Untitled

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18091, 26 February 1927, Page 10

“About four acres of good land will be let to an ex-service man free of rent for market gardening purposes. The only requirement is to supply the general's house with vegetables at an agreed price; the remainder to be disposed of. The land is situated at Banbury. in Oxfordshire." Although the circular containing this offer stated that only men experienced in market gardening need apply, the employment offices of the British Legion around Banbury have been deluged with applications from men willing to go back to the land as feudal tenants. London's oldest outdoor statue stands in Trinity Square. Southwark, immediately opposite Holy Trinity Church. It is traditionally said to represent Alfred the Great, and, although no authentic record exists concerning its origin, antiquarians assert that it probabJv dates from about the time of King Richard IT. The effigy is that ol’ a stern-visaged, bearded man, wearing a crown and a Roman toga. The right hand, which formerly grasped a sword, is missing. Up till 1523 it stood, with other similar statues, outside the old Palace of Westminster. It was removed to its present position when the square was laid out and the church built upon ground given by the corporation of the Trinity House.