If you love a good ghost story there is no better place to visit than Cornwall. Steeped in mystery, history, legends, folklore and reported ghost sightings; Cornwall is an intriguing place indeed. If you have ever thought of yourself as a ghost hunter, Cornwall is one place that you may end up being very busy.
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Named after East Angles, one of the ancient kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, East Anglia is a peninsula in eastern England. Anglia itself derives its name from Angeln, the homeland of the Angles in North Germany. The region encompassed the dukedoms of Norfolk and Suffolk (probable derivations of ‘North Folk’ and ‘South Folk’). The boundaries, however, are not clearly demarcated. Along with Norfolk and Suffolk, it also includes the province of Cambridgeshire, now perhaps the world’s most exotic academic locale. Earlier, Essex was also considered a part of East Anglia. Primarily flat, the area, however, is by no mean topographically uniform. It has marshlands and fen forests and much of the area around Norfolk is hilly. Brit playwright Noel Coward, noted for his Ealing comedies, delivers a fine allusion to the flatness of the terrain in his play Private Lives. “Very flat, Norfolk” — is the famous line. The primary cities and towns of East Anglia are Norwich, Peterborough, Cambridge, Ipswich, Colchester, Huntingdon and Ely.
Full article: http://www.castleacre.net/pages/east-anglia.html
A leaflet for children detailing how to care for crabs is being offered free in a Norfolk town.
The leaflet, which cost £200 to produce, has been written by zoology students from Cambridge University and is in shops in Wells-next-the-Sea.
Young beachcombers are warned not to overcrowd buckets, keep crabs in seawater and out of direct sunlight.
The leaflets have been paid for by the Norfolk Coast Partnership (NCP) which oversees coastal area management.
A spokesman for NCP said: “A group of zoology students from Cambridge University visited the harbour as part of their studies and have produced these leaflets.
“They just wanted to give youngsters some information about crabs and the cost was minimal.
“No-one’s suggesting that people shouldn’t go crabbing or anything like that.”
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7445526.stm
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