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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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Barcelona

  • March 16 1758 

    Fernando III of Barcelona, VI of Castile, establishes a board of commerce to encourage the same, and a commercial tribunal to resolve disputes. He reëstablishes the right of imperiage [I think this must be some kind of feudal arrangement governing property and revenue sharing ...

Josep Pla, Palafrugell (1918-9)

  • 16 de març de 1918 El senyor Balaguer, escrivent del Jutjat municipal, sol prendre cafè amb el meu pare. És un senyor molt simpĂ tic. Sempre que em troba, em diu: –Vine al Jutjat! FarĂ s prĂ ctica de la carrera, llegirĂ s papers, veurĂ s coses que t’interessaran… –Deuen obrir molt aviat… –que jo [...]

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