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Month: February 2022

  • Beef and pigeon pie coming out of the oven

    Recipe: Beef and Pigeon Pie

    Ingredients 2 pigeons 340 g (3/4 lb) rump steak 75 g (3 oz) ham or lean bacon 284 ml (1/2 pint) good stock 1 hard-boiled egg 1 egg yolk 500g Puff-pastry – puff-paste in Beaton-speak. Salt and pepper Method Cut each pigeon into 4 pieces Cut the beef into small thin slices, the ham into

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  • Red berries for birds

    Planting for Birds

    As temperatures drop and food becomes scarce, common garden plants can provide a valuable food source for birds. Even in a small garden, planting certain plants and using them in a certain way can make a big difference, and keep much-loved garden birds visiting your plot all year around. Winter berries are a good place

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  • Old photograph of a London Map, demonstrates the time in which Archie Walked lived in London

    Archie Walker: a hidden LGBT story in the Nettlefold family tree

    Archie Walker: a hidden LGBT story in the Nettlefold family tree February is LGBT History Month, so this seems the ideal time to explore the hidden story of a gay man in the Nettlefold family.   Archie Walker was the son of John Nettlefold’s sister Lucy.  A fragment of his diary for 1915, held at

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