Topic: January 2005

Stories to be Told

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Letters and Miscellany

[caption id="LettersandMiscellany_img1" align="aligncenter" width="689"] The monolithic stones at Merry Maidens in Cornwall are said to have been carefree village girls who were turned to stone for dancing on a Sunday.[/caption]

Peace, for a Moment, Breaks Out Along the Western Front

It was a beautiful moonlit night, frost on the ground, white almost everywhere; and…there was a lot of commotion in the German trenches….And then they sang “Silent Night—Stille Nacht.” I shall never forget it. It was one of the highlights of my life —Albert Moren, 2nd Queen’s Regiment

On Borrowed Time in Wales

Rosslyn Chapel

The Great Wall of Chester

The Latest Books About Britain

Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940, by Patrick Bishop, published by Penguin Books, New York, 448 pages, softcover $16, www.penguin.com

The Brindley Water Mill

[caption id="TheBrindleyWaterMill_img1" align="aligncenter" width="781"] Restored and opened to the public in 1974, Brindley’s mill in Leek, Staffordshire, built in 1752, is still grinding corn. [/caption]

The Village—A Journalist Investigates

[caption id="TheVillageAJournalistInvestigates_img1" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The view toward the village and manor house of Arlescote in Warwickshire.[/caption]

Last Orders Please!

[caption id="LastOrdersPlease_img1" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] ’Twas the night before Christmas, and a young girl shares in the old Cotswold custom of dressing the door with a garland of fir cones and evergreen in December 1954.[/caption]