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Why I’m called Trevor

Posted: November 12th 2009 17:10. Last modified: November 19th 2009 23:59

Or rather, how my grandfather seems to have been named after a minor railway station.

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  • March 11 1573 

    The deputies order a proclamation calling for the heads [this is the only interpretation I can put on dotando las cabezas, but it is non-standard] of the many bandits infesting the province. These were without doubt members of the Narros and Cadells factions of which Cervantes talks in h...

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 11 de març de 1918 Avui he passat per davant de la casa del carrer Nou –o del ProgrĂ©s–, on vaig nĂ©ixer. La seva façana alta i freda, sinistra, bruta de les escorrialles de la pluja, no m’ha suggerit res, el poder d’evocaciĂł de les seves parets m’ha fet un efecte absolutament nul. Cap record concret –si no Ă©s el [...]
  • 11 de març de 1919 Havent dinat, trobo Alexandre Plana a la Biblioteca. M’agafa pel braç i em porta a la penya de l’Ateneu per antonomĂ sia, que Ă©s la coneguda tambĂ© per la penya del doctor Borralleras. Baixem l’escala del primer pis, travessem la sala de premsa estrangera i entrem al local, tan baix de sostre, de la cèlebre tertĂşlia. Plana [...]

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