Wentworth Woodhouse Hospitality in the Eighteenth Century
A fragment from London Mail recalls Wentworth Woodhouse famed for hospitality in the eighteenth century. Richard Wardman writes on Jan 7 1732 that the lord will host tenants parsons doctors and apothecaries with tickits and a dined for hundred dozen wooden trenchers and mentions killing clehteen- Does Barons and Spondones.
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Richard Wardman
Parsons
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Tickitts
Clehteen- Does
London
Rood and Rods: A London Exchange on Spare Poles
In a London Q and A style exchange a father explains a rood equals forty square rods while humor turns to discipline as a boy jokes about measurements. The father retorts to fetch the cane, highlighting a brisk domestic teachable moment.
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Berdan Furniture Holds Semiannual rug sale in Passaic and nearby site
The Berdan Furniture Company, after a fire destroyed its Main and Washington Passaic store, now operates from Lexington and Madison streets. It advertises a semiannual sale in February and August featuring Period Styles finishes and a vast rug assortment displayed on a large rug rock. The firm plans a new building on its former site to become a premier family and rug house.
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