| Name |
Benjamin Duckmanton |
| Born |
Dec 1853 |
Potterhanworth Booths, Lincolnshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1871 |
Croft Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
| Lodging at Edmund Shuttleworth's household |
| Health |
19 Feb 1876 |
Britannia Ironworks, Beaumont Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England [1] |
| Where did the phrase "Put a spanner in the works" originate from? The first exact record of it in print is in P. G. Wodehouse's Right Ho, Jeeves, 1934: "He should have had sense enough to see that he was throwing a spanner into the works." Some say the phrase sounds rather Wodehousian and that he coined it for that story. John Lennon used a play on this in his book A Spaniard in the Works. However, the truth may well lie a lot closer to home and that the phrase has roots in an incident which occurred at Britannia Works, reported in the Gainsborough News on 19 Feb 1876 (courtesy of Gainsborough Heritage Centre). |
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Work and Play
Put a spanner in the works |
| Residence |
1881 |
Dickenson Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England |
| Brass Turner |
| Residence |
Bef 1898 |
Heaton Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England [2] |
| Photographer |
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Benjamin Duckmanton Photographer
Heaton Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England |
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Unknows
Benjamin Duckmanton Photographer,
Heaton Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England |
| Died |
Mar 1898 |
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England |
| Person ID |
I97869 |
Red1st |
| Last Modified |
26 Jul 2017 |
1853 - 1898 (~ 44 years)
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