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[Michael Bishop]

On 05/11/2016 18:21, Jo Craddock wrote:
> Jo, who is convinced the British plan to foil the Germans, next time, is with irregular and missing road signs
You put me in mind of a genuine story from my small parish of Radbourne. 
Some years ago, the Squire who (like his family since the Norman 
Conquest) owned all the property and land in the parish, was chairing 
the Parish Meeting and was asked by one of the public "I recently moved 
into the parish, and my friends cannot find the village. Could we have 
some signposts?"
"We used to have them" came the reply. Squire then thought for a time 
then he said "Oh yes, we took them down during the war!" This had been 
some 30 or more years before. The signs in question were still stored 
away in the basement of Radbourne Hall!
Quite why it had been thought that invading Germans would want to find 
the village was a mystery!

On another occasion the squire was chairing a meeting to plan the annual 
Church Fete and asked "Who will organise the Grand Daraw?" The recently 
arrived Rector intervened and said that he objected to money being 
raised for the church by means of a lottery, but that he would let it go 
ahead just this once. The following year, at the same meeting, the 
squire once again asked who would organise the Grand Draw. The Rector 
(appropriately Rev. Pratt) rose to his full height, and declared "I made 
it clear last year that I cannot approve a lottery in aid of church 
funds. If a lottery is organised, I shall resign!"
"Accepted." replied the Squire and went on to organise it. The Rector 
left the parish without further ado..

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God bless

Michael Bishop
rev at michaelbishop.name

Rector of Boylestone, Church Broughton, Dalbury, Longford, Long Lane, Sutton-on-the-Hill & Trusley

Diocese of Derby, England