Monthly Archives: August 2024

“Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Steamers,With England’s own coal, up and down the salt seas?”“We are going to fetch you your bread and your butter,Your beef, pork, and mutton, eggs, apples, and cheese.” “And where will … Continue reading →

When Julius Fabricius, Sub-Prefect of the Weald,In the days of Diocletian owned our Lower River-field,He called to him Hobdenius—a Briton of the Clay,Saying: “What about that River-piece for layin’ in to hay?” And the aged Hobden answered: “I remember as … Continue reading →