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Michael Caine isn't the only person who knows weird and wonderful facts. Here are some we've uncovered about Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Tell us if you know any others - use the contact us button on the right.
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Arrows in a target
STRANGE LAWS

The Lord Mayor of Hereford has the right to herd sheep across Hightown and some still say citizens have the right to shoot Welshmen with crossbows, but only on Sundays.
Arrows in a target : not in a Welshman  
FIRST POST

The man who devised the Penny Post in 1840 was Sir Rowland Hill from Kidderminster. Before he did the person who received the letter had to pay. Imagine paying for all that junk mail.
 A letter being posted in an old fashioned postbox
  A letter being posted in an old fashioned postbox
Harry Potter from the front page of the Radio Times
WIZARD TRAIN

The creator of Harry Potter, JK Rawling, went on a nationwide book signing tour in a special red steam train. It's actually Taw Valley, owned by the Severn Valley Railway.
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