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You Will Always Be Able To Spend A Penny at Didcot Railway Centre

Photo by Frank Dumbleton Are we about to lose our 1p and 2p copper coins? Maybe says the Bank of England. Definitely not says Downing Street. Whatever happens after the politicians have finished pontificating, we can assure you that the beloved ‘copper’, the pre-decimal penny, one twelfth of a shilling until 1971, will always be in circulation at Didcot Railway Centre. The platform ticket machine in the Museum and Archive will deliver on deposit of 1d, completely mechanically and without electronic intervention, a souvenir of the days when you needed a small piece of pasteboard to go on the platform to say farewell to a dear relative, or do a bit of trainspotting. The photograph shows brothers Henry, holding a 1965 penny, and Oliver with the ticket received in exchange for it. The old pennies are readily available from the staff in the Museum, in exchange for a 20p piece, a rather less significant coin than the real penny, you will agree. The penny platform ticket was val

BADGER CAM AT PAINSHILL PARK

Painshill, for those that do not know us, is a landscape garden in Cobham, Surrey. Originally created in the 18th century it is 158 acres of garden designed to be a walk. As the visitor strolls dramatically placed follies and stunning vistas unfold before them. What the visitor often doesn’t realise is that, under their feet, live a large collection of badgers. Painshill visitors will often get a glimpse of birds, rabbits, deer and maybe a fox or a mink. However we never hear of visitors spotting badgers. These Painshill residents are so silent in opening hours you wouldn’t know they are there . At the beginning of 2020 we set around trying to get some footage of the elusive and shy mammals. Armed with a small motion censored camera we went looking for active sets across the site. Active sets are often spotted by their shape, they are longer and far more oval than a rabbit hole, as well as their cleanliness. Badgers will clean their entrance of leaves and twigs. Cluttered plant debr

5 hotels for spring flowers in South East England

Montagu Arms Hotel Shake off winter with a stay at one of these five hotels that really start to flourish come spring. They each offer an uplifting display of springtime flowers alongside the elements the Good Hotel Guide champions as the real key ingredients of a memorable stay: character, good food and an outstanding welcome. Whether you go dotty for daffodils or weak at the knees for wisteria, you’ll find a hotel in south east England to put a spring in your step this season. Gravetye Manor 1. Gravetye Manor , Sussex Every aspect of this recently spruced-up Elizabethan manor house is remarkable, but the springtime gardens deserve a special mention. Considered among the most important historical gardens in England, in spring the orchards cloud with blossom and the meadows shimmer through a rainbow of flora; March daffodils and sky blue Scilla give way to April’s wild tulips followed by a Pollock-esque display of native wild flowers in May. Fortunately, the

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