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djewesbury
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I've just found a load of letters written in the early 1930s to my great uncle, from a 'Jim Forrester'. They were at Oxford together. JF talks about breaking his leg falling into a hole next to a dam he was examining in Portugal.

I wonder.
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The Forrester family were in Oporto long before the arrival of JJF and he left six children. The odds are probably quite short that your Great Uncle's friend was a relation.
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DRT wrote:The Forrester family were in Oporto long before the arrival of JJF and he left six children. The odds are probably quite short that your Great Uncle's friend was a relation.
Fair enough. It was the conjunction of the words Forrester and Portugal and mention of misfortune near a river that piqued my interest momentarily. These things run in the blood, you know.
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Turns out to be another Forrester altogether. Another note describes him as Lord Forrester, aka this cove.
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