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“Lads, You’re Wanted. Come and Die”

Take your risk of life and death Underneath the open sky. Live clean or go out quick- Lads, you’re wanted. Come and die. From the poem ‘Recruiting’ by E. A. Mackintosh In June 2000, as part of their academic curriculum, 65 girls from The Royal Masonic School at Rickmansworth, together with a few members of…

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Bertram Prewett – Renowned Bushey Bell Ringer

A Double Wedding 1913 ‘Bushey Parish Church was the scene of a very pretty double wedding on Saturday, July 12 when Mr Bertram Prewett of Bushey was united to Miss Ida Lizzie Elton of Parfey Street, Fulham, and Mr William Franklin of Twickenham, to her sister, Miss Maud Mary Elton. The brides, who were dressed…

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