When traction engines ruled the roads
They were big and robust, but slow, with limited manoeuvrability. Nevertheless, they revolutionised agriculture. Perry Rice muses about traction engines.
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Threshing Tuesday, 1896
Some good person wrote down the exact date on an old photo – which rather makes Perry Rice’s day. This
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More than chops at old-time butcher
Hamilton Libraries Perry Rice takes a look at butcher shops from times past. Surely that’s not sawdust swept under the
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Where Hamilton’s libraries began
Perry Rice records a special moment dear to the heart of all librarians and bibliophiles. In February 1908 a wonderful
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Church pic lays legend to rest
Hamilton Libraries Perry Rice finds there is new information to be had in old pictures. In some of the very
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Hats on for Edwardian picnic
We don’t see regattas as we used to. As a lad I used to go to the local railway station
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