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* 1. Antarctic Explorer, Philip Brocklehurst, and his brother, Henry Courtney Brocklehurst,  set up a zoo at the family home in the 1930’s. The animals in the zoo were released onto the Staffordshire Moorlands in 1940 because of Wartime Regulations. It is thought that the last of the Peak District Wallabies died in 2009. Which country house did the Brocklehurst's call home? 

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* 2. Which village in the Staffordshire Moorlands is “Doubly Thankful”? (where all the men who joined up and served during the First and Second World Wars from the village came back home safely)

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* 3.  Which “Young Pretender to the Throne” billeted overnight in Leek in 1745? He travelled as far as Swarkstone Bridge at Derby before turning back north. 

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* 4. Which village in the Staffordshire Moorlands, at 1514 feet above sea level,  is reputed to be the highest in England?

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* 5. What secret “place of worship” is associated with the Arthurian legend of Sir Gwain and the Green Knight? 

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* 6.  Which famous Arts and Crafts textile designer worked in close collaboration with Sir Thomas Wardle in Leek between 1875 – 1877?

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* 7.  What legend is associated with the area around Butterton Moor in the Staffordshire Moorlands? 

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* 8. Which mythological creature is said to live in Blakemere Pool, located on Morridge in the Staffordshire Moorlands, near to Leek? It’s local name would give the game away!

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* 9. Gentleman's Magazine 1783 woodcut
What natural phenomenon is depicted in this wood cutting from The Gentleman's Magazine 1738 and reproduced in Matthew Miller’s “Olde Leeke”? It occurs around 10th June each year and is visible from St Edward’s Churchyard in Leek.

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* 10. Historically, Leek was renowned for the manufacture of a highly prized, luxurious fabric. Which of these insects is used to make this fabric?

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