Rare 20p coins worth 50 pounds

The Royal Mint has issued a batch of 20p coins without the year on either side by accident.

A private company is offering £50 for the first 10,000 dateless coins registered by their owners.

Somewhere between 50,000 and 200,000 of these coins were minted with a new 'tails' design on one side and the older 'heads' image on the other.

Nick Hart of the London Mint Office dealership said: "We believe this extremely rare error will certainly get the public looking at the coins in their pockets again and noticing the excellent new designs launched by the Royal Mint last year on our coinage."

A Royal Mint spokeswoman told The Daily Telegraph: "The fact of the matter is they are still legal tender but if people want to pay more it's up to them."

Best Job in the World Pt2

After a worldwide search, Tourism Queensland have appointed their new Islands Caretaker. A British charity fundraiser Ben Southall has been given a job on this Australian tropical island. Work begins from the 1st of July, when he starts work.

Ben Southall was picked as the winner after a campaign from Tourism Queensland that attracted 34,700 video entries from over 200 countries.

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Singapore Gin Sling

Singapore Gin Sling
2-3 Ice Cubes
50ml / 2 fl oz Gin
25ml / 1 fl oz Lemon Juice
15ml / 1/2 fl oz Cherry Brandy
15ml / 1/2 fl oz Cointreau
10ml / 2 Teaspoons Caster Sugar
Soda Water
1 Lemon Slice

Method
Put ice in a tall glass with gin, lemon juice, cherry brandy, Cointreau and sugar. Stir and top up with soda water. Decorate with lemon slice.

or

Put ice in a cocktail shaker with gin, lemon juice, cherry brandy, Cointreau and sugar. Shake, pour into a tall glass. Top up with soda water. Decorate with lemon slice.

Gin Sling

Gin Sling
2-3 Ice Cubes
40ml / 1.5 fl oz Gin
20ml / 3/4 fl oz Lemon Juice
10ml / 2 Teaspoons Caster Sugar
1 Dash of Angostura Bitters
Mineral Water

Method
Put ice in a cocktail tumbler with gin, lemon juice, sugar and bitters. Stir and top up with mineral water.

or

Put ice in a cocktail shaker with gin, lemon juice, sugar and bitters. Shake, pour and top up with mineral water.

May Day Celebrations at Goudhurst

Morris Dancers at Goudhurst in Kent
Up early to watch the Morris Dancing for sunrise at 5.32am with the Weald of Kent Morris.
To follow their stands visit www.wealdofkentmorris.org.uk

A bit about the Weald of Kent Morris and Morris Dancing...
We are often asked how and when Morris dancing started. There are many theories but nobody knows for sure. We do know that it is a very old custom and believe that it had its origins as a means of ensuring fertility for crops, animals and perhaps for our forebears themselves! Even today many believe that there is powerful magic in a Morris Man's hat and we would advise any young woman against wearing one.

The dances which we perform came originally from the Cotswolds but different forms of dance came from other parts of the country, notably ceremonial clog dancing from Lancashire and Cheshire and two types of sword dancing from Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. Cotswold Morris was traditionally danced by men and each village had its own style of dancing. Most Morris dancing had ceased by the turn of the century but luckily it was seen by the well-known folk song collector, Cecil Sharp and others who made notes on most of the dances that we do today.

Every dance has its own tune. The music was provided, in the earliest times, by the pipe and tabor. Later came the fiddle, concertina and melodeon and in more modern times, the piano accordian. The Weald of Kent Morris use all of these instruments for their dancing.

Though we have no knowledge from the past of Morris dancing in this county, one of our characters is purely Kentish. The Hooden Horse and his attendants were part of an old custom which came from the Isle of Thanet in East Kent. We took pity on this one and now he follows us everywhere. We hope he will not be too much of a nuisance to you - he means well.

We hope you enjoy our performance and will take part in another old tradition, the collection. This should ensure for you, good luck and fertility and only temporary poverty.

The Weald of Kent Morris were formed in November 1988 and first appeared in public on Mayday 1989. We practise in the church rooms, Goudhurst on Wednesday evenings throughout the winter and we dance locally throughout the summer.

Any potential new members will be made welcome. Visit www.wealdofkentmorris.org.uk

Funny Job Advertising

Well worth a look at these creative job website adverts.
The adverts include people appearing to work inside a cashpoint, coffee machine, cigarette machine, petrol pump, photobooth and laundrette.

Saint George

Saint George and St George's Day
Saint George of Lydda (circa 275 / 281 to April 23rd, 303) was according to tradition, a Roman soldier in the Guard of Emperor Diocletian, venerated as a Christian martyr. In Christian hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Saint George is immortalised in the tale of George and the Dragon and is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. His memorial is celebrated on 23rd April and he is regarded as one of the most prominent military saints.

St. George is not only the patron saint of England and the Scouts, but also of Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia, as well as the cities of Amersfoort, Beirut, Bteghrine, Cáceres, Ferrara, Freiburg, Genoa, Ljubljana, Gozo, Pomorie, Qormi, Lod and Moscow as well as a wide range of professions, organisations and disease sufferers.