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My fourth and fifth great-grandfathers were tenant farmers in what is now a suburb of Lancaster, Bowerham. Their farm, ‘Bowram’, is where the University of Cumbria's Lancastrian campus is largely based.

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I have in my possession an emerald, measuring just over an inch. It is rough and uncut, so its value is small, and not worth the trouble of breaking into my home to pinch (burglars, take note). It is an attractive green, as one might expect, though it looks especially pretty, rough though it is, when rays of sunlight pass through.

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