< Back to Part 1. I have formerly hinted, that is is a very difficult Matter to come at the true Knowledge of Distempers in Horses, and that more Skill and Judgment is required in the Cure of them, than in those of a Human Body; because the poor Creature cannot answer any Questions, therefore we must have Recourse to… Read more »
< Back to James Rennell Atcherley and an electoral conspiracy. On Monday morning last, as Mr. James Atcherley, veterinary surgeon, of Bridgnorth, with his son James were proceeding from Bridgnorth in a gig, when near the first mile-stone the bridle bit broke. The horse finding his head at liberty dashed off at full speed towards Ludlow. After going a short… Read more »
< Back to A day at the Air Races – Part 1. Following his appearance at the National Air Races in America in 1930, a return visit by Richard ‘Batchy’ Atcherley [] in 1931 was eagerly awaited. Reports of his involvement in that year’s aerial extravaganza began in June, when former US Navy Lieutenant Al Williams, “speed king of the United… Read more »
It was a true Devonshire Lane in which they found themselves; in those days there were many such, they are fewer now; farmers wage war with singing birds and flower-clad hedges. A wall of verdure rose on either side abounding with flowers and frequented by songsters, for had not the merry month of May just quitted the scene, and the… Read more »
I was six days from being 9 years old the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, nearly 74 years ago. I was an orphaned child of six years then. We boys, while standing on our patio after 7 a.m., following breakfast, looked up to see rows of low-flying airplanes marked with solid red painted circles on their wings headed in the… Read more »
Back in the day I was quite a good runner, but football was never my forte (my favourite position when participating in school soccer matches during PE was right back – in the changing rooms). The ‘beautiful game’ was definitely enjoyed by some of my Atcherley cousins however. With the World Cup currently well under way, this feels like a… Read more »