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Through the Years with Gaiters (2013)


Also: Through the Years with No Gaiters A Gaiter Rarity: An American Bishop Metaphorical Gaiters Gaiters Trivia Also: Through the Years with No Gaiters A Gaiter Rarity: An American Bishop Metaphorical Gaiters Gaiters Trivia A dean of an American cathedral 'was dispatched to the railroad station. The train arrived and passengers got off, but there was no Archbishop in evidence.

Doubtless he didn't want anyone corrupted by Bolshevik views—a bit over the top since no one least of all the pupils took the old Dean seriously.Personal observation.1957Abp of Melbourne, Frank WoodsTaking up of episcopal appointment.Frank Woods apparently 'was wearing gaiters on his arrival in Australia to take up his appointment in 1957'.Personal observation.1958? Unless you have spied these contraptions at close quarters, you may not be aware that gaiters are fashioned by the inclusion of a steel rod down the back of the leg so that whatever the physical attributes of the wearer, a 'shapely calf' is displayed! Background illustration: George Richmond, Sir John Gurney, Charles James Blomfield, and Henry Edward Maning at Fulham Palace c1840, pen and ink.

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