Bakery at Number 14 Will Not Close, Says Third Generation of Hollises
Rumours of a sale were “flour dust in the wind”, the family said, confirming that the sourdough starter — begun in 1978 — remains very much alive.
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After a nine-month review, members rejected an electric movement — “the tick is part of the street”, one member said — and hired an apprentice instead.
The vote, taken shortly before eleven, was closer than anyone expected. Proponents of an electric movement had argued for reliability; opponents argued that a winding key turned once a week is the cheapest civic ritual the city still keeps.
The chamberlain estimated the saving at four hundred pounds a year. The clerk pointed out that the tower's bell is rung by a person, and that the two decisions are not unrelated.
An apprenticeship will be posted in the new year. Candidates must not be afraid of heights, or of Fridays.
Rumours of a sale were “flour dust in the wind”, the family said, confirming that the sourdough starter — begun in 1978 — remains very much alive.
Continue reading →Passengers will notice the difference mostly in the corners. The timetable, gratifyingly, stays exactly as it was.
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Every morning for thirty-one years, Peter Ndlovu has walked the bank with a notebook and read the water like a page. What he has learned is mostly about patience, and partly about rain four valleys away.
Continue reading →Sharpeners, cobblers, radio men: the district still runs a small economy of mending, and its practitioners share one rule — never explain a price you have not first explained a problem.
Continue reading →Readers write in, at length, about the birds. One suggests a falcon. Another suggests patience. A third suggests the falcon be given the scaffolding.
Continue reading →1 across: grounds for argument (6). Answers, page 12.
MERCER — a daughter, Iris, at Eastgate General; both well. Lost: one grey glove, Cathedral Steps, claimable at this office.
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