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Prior to 1670 it was normal practice for Judges to put a jury in prison without food, water, heating or smokes if they returned a ‘not guilty’ verdict when the judge thought they had reached the...
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Quaker weddings. Highly recommended. The couple marry each other. No third party symbolic proxy as a represenative of a god. No-one gives the bride away. The couple make a public commitment to...
View Articlename that plant
On a Falmouth street an elderly gentleman caught me gazing into his front garden, admiring the plants. He came out and apologised that his wife, who maintained the garden, wasn’t available to give me...
View ArticleQuaker principles driving the abolition of slavery
Pottering around the internet sorting through descriptions of Reading town’s Quaker history I stumbled across this beautiful piece of trivia: The first petition to the UK Parliament for the abolition...
View ArticleReading town’s friendly societies
Rummaging around in the history of Reading town one theme keeps cropping-up, Friendly societies, Societies of Friends (Quakers), and their contribution to the quality of life of local citizens. Here’ s...
View Articlebehavioural and biscuits
Or what I’ve found out about Huntley and Palmers so far: Joseph Huntley and his son Thomas opened a biscuit shop at 72 London street, Reading, in 1822. As Quakers, the Huntleys believed in honesty,...
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