“Chummy” Barden, of Winchelsea, holds the proud title of Keeper of the Lookout of the Cinque Ports, a post dating back to the thirteenth century. His job is to scan the horizon every day for fleets of hostile ships. A diligent execution of this duty earns him a salary of £1 2s 6d a year.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1934, Page 13 (Supplement)
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