Sir Matt Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/14/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

very small cache in a very busy spot, esp market days!

Sir Mathew Wilson, is the holder of the title of longest serving magistrate in Skipton's history, making his mark at the tender age of 22, and still holding the post at the time of his death in 1891, when he was 89 years of age. Apart from local government, Sir Mathew struck a dashing figure in national politics too, being elected twice to parliament, and on both times being thrown out for what appears to be vote-rigging! However, back he came, at the grand old age of 83, to be elected MP for the Skipton Division in 1885.
Sir Mathew's statue was erected in 1888, at the top of the High Street where now stands the War Memorial, and at the time of it's unveiling there was huge controversy as to whether the statue should ever have been contemplated at all. It seems Sir Mathew's friends wanted to mark his life-long service to the Liberal cause by having a statue of the prominent politician placed within the High Street. Very commendable, except that many in the town - while perhaps not adverse to the idea were certainly 'agin' paying for it. To get around this problem, the statue was paid for by his Bradfordian cronies and with no cost going to the local taxpayers the statue duly arrived. At the time there were two rival newspapers in the High Street - the Pioneer and the Herald (later to amalgamate). On its unveiling, the Pioneer, a Liberal supporter, described the statue as a beautiful ornament, a work of art fit to grace any street or square in the land", while the Herald, which loathed the whole idea, said that the statue was a passable likeness of the old" gentleman, but he seemed to be perched atop an over-sized gravestone. Stinging words indeed!

This cache has gone missing twice so apologies if has been taken gin.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gnxr gur jrvtug bss lbhe srrg sbe n juvyr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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