TheVillage Issue 193 September 2018 inside ISSN 1466-3376


Horseplay In The Hills Pages 14–15


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Independent Schools Pages 41–46


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Artists On Display Pages 36–37


Waiting For The Rain Pages 20–21


Morris Merriment Page 17


British Blooms Pages 58–62


Cover: Old machinery at Stonehouse Lane, Hopwood, photographed by Village reader Dennis Brown


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