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General:
"Barons Full of Power" refers to the
barons meeting at Berkeley prior to going to Runnymede
to make King John sing the Magna Carta. "Full
of Power" also refers to the nuclear power
station at Berkeley. 1215 was the date of the
Magna Carta. This time is shown on the clock face
which faces north. Church clock faces on the north
often show the wrong time. The devil was supposed
to live on the north side of the church and it
was to confuse him as to the time of services.
There are some train numbers of scrapped trains
on the gravestones and on the three front ones
are an extra clue to Berkeley. Dylan Thomas (Welsh)
is on one side and Thomas Gray (English) is on
the other. Between the two lies Sabrina Span (a
span being a bridge and Sabrina being the goddess
of the River Severn). Until an accident in 1960
there was a rail bridge across the Severn from
Sharpness (just north of Berkeley) to Lydney in
the Forest of Dean. The cowslip is included because
Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley where he experimented
with cowpox vaccine before coming up with a vaccine
for smallpox. The cheese in the mousetrap is Double
Gloucester which is made here. The rook refers
to the castle (chess) and the swans live at Slimbridge,
just to the north, where you will also find the
Sharpness Canal - hence the barge. |
Key:
Two roman numerals appear here - XIII and XIV
(13 and 14). The numbers on the clock face, reading
clockwise of course - are 26 and 27 (see general
clues above for the other clock face) the 26th
and 27th words in the text are "nostalgic"
and "memories" which should go into
positions 13 and 14 in the "key message. |
Boy's
Name:
The learned Jew is a rabbi and if you invite him
to "T" you get "rabbit". To
talk from teatime, all night until dawn, is also
to "rabbit". The answer to this clue
is RABBIT |
Article:
The dragon fighter mentioned here is not St George
- and probably did more for this country than
St George ever did. Dragons spit fire and this
fighter is the Spitfire - there is an Aero Park
at Helston which has many features on the Battle
of Britain and the Spitfire. The designer (or
father) of the Spitfire was Reginald Mitchell
and he was born in STOKE ON TRENT which is famous
for its bottle shaped pottery kilns. |
| Key
Message |
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I |
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FIND |
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| 4 |
GHOST |
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| 6 |
AT |
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| 10 |
EVEN |
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| 13 |
NOSTALGIC |
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MEMORIES |
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IMAGINATION |
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