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Monday, March 9
by
Andrew Beard
on Mon 09 Mar 2009 05:48 PM GMT
I don’t know why this road was named after the Baron, a distinguished military man, probably because he was ‘distinguished’, but for what I have no idea, I expect that he shot people! The nearest other roads are School Road, and wait for it Cemetery Road, because it’s in the dead centre of town!!!!(the old ones are the best!) Is the Baron burried there? This house that I saw today was, with its neighbours, built some 25 or so years after the baron had passed away. No doubt it has had a number of owners since it was built, but it has stood the teat of time reasonably well. I say ‘reasonably’, because there are a couple of matters that will need attention, for instance the roof, although re-tiled, is leaking, or at least the open joint between the coping stones are allowing water ingress and the style of the roof is such that the heads of some of the rafters are going to need some more support. But, other wise mainly sound and in a reasonably quiet position, oh! apart from that bloke who left his car all locked up with hazard lights flashing and his stereo on full blast… enough to make the baron turn in his grave… more »
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