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March
Hurrah! Hurrah! The sun is shining and has been for a week now. The snowdrops are covering the banks in the grounds with swathes of white and the daffodils, anxious to make up for lost time are competing to be the first in flower. It is still cold but the blue sky and sunshine make you feel that spring is not too far off.
Some bedrooms have been given a spring freshener with a new colour of paint and routing maintenance and improvements have been carried out to make sure that guests continue to enjoy their stay.
The hotel has been busy with bridge weeekends and embroidery and art groups and now we have returning and new guests filling the hotel until the end of the month. The Bird Tour in April is fully booked and guests have filled in the Bird Log in reception with lots of sightings.
1st March St David's Day 13th March Mother's Day
March - past events
1871 The Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria. 1842 The first surgical operation using an anaesthetic was performed by Dr. Crawford Long of Jefferson, Georgia to remove a cyst from the neck of James Venable. 1909 American tycoon GS Selfridge opened the first department store in London's Oxford Street.
1912 Both the Oxford and Cambridge boats sank during the University Boat Race.
1938 Oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia
1940 Metal strips were introduced into the Bank of England £1 notes for the
first time, as an anti-forgery device. 1963 25,000 fans turned up at country star Patsy Cline's funeral and stole most of the flowers as souvenirs
1983 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean recorded seven maximum scores to skate to victory in the ice dancing championships in Helsinki.
1988 Second Division Reading, making their first appearance at Wembley in their 117 year history, beat Luton Town by 4 goals to 1 in the final of the Simod Cup.
1989 Joseph Gilbert from Troon, Cornwall, was jailed for 18 months after attacking his wife with a frying pan because her attempt at making a pasty was a disaster.
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