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...your hands," hissed an Irish voice out of the darkness. It was 2 a.m. and rainy, and the unarmed sentry at the gate of the British army's training center at Arborfield, 40 miles west of London, did as he was told. Quickly bound and gagged, the sentry watched a score or more dark figures flit through the gate and burst into the guardhouse. They pointed pistols at the sergeant of the guard and locked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The I.R.A. Rides Again | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

...meant simply the end of a lovely afternoon. For the villagers whose homes lie within escaping distance of Broadmoor Institution, it meant something else. Next morning the strangled body of a little girl, six years old, was found in a thicket along Straffen's route from Crowthorne to Arborfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Lovely Afternoon | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

...Banbury described breaking horses. I told about my 30 lions. Mr. Groves told about training fleas. Some one objected that there was no provision for the kind treatment of snakes-but we passed the bill." Edward of Wales: "While riding in the Army point-to-point race at Arborfield, I took my seventh bad fall in four years and came up unhurt. Newspapers point out that as far as horsemanship goes I resemble Henry VIII more than William III. Henry used to tire out eight or ten horses a day by hard riding. William died from a fall when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Apr. 7, 1923 | 4/7/1923 | See Source »

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