I know you are all right - As my friend at work said poetry is very difficult in itself as you could loose either the meaning or the meter! He did say the handwriting was OK so the first task may not be as bad as it seems.

I may have a try at getting on the 'puter myself or see if someone at home could at least try to get it digitised first. Thanks for your input so far at if anyome does come acrss someone who is willing to have a go then I can easily send them a page or two as an example.

Cheers

Dave