During the nineteenth century an unknown chemist named Reginald Phillips spent many years investigating a phenomenon which became known as<\/p>\n
The English Tropic<\/i><\/p>\n
He meticulously kept his mysterious findings in a number of notebooks until his accidental death in boating accident in 1864<\/p>\n
His last words as remembered by his companion Polly Preserve were<\/p>\n
Oh the odious Solent<\/i><\/p>\n
Oh the odious Solent<\/i><\/p>\n
His notebooks were kept locked in a cupboard by his daughter Polly Preserve in his cottage in Herstmonceux Sussex until the residence took a direct hit from a German bomb in the February of 1943<\/p>\n
Oh the odious Germans<\/i><\/p>\n
Oh the odious Germans<\/i><\/p>\n
Were Polly’s last recorded words<\/p>\n
The dilapidated remains of the cottage remained untouched until the hot summer of 1990 when a much awaited bypass erased all trace of the cottage and its large garden<\/p>\n
Today as I drive towards the village of Herstmonceux I am still seeking answers about the mysterious English Tropic<\/i> but I feel I have driven over any evidence that remains as I can see the village clearly on the horizon<\/p>\n
Oh the odious village <\/i><\/p>\n
Oh the odious village <\/i><\/p>\n
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