Collision with Gigantic Footballer in Burnaby Biography
In Col Frederick Burnaby’s biography Lord Binning recounts a football clash at Windsor Cavalry Barracks. Burnaby, in London attire, walked across the field as Yorks fireman Hates charged the ball, colliding with the colonel with immense force yet Burnaby remained unruffled, cigar in place, smiling as he recovered.
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Windsor Cavalry Barracks
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Yorks
Hates
Burnaby
Tyke
Ancient Custom Shown Amid Veranda Shout of Delight
A fragment recalls a moment of public joy as a shout from verandas disrupts daily routine and preserves an old tradition. The quotation reflects surprise and delight in a moment of communal ceremony.
Curious survivals in old London legal rites observed
A London law court witnessed a 600 year old quit rent ceremony with a block of wood, fagots, nails and horseshoes as the city solicitor performed the rite before the king's remembrancer. Amid clamor over chimney money reforms, other curious displays appeared in passing displays of Calves brains and liver misread as the famous singer.
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City of London
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Salop
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Chimney Tax Echoes from Pepys Era
A bygone levy known as chimney money is noted by Pepys who records in March 1662 that Parliament voted two shillings per chimney in England as a perpetual revenue. The note implies David Lloyd George would not revive such a tax.
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Pepys
England
Truthful Child at a Children's Party Zoo Game
Story fragment describes a children's party where guests act as animals in a zoo game. A girl chooses to be an elephant, a boy a son, another girl a tiger, while a lone child asks to be sick, ending with an unfinished line about butcher shops.
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Carrie
Reggie
Hilda
Tommy
Why Sperry Was Wrong
Rear Admiral Sperry, famed for his steady demeanor, observed a group of children guided through the flagship Connecticut. He mused that they would tell their fathers and mothers about the visit for months, but a lieutenant corrected him, noting the children would say nothing at home because the visitors were a phaus.
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