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Julie Peasgood
Emma Peasgood
(nee Manby) and John Frederick Peasgood The fruit was presented to the Royal Horticultural Society and was awarded a first class certificate. The notoriety of the fruit increased and during a show at the Guildhall, London a specimen weighing 1lb 12 Oz was presented to Queen Victoria. Laxton's marketed the fruit from 1872 and described it as "one of the most handsome apples in cultivation". The Peasgood Nonsuch has since spread the world and been hybridised to create varieties such as the Crimson Peasgood. Legend has it that there was once a Peasgood in the USA known as "Johnny Appleseed" who whizzed about all over the place planting the things. Not to be outdone by his wife, John F Peasgood invented a new version of Tiddly winks called Bagatelle. The patent was registered in London on 30th May 1891 The first fruit on the Peasgood Nonsuch in my mother's garden near Manchester, England.
Osborne Harold
Peasgood He played the organ at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In addition to playing the organ he arranged music for the instrument. His memorial is in the western cloister at the Abbey. Thanks to John Peasgood for the character description and the portrait. Osborne Harold in 1944 Copyright: Dean & Chapter of Westminster
The tomb in Westminster Abbey
"This process employs a unique cueing distance counter combined with an automatic optical printer whereby scenes may be selectively deleted, shortened, or interchanged for different versions of a motion picture without recutting the negative. The system is also applicable to the automatic production of fades and dissolves. "
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