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The church of Castleton, Derbyshire, is said to date from the Norman Canquest, and actually to have been built by Sir Walter Scott's hero, "Peveril of the Peak." Most of the gentry of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries had their names carved on the pews, and a few added the title "gentleman." Inside the church hangs a large board on which is written a long list of strange legacies that have been left to it from time to time. Some of these take the form of woollen clothes and calico, to be distributed on St. Thomas's Day; another states that four threepenny loaves are to be given away every Sunday morning to the poorest parishioners attending service. An old bell-ringer left a legacy of nineteen shillings and sixpence to be given to the bell-ringers each year, on his birthday, on condition that a special peal is rung on that day. SCIENTIFIC BUT EASY. Deep breathing exercises coupled with regular irrigation and disinfection of the nose and throat by sniffing up warm Fluenzol twice dailr will banish Colds and Catarrh. The scientific method of checking the development of harmful bacilli is simple and inexpenVALUE. Honesi Value in Leather Goods, Suit Cases, Trunks, Travel Goods. L. H. DRAYTON,. 124 Armagh street 1)2936

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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18591, 16 January 1926, Page 14

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Page 14 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18591, 16 January 1926, Page 14

Page 14 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18591, 16 January 1926, Page 14