slade


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slade

or

slaid

n
a sledge

slade

(sleɪd)
n
(Physical Geography) a dingle or small valley
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Then we sent them home under Brigadier-General Fanny Marsh; then the Lieutenant-General and I went off on a gallop over the plains for about three hours, and were lazying along home in the middle of the afternoon, when we met Jimmy Slade, the drummer-boy, and he saluted and asked the Lieutenant-General if she had heard the news, and she said no, and he said:
It would have been better for William-a-Trent to have been abed with sorrow--says the ballad--than to be that day in the greenwood slade to meet with Little John's arrow.
There was a girl at the Slade school who supported her mother and two sisters by her drawing.
"Astronaut Annie," a children's book written by Libertyville author Suzanne Slade, is set to blast off into orbit next week.
Gord Slade, a Sudbury community leader and philanthropist, died Jan.
During his time at large Marc John Slade found work roofing and laying railway tracks - and was earning good money.
His book "Kill Slade - A John Slade Western" is a fictional account based on some of those western stars he so admired and with actual stories of the American Old West, especially the stories of the Texas Rangers.
SLADE will be playing at William Aston Hall Wrexham, tomorrow (Saturday).
SLADE were the biggest, loudest, most fun-packed pop band of their era - and 45 years ago they were rocking Newcastle City Hall to its foundations.
With Russell Slade moved upstairs to take a head of football role, the search is on now to find a head coach to guide the Bluebirds in their next campaign.