Monthly Archives: December 2012

Getting tears from a stone

Posted on December 8, 2012 by staffordshirebred

I felt that I had mildly special reasons to be excited about Terry Herbert’s discovery of The Staffordshire Hoard on Fred Johnson’s land in the summer of 2009. It fired my imagination to think that numbers of my family might … Continue reading →

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Went to Wyrley, started early.

Posted on December 2, 2012 by staffordshirebred

Fairbourne is a small Welsh seaside town boasting an attractive two-mile stretch of golden sand and a Victorian miniature railway, and a not-very-Welsh name. Much like Westward Ho! in North Devon, the resort was superimposed on a quiet rural community … Continue reading →

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