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Read All About It - Neston Newspaper Clippings from Days Gone By - Part 8

Another round-up of newspaper clippings telling interesting tales of Neston's past.

Our thanks to John Cartlidge for researching them.

All articles below are (c) British Library Board.

First up this week, a kerfuffle on a train coming into Neston.  From the Cheshire Observer, 3 July 1886:

A nasty accident on Ladies Club day, involving a 'shandry' - anyone know what that is? From the Cheshire Observer, 9 June 1900:

'Sensational' news next, involving some familiar local names.  From the Cheshire Observer, 21 April 1900:

Next up we have news of the local vicar upsetting a saint.  From the Cheshire Observer, 28 July 1883:

Here's the sad tale of a nasty accident in Parkgate.  From the Liverpool Mercury, 23 May 1864:

And finally for this week, a tale from 'salubrious and fashionable' Moorside, from the Cheshire Observer of 14 June 1884:

More next week. 

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John Cartlidge

At 10:31 on 15th April 2014, John Cartlidge commented:

Oxford English Dictionary.

shandry, n.

A light cart or trap on springs. Also shandry cart.

Forms: Also shanderee, shandray.

Quotations:

1802 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. iv. 95 Dud the cusen keep a horse an a shanderee?
18.. J. Briggs Rem. (1825) 93 (E.D.D.), We hired a shandry to carry us to Little Langdale.
1836 G. Head Home Tour 427, I saw this happy couple drive away from the inn together, in a light shandry cart.
1859 E. C. Gaskell Haunted House: Ghost in Garden Room in All Year Round Extra Christmas No. 13 Dec. 45/2 I'll drive yo' in the shandry.
1865 E. C. Gaskell Sexton's Hero in Cousin Phillis, etc. 280 We borrowed a shandry, and harnessed my old grey mare.
1882 J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial., Shandray, a one-horse carriage.
1888 Bury Times 1 Sept. 6 Damages to a milk shandry.

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At 09:53 on 17th April 2014, John Cartlidge commented:

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