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Masefield

John. 1878--1967, English poet, novelist, and critic; poet laureate (1930--67)
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There is a "grow and share" ethos at the garden, situated in Northfield, Birmingham, and produce is divided up between volunteers and those living on the Masefield Estate.
Masefield's voyage on the Gilcruix in 1894 was as an apprentice.
TodayMerseyside Police confirmed the call-out centered on the sighting of a gun on land off Hedgecroft, which is the neighbouring street to Masefield Road.
Huge flames could be seen coming out of the Masefield Road building with thick black smoke billowing out onto nearby streets, with residents being advised to keep windows and doors closed.
1967: John Masefield, Poet Laureate from 1930, died.
Hourly "in all that time," wrote John Masefield in his account Gallipoli, "[the soldier] has seen his friends blown to pieces at his side, or dismembered, or drowned, or driven mad, or stabbed, or sniped by some unseen stalker."
Roger Masefield, a lawyer for the Libyan Investment Authority, said that Goldman took "unfair advantage of the relationship and confidence that had been established between the parties and exploited the L.I.A.'s position of vulnerability." He said that board minutes showed that the authority did not know it was investing in derivatives but in fact thought it was investing directly in stocks.
Seven years later, in 1902, Hodson served as chairman of the Fine Art Committee for the ambitious Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition, and employed the future poetlaureate, John Masefield, as his secretary.
The theft happened between 6am, on Friday, March 7, and 4pm, on Monday, March 10, when the bike was stolen from the back garden of an address on Masefield Drive in South Shields, South Tyneside.
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