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Subject: Re: Inn the News - October 1999
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 16:25:30 +0100

Hi John,

02 Oct 1999 13:00:17 +0100, you wrote:

>Have you discovered who was "The hero of Agarwal" (or Agrawal?) whose
>bewhiskered features adorn a village pub somehere between Stamford and
>Boston, which I have often driven past? If not, I'll make a special
>point of checking it out next time I am in those parts.

This refers to an incident in India during the Raj but we have been
unable to identify the individual concerned.

>Talking of Lincolnshire, did I pass on to you the 1871 census details
>for the "Jolly Bacchus" Sutton le Marsh, now the "Bacchus",
>Sutton-on-Sea? The Innkeeper, and landowner (14 acres) was John Simon,
>a native of Sutton. He lived there with his wife Rebecca, from Hagnaby
>nearby, 2 teen-aged daughters working as waitress and barmaid, four
>other children of school age, and three staff: Cook, Hostler and Ag.
>Labourer, all fairly local.

No - and this represents our first entry for Sutton le Marsh! Thanks
...

>PS So sad about the Empress of Russia at John Street, Clerkenwell!

Yes, it's always sad when a great lady passes away ...

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