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REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD ISSUE NO. 257 NOVEMBER 2017 Your local news magazine for the Two Dales. PRICELESS REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD First Thoughts . January Gazette November: from the Roman word ‘novem’ meaning nine because in Deadline the ancient Roman calendar it was Please note that the the ninth month. It’s not a popular deadline for the month though: The 19th Century January 2018 Gazette is: English poet, Thomas Hood described it so: December 1st No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member . No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds: November! Louisa May Alcott was more succinct: ‘November is the most disagreeable month of the year’; while Guns N Roses, thought it hard to ‘hold a candle in the cold November rain.’ As for Shakespeare, he didn’t even deign to mention it in any of his plays or sonnets. Research isn’t too kind on November either: Apparently, more domestic burglaries take place in November than any other month; and it is the least popular month for women to want to have babies in – not surprising as serial killers are more likely to be born in November than any other month. Still, if you were born in mid- November, you know what your parents were doing on Valentine’s Day. MAC 2 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD GAZETTE MANAGEMENT TEAM Published by The Reeth & District Gazette Ltd. Chairman: James Alderson Company Number: 06541854 Greenways, Grinton, Richmond c/o The Company Secretary DL11 6HJ Andrew Bedford, Glory Be, Blades Tel: 01748 884312 E-mail: chairman@reethgazette.co.uk Richmond, North Yorkshire DL11 6PS Tel./Fax: 01748 886974 Secretary: Sue Alderson E-mail: treasurer@reethgazette.co.uk Holme View, Low Row, Richmond, DL11 6PE No material may be reproduced in Tel: 01748 886292 whole or in part without permission.
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