOU'RE VISIT

[MaryA]

Good fun, thanks for posting that Katie, at least it shows they have a sense of humour.