We were instructed in the use of a Lee Enfield rifle which was identical to the ones used in the First World War – five rounds in the magazine and one in the breach,” he says. My husband and I did a Flanders battlefields tour last year to follow up information we had about my grandmother's first husband, John Smith, who died near Ypres in 1917 – we found his name on the Menin gate,” she said. HOWEVER, this marvellous story does not explain the origins of our long, low mystery building that has shed its render. Here at Maxons' online sweet shop you will find our top selling lines for direct sale, including the famous Yorkshire Mixture, Maxons' other brands including the Dixons and Jesmona brands and our ever popular Sherpots and Stupidly Sours

The Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans are known for their wisdom, innovation, industriousness, and organisational skills. In general, they’re also considered clean civilisations due to their focus on bathing and personal hygiene. As for people who lived in Medieval times… well, they weren’t quite as nostril-friendly. The owners of the kennels lived in a cottage in the walled garden also connected to the stables. I remember that the dogs were allowed to go in the walled garden for a bit of exercise.” Perhaps, we suggested, our mystery building was a Beechwood out-house – its nakedness without its rendering reveals how it once had a shapely arch facing onto Grange Road, so could it have been a coach-house? It wasn’t just the Egyptians who loved mint. The Ancient Greeks considered it a sign of hospitality, used it in their baths, and also flavoured their water with it because they believed it held special powers. Pat Surtees of Darlington responded by sending a picture of a very similar slender bullet that she has with a First World War provenance.

Sweet taste of bullets

The Yorkshire Trench was discovered in 1992 on an industrial estate. It had the bodies of 155 First World War soldiers from Britain, France and Germany in it. The trench was dug in 1915, and was fought over on several occasions until late 1917. Mint leaves continued to be used for all kinds of things, from adding enjoyable aromas around the home to proving the perfect accompaniment to a plate of lamb chops. Brandy balls were popular in London in the 1850s, as they contained peppermint and cinnamon and advertised as “warming the tongue like brandy does”. Other types of peppermint sweets were also available throughout Europe around this time, which were made by independent traders in their homes. Meanwhile, the superpowers contained within a single mint leaf continued to hold sway. The French would make bouquets of mint and St John’s Wort to scare off evil spirits, whereas the English said that if you found a flowering mint plant on Midsummer’s Day you’d be happy forever. Blimey. ToffeeWorld | Toffee Heaven Ltd Cannot Guarantee The Accuracy Of These Ingredients, Dietary & Nutritional information provided. Our tour guide found a First World War bullet near the Yorkshire Trench at Boezinge, near Ypres, and gave it to me – it looks very similar to yours.”

A Shop Sealed Weigh Out Bag of Hard Boiled Unwrapped Sweets supplied in a clear plastic poly bag. (No jars are supplied only come in weighout bags) She also recalls visiting her great-uncle’s home, York House. “My mother took me there at Christmases, and the out-building was used for storage, because they did a lot of delivering around the area, and perhaps as a shop,” she says. Sylvia Western of Hurworth gently pours scorn on our theory. “As a teenager, a friend and I worked at some boarding kennels at the bottom of Polam Lane,” she says. “They were set up in the stables of Beechwood, two kennels to one stall, so I think the coach-house idea might not be right because it would be too far from the horses.Ingredients: Sugar, glucose syrup, condensed full cream milk , hydrogenated palm kernel oil, salt, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavourings, colours; anthocyanins E163 Atrue old fashioned, quality, boiled sweet in a gift tin. A great gift for anyone with a sweet tooth! We hope you find what you are looking for, we will keep adding lines to the range and hope you keep on coming to buy your favourite sweets from us.

Greek athletes would rub mint leaves over their wet skin after bathing to give them extra strength, whereas students wore wreaths made of mint to sharpen their mental faculties. Even the senators used it liberally, believing that sprigs of mint on their person would help them to speak more eloquently whilst keeping their temper at bay during debates. LAST week, we were stumbling around the floodplain of Neasham in search of evidence of the army camp and rifle range that was there during the First and Second world wars. We carried a picture of a couple of the thousands of bullets which generations of local people have retrieved from the bank that is behind where the butts stood. In true Roman fashion, the conquerors took mint with them wherever they went, resulting in the herb becoming a common ingredient across the world. These old-school mints were a far cry from our modern-day humbugsand spearmint chews, as they were in the form of pellets made from frankincense, myrrh (not gold though), and cinnamon. These core ingredients were mixed up and then boiled with honey, all of which sounds quite pleasant, doesn't it? You are buying 1 x 120g bag but a discount is available to buy a full box of 12 (choose from the option menu).With disease, pestilence, filth and grime everywhere you looked, Medieval Europe was no picnic. Thank goodness that mint had made it this far, as those pongy peeps would use it to purify drinking water that turned sour during long ocean voyages. They also used it on insect bites and as a digestive aid, as well as to freshen their breath, which shows how versatile this simple plant is. Like the Greeks, the Romans added mint in their baths. They also gave it to slaves in the form of a tonic by mixing it with barley water. Wealthy Romans crowned themselves with mint leaves during feasts and they were even used in some buildings as a cleaning agent to give floors a pleasing scent. These sweets are approx 1.7cm's long by 1.5cm's wide by 1.5cm's deep and weigh approx 5.5g-7.5g per sweet with an average of 6g giving you approx 15-18 sweets per 113g weigh out bag.