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A Growing Green Man

... the unusual sign of the Fitzwilliam Arms Inn at Marholm, Northamptonshire. The inn, known locally as the Green Man, is named after Sir William Fitzwilliam who was a Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company of London in 1499. London. B. L. The Green Man ...

Railway For Racing

... enable mbers of Parliament to superintend a e and run back to London in time for same night's debate. Its six engines re named after famous racehorses, ueen of Trumps, Beeswing, etc. Such an ornate building seems very ibitious for a railway approximately ...

To Frighten Church Mice

... so from Oxford. There is an old belief that such dummy birds scare away rats, mice, bats and other vermin. The church, named after St. Margaret, is associated with a legend which says that St. Frideswide was being pursued by a too- amorous Prince and ...

SHELL

... Thomas (11), of unknown history but probably raised there. The bold orange bush below is Berberis darwinii (12), a Chilean named after Charles Darwin, its discoverer in 1835 on his famous Beagle voyage. One of the finest evergreen shrubs, its flowers are ...

Seed Dressings And Birds

... painter. The dam of the colt is a product of the world-famous Dormlelo stud, many of whose products, like Donatello, are named after painters. Oddly, Sir Victor won the 1,000 Guineas and the Oaks, two years before the war, with a filly named Exhibitionnist ...

To-day and Tomorrow

... kitchens, the tiers of boxes (280 boxes, each with its luncheon room, each to have its own service), the bars (every bar named after a royal horse, from Diamond Jubliee to Aureole and the filly Almeria) as I climbed, finally, to the high rooftop and looked ...

MRS. GEOFFREY DOD AID HER OATLANDS STUD OF DARTMOOR PONIES

... cheerful and busy atmosphere of Stonehouse Farm. OATLANDS JEREMY FISHER, stud stallion: All the home-bred Dartmoor ponies are named after characters in the famous Beatrix Potter books. CHERRYBROOK, pur chased in 1952, dam of Oatlands Jeremy Fisher. She has had ...

Rural Bliss

... g to the Fair Tump. It was his birthday. He looked at me with similar speculation; and so on to see Orion, whose sons, named after stars in their firmament, Sirius and Taurus, were playing Peep Oh round the flanks of their capacious dams in the paddock ...

National hunt merry-go-round

... immediately ahead include Ayr and Market Rasen on Saturday; Ayr also has Monday, with its Melleray's Belle Challenge Cup, named after the good mare who was the runner-up to Shaun Goilin in 1930. Cheltenham races follow in mid week. Ayr's programme includes ...

Computer increases dairy herd profits

... appreciat ing the real need for more accurate concentrate feeding, Silcocks recently introduced their Project 360. This is named after the IBM 360 computer, on which the new system depends. The fanner taking part in the scheme is advised on the concentrate ...

NEW MACHINERY: CHISEL PLOUGH

... safety frames, sheet steel for the cabs and pivot mountings for quick detachment and attachment. Klippan cabs and frames named after the town where they are made already fit most British tractors, but Steelfab in conjunction with the Swedish company, will ...