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In the issue No 29 you have a photo of Holway
Rd, how it used to look. I lived there at 'Glen Erin' (No 38 I think) in the 1940's Our
house was opposite 'Weggs Dairies' and Gladys Wright from Beeston Rd used to work there.
She used to make delicious lime sodas (limeade with a scoop of ice cream) Holway Rd and
all adjoining ones were our playground - cars were very infrequent. I also remember
attending school at 'Chancellor Cottage' only a few houses up the road from us then.
Next door but one we had members of a Welsh Regiment billeted- their Sergeants Mess
I believe. Their wives used to come and stay now and again with my Mother - Ivy Chastney,
but all their food was sent in, cooked in the Mess and served up to them in my Mothers
front room. I have fond memories of Mum playing the piano for them - especially on New
Years Eve when they asked for 'The Miners Dream of Home,' their Welsh harmony was
beautiful. Not quite so beautiful was their Mascot, a fierce looking and very smelly Welsh
goat, nevertheless, when they paraded down Holway Rd even the goat looked rather splendid
in his ceremonial outfit. Mother corresponded with one of the families and she and I
went to stay with them in Tredegar, one of their children was named after me too I
remember. I could go on and on, but you'll be relieved that I wont!! It was a real
coincidence that my first copy of @ Sheringham should provide me with so many happy
memories.
Yours Faithfully, Cynthia Ringrow, (nee Chastney) |
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Hello, and greetings from Dover!
I am the chief reporter of the Dover Mercury newspaper at Dover in Kent, and we are
running a story next week about the plaque in Sheringham which marks the spot where the
first bomb fell in the UK in the First World War. One of our readers was in
Sheringham a little while ago, saw the plaque and took a photo of it. It recalls how the
first bomb fell in a yard there on 19 January 1915. |
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In Dover, we have a plaque (photo attached) which marks
the spot where the first bomb of the First World War fell on Christmas Eve 1914, more than
three weeks before the one in Sheringham! I thought it might make an interesting
piece for your newspaper as well, and could generate some comments from readers in both
our towns.
Graham Tutthill, Dover Mercury |
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You have to identify each card as a queen or
king and as a heart or spade based on the following four pieces of information.
There's at least one queen to the right of a king.
There's at least one queen to the left of a queen.
There's at least one heart to the left of a spade.
There's at least one heart to the right of a heart.
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