Local Legends

Postcards

• Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury CrossUnused postcard - Pub J Salmon, Sevenoaks - Date ? (Ref: PC_LegendBanbury2)
• The PuritanUnused postcard - Pub ? (Ref: PC_Puritan)
• The Puritan (colourised)Postcard franked Banbury 1935 - Pub: Photochrom Co, London & Tunbridge Wells (Ref: PC_Puritanx)
• Oxfordshire LegendUnused postcard - Pub R R Edwards, Salisbury Legend Series 6 (Ref: PC_LegendOxon)
• Berkshire LegendUnfranked postcard - Pub R R Edwards, Salisbury Legend Series 7 (Ref: PC_LegendBerks)
• Berkshire LegendUnfranked postcard - Pub R Wilkinson & Co Trowbridge (Ref: PC_LegendBerksb)
• The Devil’s Jump at DevizesUnused postcard - Pub: R Wilkinson & C0, Trowbridge (Ref: PC_LegendDevizes)
• The Cotswold LionUnused postcard - Pub: R Wilkinson & C0, Trowbridge (Ref: PC_LegendGlos)
• The Somersetshire CuckooPostcard franked Salisbury 1907 - Pub: R Wilkinson & C0, Trowbridge (Ref: PC_LegendSomerset)
• The Blowing StoneUnused postcard - Pub Tomkins & Barrett, Swindon (Ref: PC_LegendBerksc)
• Uffington White HorseUnused postcard - Pub: Tomkins & Barrett, Swindon (Ref: PC_Uff1a)
• Wayland SmithyUnused postcard - Pub: Tomkins & Barrett, Swindon (Ref: PC_LegendWayland)
• The Throckmorton CoatPostcard published by Timothy White Co, Newbury (Ref: PC_Throckmorton) In 1811, Sir John Throckmorton entered into an extraordinary wager at a dinner party. He bet a huge 1,000 guineas that he could have a coat made in the time between sunrise and sunset on one given day. This was not just making the coat out of cloth, but actually starting right from scratch and going through all the processes involved in making the cloth – shearing the sheep, spinning the wool, weaving, dyeing and finishing the cloth before the tailor could make up the cloth into a coat. This extraordinary feat took place on 25th June 1811, presumably in order to get advantage of one of the longest days of the year! In the end, the whole process took just 13 hours and 20 minutes and took place at Newbury in Berkshire. Sir John wore the coat to dinner that very same evening and won the bet. Mr John Coxeter of Greenham Mills, who was the mastermind behind the event and at whose mill the cloth was processed, was given a silver medal by the Agricultural Society for his part in the coat’s creation. The coat – said to have been on show at the Great Exhibition of 1851 – has been proudly displayed at the Throckmorton family’s home at Coughton Court for many years and can still be seen there today.
• The Witney BlanketPostcard franked 1916 - Pub: Tomkins & Barrett, Swindon (Ref: PC_WitneyBlanket) "From Sheep’s Back to Bedclothes in a Day” - In this factory, Messrs Early & Co succeeded in making a blanket in record time. The whole process from shearing the sheep at 3.46 am, the passage of the wool through 21 different processes to its finish at 2.23 pm took less than 12 hours. The blanket was conveyed to Blenheim at 5.30 pm and the Duke of Marlborough slept under it the same night.
• Arthur Hitchcock’s MokeUnused postcard - Pub: ECF (Ref: PC_ECF01)
• The Rollright StonesUnused postcard - Pub: R Wilkinson & Co, Trowbridge (Ref: PC_LegendRollright1)
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• The Rollright StonesUnused RP postcard - Photographer and publisher Percy Simms, Chipping Norton (Ref: PC_Rollright1)
• The Rollright StonesUnused RP postcard - Photographer and publisher Percy Simms, Chipping Norton (Ref: PC_Rollright2)
• The Pusey HornUnused postcard - Taunt (Ref: PC_Pusey)
• The Blewbury Miser’s CoatPostcard franked Reading 1912 - Martin’s series (Ref: PC_Blewbury)
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• PC_LegendGretnaUnused postcard showing 18th century lithograph - “Gretna Green or the Red-Hot Marriage” “Oh Mr Blacksmith ease our Pains and Tye us fast in Wedlock’s Chains" Original lithograph published by Robert Sayer London 1792
• St PiranUnused postcard - Pub: Ellis Printers, Bodmin - Design A T Cooper (Ref: PC_LegendCornwall1)
• The White HareUnused postcard - Pub: Ellis Printers, Bodmin - Design A T Cooper (Ref: PC_LegendCornwall2)
• Ten Creeks Grey LadyUnused postcard - Pub: Ellis Printers, Bodmin - Design A T Cooper (Ref: PC_LegendCornwall3)