While Mr. Abbott isn't a marcher, he still takes part in member activities, including beach patrol.

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Would the son of a long marcher, the scourge of Nixon and Thatcher, be involved in such a tatty enterprise?

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"I want the death penalty for the owner of the building, " said one marcher, 18-year-old garment factory worker Mongidul Islam Rana.

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One marcher, Manuel Cortez(ph), is a permanent resident who does landscape work.

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Built as a Marcher fortress during the reign of Edward I, it is run by the National Trust and attracts about 80, 000 visitors each year.

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"It's a military formation, just in a swimsuit, " says Louis Tassone, a 50-year-old marcher and judge from the North Curl Curl Surf Life Saving Club.

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One marcher, Lori Bennett, said she wants to make a difference.

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They are first mentioned in 1282 as having been awarded to Marcher Lord Reginald de Grey along with Ruthin Castle, in recognition of the part he played in subduing an uprising by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the last native prince of an independent Wales.

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