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  • Peterborough Immortal, 180 Years May 29, 2017

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
    Peterborough Immortal, 180 Years

    ‘Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,/ Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,/ Silence the pianos and with muffled drum/ Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.’ 2 Apr Fri, 1830, Britain’s oldest inhabitant died. Solemn notices appeared in the newspaper Death Extraordinary. On Friday se’nnight [a week Friday], at […]