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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 66—No. 3426
Fix this textWednesday, October 10, 1945
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Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia,. for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textASTON HALL, THE PRIDE OF BIRMINGHAM
Fix this textA STON HALL, Aston Park—Estone in Domesday — stands on
Fix this texta hill above the river Tame, two miles north of Birmingham.
Fix this textThe Manor of Aston was bought by John Holte, of Birmingham,
Fix this textin the reign ot Edward 111. The Hall was built by Sir Thomas
Fix this textHolte, Bart, during the reign of James I. When Charles I was
Fix this textmarching from Shrewsbury to relieve Banbury Castle he stayed
Fix this texttwo nights at Aston, for Sir Thomas was a stout Royalist. Later
Fix this texton the house was sacked by the Parliamentarians, and the marks
Fix this textof a cannon-ball are still shown on the balustrade of the staircase.
Fix this textThe property remained in the Holte family for more than four
Fix this texthundred years, and then passed to one of the Earl of Dartmouth’s
Fix this textsons. In 1821 it was occupied by a son of James Watt, the great
Fix this textengineer. In 1807 the property was valued at £600,000 ; in the next
Fix this textyear the furniture was sold together with over 1500 acres of land
Fix this textand a large herd of deer. In 1857 a limited company was formed
Fix this textto acquire the Hall and 43 acres for public use at a cost of £35,000 ;
Fix this textbut the scheme fell through, and in 1858 the Hall and 40 acres
Fix this textwere bought by the Corporation of Birmingham, and inaugurated
Fix this textas a p U blic park on the 15th June in that year, The Hall is used
Fix this textas museum and picture-gallery, and in the lower grounds is a
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Fix this text5; and * oon * entertainments and exhibitions,
Fix this textgrounds include ornamental lakes, a bo\\ding-green, a skatmg-
Fix this textrink, cricket grounds and the famous Aston Park football ground,
Fix this textClose by are the Holte Almshouses founded in the* seventeenth
Fix this textcentury in pursuance of the will of old Sir Thomas ; they maintain
Fix this textfive men and five women. In the church of St. Peter arid St. Paul
Fix this textare some fine monuments of the Holte family-
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Fix this textPURPLE PARA
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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