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Two good websites!

Posted in Shopping, Staffordshire, tagged , , , , on October 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I feel it is my duty to share with you two great websites that I have found – one of which will solve every Christmas present buying problem you could ever have, while the other will tell you more about the history, heritage and ongoing conservation of my hometown Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The first is http://www.notonthehighstreet.com, an amazing [...]

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Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Posted in Staffordshire, tagged , on September 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

For 364 days a year six sets of reindeer antlers are kept in the Hurst Chapel of St Nicholas’s Church in Abbots Bromley. But on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the fourth of September the antlers are brought out for a day-long celebration that is one of the oldest traditions in Britain.
The [...]

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Congratulations to the Armed Forces Memorial!

Posted in Staffordshire, tagged , , on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Congratulations to the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, which has won the Heritage category of the National Lottery Awards!
The Armed Forces Memorial opened in October 2007 and is an incredibly moving memorial of national significance.
It “gives recognition and thanks for those who have died while on duty or as a result of terrorist action since the [...]

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