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Did you know that under an old - and legend has it - un-repealed law it is it seems (in theory) legal to shoot a Welshman on a Sunday in Hereford, provided it’s with a longbow and within the Cathedral close? Which seems a trifle harsh, especially given the longbow was perfected by the Welsh. We strongly suggest you don’t test the law!

Did you know that Hereford’s Bulmer’s factory is the largest cider making factory in the world? It contains the world’s largest vat too – stainless steel tanks installed in 1975 hold 15 million gallons of cider! That’s a hell of a student party.

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Famous Hereford people:

Albert Gamage
Beryl Reid
David Garrick
Dora de Houghton Carrington
Edward Lane
John Blashford-Snell (Col)
Nell Gwynn
Robert Welch

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Brit Quote:
I should like to say that good batsman are born, not made; but my long experience comes up before me, and tells me that it is not so. - W G Grace
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