Word: bognor
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Dates: during 1929-1929
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...King's Lyme, commemorating Peter Baudrat's gift of lands in Lyme Borough to King Edward II in the 14th century. Last week Bognor, seaside town in Sussex, where King George V was recently a convalescent, became with George V's permission, Bognor Regis...
After weeks of serious illness. His Majesty George V left Bognor-on-Sea last week to go home...
...captain's gig was rollicking Bill King, who wore a big straw hat with ribbons down the back and was a great favorite with the middies. Last week rollicking Bill the sailor, now a little old gentleman of 75, stumped up the gravel drive of Craigwell House, Bognor, to call on King George, with worn logbook in his arms. His Majesty was delighted. For 15 minutes King George and Bill King pawed over the log, looked at pictures of the Bacchante in fair weather and foul, and gazed thoughtfully at the awesome linea ments of their old commander, Captain...
...considered indispensable in saving his life. To set up a special pharmacy in the Palace and keep it staffed day and night with the most expert drug dispensers cost £3,000, and £9,500 more went for X-ray pictures. When the King-Emperor was moved to Bognor-on-Sea (TIME, March 4) the installation of a private telephone wire to Buckingham Palace cost £3,000, since the line is equipped with delicate scientific instruments cunningly devised to sound an alarm should the wire be tapped...
...Puddifoot of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade displayed a gleaming pair of gold cuff links last week, a present from Queen Mary. For Corporal Puddifoot was one of the four stretcher-bearers who bore the King-Emperor from Buckingham Palace to the motor ambulance which carried him to Bognor. Last week the King's Equerry, Col. Arthur Erskine, in behalf of the Queen, handed each of the four a pair of massive gold links, each large enough to bear the inscription: "A Memento of Her Majesty's Appreciation of Your Services...