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Here are the answers to the Autumn Quiz:
(1) When asked to "show his mettle" the millwright or stone dresser would show the backs of his hands thus displaying the chips of stone embedded in the skin as a means of proving he works well and hard at his task, and therefore worthy of payment. (2) Wallace and Gromit operated "Top Bun Bakery" in "A Matter of Loaf and Death". (3) The photograph shows apples being pressed in a cider mill
Here are the Winter Brain Teasers :
	1. A famous soldier was a former owner of this mill. Can you name him and the mill - and do you know where he is buried? 2. What is an "Annular Sail"? Where will you find one in Hampshire? 3. Fulling mills in Devon are known by another name - do you know what it is?

KING ALFRED BUSES WINCHESTER RUNNING NEW YEARS DAY
New Years Day 2010 Over 40 Heritage Buses and Coaches re-create the transport scene of the years gone by in and around Winchester Free bus services operate all day over a wide network of routes from the Broadway and Bus Station. For Further details visit the web site www.fokab.org.uk Why not travel by free Heritage Bus to Twyford Waterworks. Hockley Water Mill. St Cross Hospital-Norman Church, Medieval Buildings, and Gardens. The Mid Hants Railway at Alresford.