BEATING THE BOUNDS
ANCIENT MUNICIPAL CEREMONY MODERN TOUCH INTRODUCED Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, .September 27. (Received September 28, at 10 a.m.) One of the most ancient municipal ceremonies in England assumed a ern aspect when the Hoddesdon Urban District Council, following the timehonoured custom of beating the bounds, did it by air as well as on foot. Ihe council surveyor, flying round the boundaries, dropped flags at the boundary posts, while those on foot carried put the traditional ceremony of bumping some of their number against the milestones after seizing them by the shoulders and feet. The air journey took 20 minutes, while the pedestrians took six and a-hnlf hours to cover 13 miles.
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Evening Star, Issue 22455, 28 September 1936, Page 9
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114BEATING THE BOUNDS Evening Star, Issue 22455, 28 September 1936, Page 9
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