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Sat, 24 January 2009 23:05

timmy

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Today we went for a wander around the old Thames side town of Marlow, made famous by Izaak Walton in The Compleat Angler. Doubtless Jerome K Jerome's Three men in a Boat passed through there, too.

So did Sir William Borlase: http://www.swbgs.com/info.php It was a boys' school until 1987. This plaque is pre 1987

I passed the school today and took this picture of a plaque inset into its wall:

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[Updated on: Sat, 24 January 2009 23:48]

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		An appropriate motto By: timmy on Sat, 24 January 2009 23:05
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