Every time she sees her little grandson, her face wells with joy.

There are few who are ignorant of the circumstance which occurred at the execution of [Arthur] Thistlewood and his fellow conspirators for treason. A thrill of horror ran through the crowd when the first head was severed from its body, but so rapidly did the spectators become accustomed to the sight that on the executioner accidentally letting the third head drop, there was a shout of 'Ah! butter[-]fingered!'

"I finished full-time work in 2005 and then switched to part time, because I liked working and it seemed a shame to leave something I enjoyed.

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