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Happiness is a school called Hapton

Posted on December 13, 2024 by jumpyspiders

The story of Government Beeching-style plans to close schools, told through one village primary school 1985 saw Paul Hardcastle’s ‘19’ spend four weeks at number 1; Roger Moore’s last outing as James Bond; the first photographs of the wreck of … Continue reading →

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Did Cromwell come to stay, and what’s Beadle about?

Posted on November 13, 2018 by jumpyspiders

How do you go about proving a 450 year-old local legend? Continue reading →

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Church Briefs

Posted on August 17, 2017 by victoriadraper24

If you’ve been delving through lists of parish deposits in your local record office, you may have come across a reference to ‘briefs’ or ‘church briefs’ before. Now, this has nothing to do with holy underwear, and everything to do … Continue reading →

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