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Post by Get off of TMB on May 23, 2018 19:54:00 GMT -5
Overseer of Scotland. May have been from there. Main speaker at many conventions around the world.
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Post by CherieKropp on May 23, 2018 21:34:44 GMT -5
Died Oct 2003, aged 88.
The Todhunters were a "worker family:"
There were six Todhunters from Scotland who went in the work– Bert, Horace, John, Mabel, Dollie & Jennie.
Syd Holt's Letter No. 3 of 7 May 29, 1985
Cumberland (farm name is Dockray Hall) is part of the Scottish workers' territory, although it is really about 20 miles into England and near the city of Carlisle. In 1919 Horace Todhunter's parents bought this farm, and started a conv. here that year.
After 50 years, Archie & Doreen Ramsay bought the place and they are milking 98 cows. The original house and the other buildings that form a big courtyard were built in 1699 and the walls are almost 24" thick and made of stone. The roof is of a flat stone (many homes have slate) which they used before slate. Most interesting to see the hand-hewn beams and rafters of every shape and size which have supported all this weight for so many years.
Lots of farm buildings, so the only tent is the mtg. tent. I share an upstairs bedroom in this original home (only home here) with Ken Paginton (Madagascar) and Piet Blokker (Holland). It is a very secluded farm and a beautiful road leading in lined on both sides with the hedges so neatly trimmed which are so common here. One also sees stone walls (without any mortar) dividing fields up for sheep and they have stood for several hundred years. The dining hall is in a very large hay barn where 500 can sit at once. Years ago the conv. and dining were both held in this barn.
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