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Posted by Matt Casey, on
12 Oct 2010 13:03
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A report written by Sara Parker, a University lecturer who has visited Sikles and Tang Ting on many occasions.
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Posted by James Crombie, on
12 Oct 2010 12:55
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A complete investigative study on the activities of the TTTA in Nepal, written by James Crombie after a visit to Tang Ting in 2007.
Click here to download the report in PDF format.
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Posted by Elisabeth Blackie, on
06 Oct 2010 11:28
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About 750 people live in the village which is situated 4 miles south of Saffron Walden and it consists of the main village and of scattered hamlets of Debden Green, Purton End and Hamperden End. The main village is clustered around the school, the village hall and community shop, the pond, one pub, and, a little removed from the main centre, the parish church of Saint Mary and All Saints.
The name of Debden is derived from two Saxon words meaning “deep valley”, in the Doomsday Book the village was recorded as Depeduna and it was commonly known as Depden until the Napoleonic wars when it changed to its present name of Debden. The Saxon owner was Seward and in 1065 it was recorded that there were two acres of bearing vineyards and two acres of non-bearing vineyards.
After the Norman Conquest the land was given to Ralph Peverill and there is still a Peveral’s Wood in the parish. King John granted the manor of Debden Hall to Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex and through his daughter by marriage to Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex and Northampton.
The estate descended through his son, grandson and great-grandson until 1372 when it was divided between two daughters as co-heirs: Eleanor, wife of the Duke of Gloucester, sixth son of Edward III, and Mary, wife of the Earl of Derby, who became Henry IV. Part of the estate subsequently was partitioned and the king received the manor hall which became vested in the Crown as a member of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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Posted by Michael Barton, on
04 Sep 2010 10:53
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Another successful community event took place with the TTTA Anniversary Dinner held on 15th May 2010 at the Officers Mess, Carver Barracks. We were honoured with the presence of the Nepalese Ambassador, HE Dr Suresh Chandra Chalise and his wife Dr Milan Adhikary, the Commanding Officers from Carver Barracks, along with local residents and representatives from businesses in the local and surrounding area. The evening was great fun and provided ample opportunity for guests to mingle, integrating the two villages with the Nepalese community and Carver Barracks.
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Posted by Moray Bayliss, on
04 Sep 2010 10:28
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Cheryl Cole, who is scheduled to fly in the afternoon, receives a call from the airport
"I am sorry to tell you Ms Cole but you cannot fly today because of ash"
"Why? What has he done this time?!" she says.
It had been a great trip. We had done some useful work in Tang Ting and I had opened the village festival and given out the prizes for the tug of war, bamboo carrying race ( you had to be there !) and volleyball competitions.There were some new developments in the village and all of the houses now had water taps,there was even a ‘phone line and some computers in the school-progress.We trekked back to Pokhara in the steaming heat and had a day’s r and r before heading back to the choking pollution, crazy traffic, stray dogs and cows and congestion of Kathmandu all ready for our flight back to the UK.
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