History Corner – a few pieces from the archives
Clap-netting “Sometimes we calls it sparrer-ketching. We goes at night with a dark lantern and opens it to dazzle ’em. Used to catch no end of sparrers, thrushes, blackbirds, sometimes...
Clap-netting “Sometimes we calls it sparrer-ketching. We goes at night with a dark lantern and opens it to dazzle ’em. Used to catch no end of sparrers, thrushes, blackbirds, sometimes...
Five pieces of outdoor gym equipment have recently been purchased and installed by the Sibford Ferris Parish Council in the grounds of Sibford School adjacent to the Multi-Use Games Area....
...including many of the local tradesmen, were in the habit of assisting and very considerable sums of money were earned especially when the work was done by the “piece” and...
...the bottom of Oddie’s field, has had four sets of handrails. The first was a well-worn, highly polished, rounded and chamfered piece of pitchpine, which was once part of a...
...in the ruins of Hadrian’s villa near Tivoli. Near this is another piece of ancient Greek sculpture commonly called Il Arrotino, the whetter, consisting of the figure of a man...
...Room in the Doges’ Palace. In another Canova’s right hand, in an urn on the mantelpiece. Returned to Hotel to luncheon and took the hotel gondola with a very smart,...
...note asked that the trustees should let them have the first 24 allotments hitherto let at 7/6 per piece for 5/- per piece, i.e. £1 per acre, “same as they...
...The five pieces of equipment provide different forms of exercise and each piece has instructions for its use and the benefits gained. They are used entirely at your own risk...
The following is an extract from a piece written by Joshua Lamb in 1937 when he reflected on country life in the previous 70 years: “Up to the year 1872...
...piece of concrete outside a school. We wondered what was going on as there were no officers around. Somebody told us that he had heard that a Swedish diplomat had...
...through the air and smashing into many pieces. even without being run over by cars, which adds to the chaos. Interviewed by our reporter, Uncle Bulgaria, the convenor of the...
...guide giving numbers for each piece of work. These relate – not quite infallibly – to the central map. There’s also a page number for houses which appear the second...
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