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1 " A notice was pinned on the back of the organ, about two feet from his face:DESTRUCTION OF CHURCHES BY FIRES ORIGINATING IN THE ORGANS1. The organ is damp, a lamp or stove is placed in it and left to burn all night, with the result of setting it on fire.2. The organist, the blower, the tuner, or a workman making repairs, strikes a match , or lights a spirit taper, or candle, which he leaves burning, with the result of setting the organ on fire.3. The music desk lights are movable brackets which can be placed so that the flames touch woodwork; this is done once, and the whole is set on fire.ECCLESIASTICAL INSURANCE OFFICELim. 11 Norfolk Street, Strand, London WC "
― Mick Jackson , Five Boys
2 " In the evenings they would sometimes sit out in the garden and listen to the steady hum of the bees‘ industry and breathe in the honey in full flow. The Boys learnt how the different sounds from the hive denoted different moods, different activities, and that each worker, far from being a mere gatherer of nectar or builder of comb, carried out a whole host of duties at various points in her short life―a nursemaid to the larvae, a sentry to keep out robber bees, a carpet sweeper to keep the hive tidy, a punka-wallah when it got too hot. "
3 " The closer it came the more speed it gathered about it, until suddenly it was tearing a great hole right through the day. "
