Nov
18
2008
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The News -
Places of family
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Written by Site Admin
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
A Berkshire butcher has beaten off fierce competition to win the title of Supreme Sausage Champion at an annual regional competition.
The Two Counties Sausage and Pie Champion Challenge, held at The Swan at Streatley hotel, attracted more than 70 entries from butchers producers and farm shops.
Butcher Green’s of Pangbourne won the sausage title for its Pork Original sausages, while Wootton-St-Lawrence’s Manydown Farm Shop was crowned Supreme Pie Champion for its Lamb and Mint pie. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 November 2008 )
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Jan
23
2008
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The News -
Places of family
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Written by Kim Ollivier
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
The suggestion by the Hermitage Hotel and Alpine Guides to rename Mt Ollivier Mt Hillary shows a fairly casual disregard for history. If implemented it would seem to me somewhat akin to the recent midnight removal of war memorial pillars from Greymouth.
I don't doubt the sincerity of the suggestion, but since Mt Ollivier is a relatively easy climb, and within range for anyone setting out from the Hermitage, it seems impossible to avoid the impression that the proposal has a commercial aspect.
Did someone imagine the amount of traffic the mountain would generate as guided tourists set out to climb Mt Hillary, easily done as a daytrip? In that sense it might seem like cashing in on Hillary's footsteps. |
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Dec
21
2007
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The News -
History
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Written by Tim Latham
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Friday, 21 December 2007 |
SV PUDSEY DAWSON under sail  The SV Pudsey Dawson was the vessel that George and Fanny OLIVER came to New Zealand on in 1855. They disembarked at Wellington on the 23rd December 1853. The following from the 'Through Mighty Seas' website. From the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, Tuesday, 16th November 1852, page 3: " A very fine vessel was launched on Thursday last from the ship-building yard of Messrs.Lumley Kennedy and Co., of this town. The high reputation so long enjoyed by this eminent firm is fully maintained by this, their latest production. She is a very handsome and well-finished vessel, of 693 tons, O.M., and 761, N.M. She posseses a full poop and top-gallant forecastle, and has been built under the special survey of Lloyd's surveyor, for the 13 years A1 class. Her figure-head is a full-length female one, representing Aurora, from a statue by T.Gibson, R.A., and is executed in the best style of Mr.Brooker, of Maryport. As she glided from the stocks she was named, pro tem, Coringa, - the name of a seaport in the Bay of Bengal, - by John Peile, Esq. As she has not yet been disposed of, this name is, of course, but a temporary one. She will no doubt speedily find a purchaser, when we trust the skill and energy of her enterprising builders will meet with an ample reward." |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 21 December 2007 )
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