AN historical site will bum brightly once more as villagers celebrate the Millennium. Beacon Hill in Bottesford was used for fire beacons as far back as the 16th Century. And for New Year's Eve the beacon will light up the night sky as part of a nationwide chain of beacons to ce

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WE are in what are called The Twelve Days of Christmas - a celebratory time going back many centuries and associated with merry-making and old ustoms. In Herefordshire, for instance, there was a tradition of lighting 12 bonfires. representing the 12 apostles, to seure a blessing

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