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| Main Street, Magenta |
"What is that man wearing on his feet?" My wife had to admit to her neighbour at speech day that she did know me as I sat on the stage and my OH socks were suddenly on view to the audience below.
Magenta is a striking colour; not exactly subtle. It got its name from a town in Italy where a battle in 1859 caused the ground to be dyed with the blood of the fallen. Haileybury uses a particular shade, about which more on another occasion, but for now here are some pictures of the town whose sanguinary history gave the name to the colour we wear.
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| Once bloody battlefield |
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| Memorial to those whose blood coloured the ground |
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