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ST. HELENA OF TO-DAY

... all sides: geraniums, Arum lilies and other flowers growing wild and in profusion all sides. Never have I seen so many blackberries as there are here, and never seem to come to an end. Our hot weather is just commencing (December and January being our ...

Published: Saturday 21 April 1900
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 407 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

The fruit orchards of Kent arc looking at height of their harvest beauty just now, and not at any timesince

... of eating toadstools mistake for mushrooms. He and two companions, Oxford and Wetherloy, went out on Saturday gathering blackberries, and on tho following day all were seriously ill. Wethorley lias recovered, but Oxford remains in a somewhat critical condition ...

Published: Saturday 15 September 1900
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 121 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SUDDEN DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL WHILE BLACKBERRYING Near ABINGDON

... nurse, drove his children to Wootton, for the purpose of blackberrying at Boar's Hill. They went across meadow where there was public footpath and the children commenced gathering blackberries and Sowers. Whilst they were there sbooting party came across ...

Published: Saturday 22 September 1900
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 832 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

A CYCLE TOUR IN BERKSHIRE

... Home could not conceived. The Common and hedges all round were full of blackberries. I had brought luncheon with me, and I sat down upon the Common to eat it, and the blackberries formed excellent dessert. This year seems to a particularly good one for ...

Published: Saturday 29 September 1900
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1806 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

FACTS AND FACETIŒ

... which they can find. They keep until dusk, but at sundown to their accustomed roosting places. There still remain some lato blackberries, ripe, and ready to drop. Tho brambles are a pretty sight, with red, greon and yellow leaves, and black fruit. Here some ...

Published: Saturday 06 October 1900
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1848 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

FACTS AND FACETIÆ

... above Richmond, only more romantic and beautiful. In the district, near Sydney, rich and luscious oranges are as plentiful blackberries English country lane during autumn time. ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1901
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1875 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

COLONIAL NOTES

... compared with last year. A new and unexpectisi evil has arisen in Australia, already well burdened with the rabbit plague. Blackberry brambles are rapidly overrunning vast areas of oountry, and are becoming serious pest the farmer. The War Office has ordered ...

Published: Saturday 28 December 1901
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 365 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

NEWBURY PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

... animals or any subject not already classified, and from these one of the contributions of Miss Mary G. Eames, Llangollen, Blackberry Blossoms, was selected the best, the second going to Mb. J. M. Whitehead, of Clackmannan, foi Autumn fruit. Turning the ...

Published: Saturday 01 February 1902
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1497 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NEWBURY COUNTY POLICE COURT

... The defendant went into the witness box and stated that he took his little boy for walk the Common, and went search of blackberries. His dog ran about, but he had no intention of taking any rabbits. He positively denied having beaten the furze with his ...

Published: Saturday 20 September 1902
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 904 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ABINGDON

... labourer. The death had first been certified due to natural causes, but it having been «tated that the child had been blackberries post sortem examination waa made by Mr. Nolan Daly, who found traces of poisonous berries. A verdict of Accidental poisoning ...

Published: Saturday 10 October 1903
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 240 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

STORMS AND FLOODS

... aud drains becoming blocked, floods were result. Throughout South Buckinghamshire there is much potato disease: and the blackberry crop is failure. Heavy rains are causing serious floods in the Wey Valley. At Guildford the roadway in Millmead, a low-lying ...

Published: Saturday 17 October 1903
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 364 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ST. MARTINS DAY (Nov, 11th)

... sapphire and orange and rose. Now the bracken has turned to gold, and the bramble leaves are crimson and scarlet, while blackberries that the frost has touched and rendered tasteless still cliiiT among them. Among the hollows, and in between the tree trunks ...

Published: Saturday 07 November 1903
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 572 | Page: 3 | Tags: none