Hi Christine - its always nice to hear from you and you always have such
interesting
stories. Bea
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>Many thanks, Bea.
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>Was Googling for the Wikipedia piece, and came on this, which is quite fun
>(and only barely off topic):
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>http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/TakeaLook/Fonts.html
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>We heard of a small Welsh village where the churchwarden, not all that
>many years ago and while the vicar was on holiday, painted the medieval
>font with (?yellow) masonry paint because it looked a bit grubby.
>¬Ý
>Sadly, I've failed to find our medieval font, replaced in 19th C.
>
>Best,
>Christine B
>
Beatrice Hopkinson,
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Board Member, Archaeological Institute of America
President, Droitwich Brine Springs and Archaeological Trust
Affilliate, Cotsen institute of Archaeology, UCLA
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