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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 28, 2014

Biscuit recipe of the week: Threadneedle Street biscuits

In case you need biscuit-baking inspiration, we’ve been digging in our library and  archives for examples of biscuit recipes you…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 27, 2014

Volunteers' Voice #12: A tale of rural protest in Berkshire

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 27, 2014

Weekly What's On: May 27th to June 1st

You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 23, 2014

Food Glorious Food at the MERL Village Fete!

Food Glorious Food at Uni Museum Fete Visitors to the Museum of English Rural Life Village Fete on Saturday 31st…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 23, 2014

Biscuit recipe of the week: Littlehampton Honey & Fig Biscuits

The second biscuit recipe of this week, by Alison Hilton, MERL Marketing Officer Sometimes I really love social media! We’d…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 22, 2014

Name that beer!

< Enter our competition to name a new beer for the MERL Village Fete! You may remember Adam’s recent post...

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 22, 2014

Our Country Lives update: Michael Eavis's French wellies

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 21, 2014

Biscuit recipe of the week: 1940s jam biscuits

By Shira Kilgallon, UoR History Student and MERL Library Volunteer This week’s biscuit recipe comes from Ministry of Food pamphlets…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 19, 2014

Weekly What's On: May 19th to 25th

You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available…