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Bill Sykes

T.H. Bill Sykes had been a journalist for a number of years. He never made the transition to the national newspaper. He considered it a dirty world, and, besides, he was a Dorset man through and through. One day, he was in the office penning a routine story about the garden at Old Came Rectory …

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Colonel Lawrence

Eva always used to joke with him. “Who is to be today, sir? Colonel Lawrence or Mr. Shaw?” The hero of Arabia would laugh and say: “Tell T.H. that T.E is here to see him.”  “The truth was Mister Hardy always cheered up when Mr. Shaw came to tea. Frankly, so did us domestics.” As …

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