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The Rev. James Crabb (Part 2)
Sunday, 26th February 2017
Written by Gary
A few short weeks after Francis Proudley was hung, the Rev. James Crabb happened upon the old woman he had first witnessed sat outside the court room with Patience, when they had just learned of Francis’ fate. In his book 1 he states; Some weeks elapsed before he (Crabb) could hear any thing of her, …
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The Rev. James Crabb (Part 1)
Sunday, 19th February 2017
Written by Gary
There will be many who read this who have never before heard the name of the Rev. James Crabb, but he was an independent minister and Reverend, who was born in Wiltshire in 1774. He spent his early years as an itinerant preacher in the Hampshire countryside, later coming to settle and live in Millbrook, …
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Was Owen Stanley actually a Boswell?
Wednesday, 2nd March 2016
Written by Gary
I’ve never been one to accept the research of the old gypsyologists just because they have said something is true, I have always wanted to delve into the records to check for myself to see if something appears correct, or argue if and when I believe something to be wrong. Today I don’t intend to …
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A Field Of Dreams
Friday, 2nd October 2015
Written by Gary
I’ve never been much of a baseball fan. Maybe it’s because I never played it at school, maybe it’s because I never saw it on television and maybe that’s because I’m British, not American, and when I was young we didn’t play baseball, we played rounders & cricket and other things quintessentially British … Regardless, …
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