Michael
Caine isn't the only person who knows weird and wonderful facts. Here
are some we've uncovered about Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Tell
us if you know any others - use the contact us button on the right.
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Did
you know?
STRANGE
LAWS
The Lord Mayor of Hereford has the right to herd sheep across
Hightown and some still say citizens have the right to shoot
Welshmen with crossbows, but only on Sundays.
Arrows
in a target : not in a Welshman
Μύ
FIRST
POST
The man who devised the Penny Post in 1840 was Sir Rowland Hill
from Kidderminster. Before he did the person who received the
letter had to pay. Imagine paying for all that junk mail.
Μύ
A
letter being posted in an old fashioned postbox
WIZARD
TRAIN
The creator of Harry Potter, JK Rawling, went on a nationwide
book signing tour in a special red steam train. It's actually
Taw Valley, owned by the .
Harry
Potter, from the front page of the Radio Times
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