Retford & Gainsborough Times (1882)
Source:
[Anon.] (Auth.)
POLICE INTELLIGENCE: GAINSBOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS: A PLOUGH MONDAY FROLIC [Willingham, Lincs.]
Retford & Gainsborough Times,
20th Jan.1882, No.612, p.2f
Court case concerning six men from Willingham who ploughed
up five asparagus beds, a celery row and some raspberry canes
belonging to a surgeon in Willingham on Plough Monday. The
defending counsel said they were called plough fags and thought
that they had a right to plough the garden because they did not
receive any money.
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Willingham, Lincs. (SK8784)
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| Years: |
Perf. 1882
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| Subjects: |
Malicious Ploughing; Plough Monday; Plough Fags
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00221
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Last Updated Apr 2005 by Dave Crowther.
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