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Thanks for sharing that link. Today I learned of the “Post Office Rifles”, which sound like something from a Terry Pratchett novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by jameshart 3y ago
Thanks for sharing that link. Today I learned of the “Post Office Rifles”, which sound like something from a Terry Pratchett novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Rifles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_Rifles
The fact they’re commemorated in the Wiltshire chalk makes it even more Pratchettian.
Also the “Bulford Kiwi” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulford_Kiwi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulford_Kiwi “one of the few hill figures in Wiltshire to be neither a white horse nor a military badge”
- mrob 3y ago>The fact they’re commemorated in the Wiltshire chalk makes it even more Pratchettian. To explain, Pratchett lived in Broad Chalke, only a few miles from Fovant. As somebody curious about many things, and living so close to them, I think it's likely that he saw the Fovant Badges.