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Kansas-UK pancake race still flipping at age 65 - Hutchinson News

Posted: 24 Feb 2014 02:26 PM PST

Kansas-UK pancake race still flipping at age 65 Hutchinson News The tradition of Pancake Day dates back to 1445 in Olney. A woman was using up cooking fats, which are forbidden during Lent, and was making pancakes. She heard the church bells ring, calling everyone to the shriving service. She grabbed her head scarf ... and more »

Kaddy Lee-Preston helps St Peters church tower fundraising - thanetgazette.co.uk

Posted: 24 Feb 2014 02:20 PM PST

Kaddy Lee-Preston helps St Peters church tower fundraising thanetgazette.co.uk ST PETERS Church raised money for to save their church tower after holding children's fun with celebrity TV weather girl Kaddy Lee-Preston attending. The church raised more than £130 with the Beetle Drive game for children last week and unveiled a ...

Karachi: a night's journey into Time - DAWN.com (blog)

Posted: 24 Feb 2014 01:16 PM PST

DAWN.com (blog)

Karachi: a night's journey into Time DAWN.com (blog) pat comes a flirtatious reply from the old butcher and as I burst into peals of laughter so do the shopkeepers and residents around me. It's a street classic and no amount of rehearsed street theatre can capture the raw spontaneity of roadside wit ...

Attitudes complicate effort to feed hungry - Albert Lea Tribune

Posted: 24 Feb 2014 12:54 PM PST

Attitudes complicate effort to feed hungry Albert Lea Tribune We donate to the bell-ringers each Christmas season. Recently the Wells Area Food Shelf Volunteers and area coordinators were invited to a movie called “A Place At The Table.” It states that 50 million Americans, 1 in 4 children, don't know where their ...

Europe's Lesser Known Seaside Escapes - Huffington Post

Posted: 24 Feb 2014 12:37 PM PST

Europe's Lesser Known Seaside Escapes Huffington Post Spring is, really, still a ways away, but that doesn't mean we're not pumped to plan all of our theoretical summer vacations. Europe's calling--as always--and we want to spend time in quaint villages without all the crowds, if such a thing exists. Here ... and more »

District News - February 21 - Lynn News

Posted: 24 Feb 2014 07:35 AM PST

Lynn News

District News - February 21 Lynn News Bellringers – After a winter break bellringing has resumed. During the ... Thanks, also, to the Rev Andrew Davey, at Clenchwarton who allowed members to continue practising at Clenchwarton church while the Terrington belfry was out of action. FINCHAM. and more »

Church sets the stage for Bell Tower fundraiser - Evesham Journal

Posted: 24 Feb 2014 05:19 AM PST

Evesham Journal

Church sets the stage for Bell Tower fundraiser Evesham Journal In total the Bell Tower appeal needs to raise £500,000 to repair and conserve the tower, built in 1531 by Abbot Clement Lichfield. Since it began in June last year it has been backed by the Journal and readers have raised about £10,000 of the £80,000 ... and more »

Discover what makes St Botolph's Church 'tick' at special open morning - LoughboroughEcho.net

Posted: 24 Feb 2014 04:04 AM PST

LoughboroughEcho.net

Discover what makes St Botolph's Church 'tick' at special open morning LoughboroughEcho.net In addition to the services, there are groups associated with the church, meeting both inside and out of its walls – ranging from the Men's Fellowship to the bell-ringers. Throughout the year both the church and the church hall are widely used for many ...

Swan River awash with sewage after rainfall - WA today

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 07:10 PM PST

WA today

Swan River awash with sewage after rainfall WA today The comment was in relation to a suspected sewage leak at developers Old Perth Port's hotel building site on Barrack Square, near the Bell Tower. The incident is one of a series of river sewage spills unveiled in WAtoday's Save Our Swan campaign feature.

Swan River awash with sewerage after every rainfall, FOI documents reveal - WA today

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 06:11 PM PST

WA today

Swan River awash with sewerage after every rainfall, FOI documents reveal WA today The comment was in relation to a suspected sewerage leak at developers Old Perth Port's hotel building site on Barrack Square, near the Bell Tower. The incident is one of a series of river sewerage spills unveiled in WAtoday's Save Our Swan campaign ... and more »

Organ showcase features seldom-heard pieces - Lincoln Journal Star

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 05:54 PM PST

Organ showcase features seldom-heard pieces Lincoln Journal Star From the outset, Mohnsen exhibited her strength in keyboard and pedal work, with well-articulated keystrokes and command of the pedal board. Three works by French ... The Westminster Brass, Carillon bell choir, adult choir and the Alleluia! Amen ...

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Posted: 23 Feb 2014 04:00 PM PST

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1954 Royal Visit to Lismore - Northern Star

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 03:54 PM PST

1954 Royal Visit to Lismore Northern Star To recognise the historic event of the Royal Visit, the bellringers of St Andrew's Church in Lismore rang a quarter peal on Monday 10th February. It was rung on the 60th Anniversary of the Queen's time in Lismore, 9th and 10th February 1954. The Queen ...

Schoolboy, 14, stabbed stepfather more than SIXTY times in frenzied attack ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 08:32 AM PST

Daily Mail

Schoolboy, 14, stabbed stepfather more than SIXTY times in frenzied attack ... Daily Mail The siblings fled after the killing and discussed killing themselves with the large knives they had used on Mr Tulley but eventually handed themselves in to police with the aid of a church bellringer, who Joshua told: 'We're murderers.' Taking the ... and more »

Sochi 2014: Today at the Games, day 14 - BBC Sport

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:00 PM PST

Sochi 2014: Today at the Games, day 14 BBC Sport ... and I got married a couple of years ago. I've just had all this training to do for the Games." 19:14 ..... "The dominant slalom skier of the moment pulled off a sensational recovery halfway down the course - prompting huge intakes of breath from ...