Andrew Whitnall ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฆ๐บ
@AGWhitnall
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A quietly surviving ๐ฌ๐ง in ๐ฆ๐บ. Flyer of flags, drinker of ales. Purveyor of the history that inspired #IronMaiden songs. Up The Irons & Up The Gunners!
Victoria ๐ฆ๐บ via Sussex ๐ฌ๐ง
Joined July 2017
In the latest #SBIT episode @UncleSteveRock and I to go on Crusade for the โPope on his throneโ! But is the story behind this great #IronMaiden song really about โCatholic greed and its paranoid zealโโฆ? Rivalries, lies, conspiracy, heresy! Kill them all! God will know his ownโฆ
This week, it's time for your favorite History Teacher Lord @AGWhitnall to teach you the facts behind another historical @IronMaiden song! Heretics beware! #IronMaiden
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#OTD in 1917 Lt Wilfred Owen MC was killed on The #Somme. He was a native of #Shrewsbury but for a number of years lived in #Birkenhead. Considered one of the finest war poets, one work in particular is well known to fans of #IronMaiden. #LestWeForget
#WeWillRememberThem
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What a week in May 1993! Attended my first FA Cup Final on the Saturday. My first Iron Maiden show on the Monday. And watched Arsenal lift the Cup in the Replay on the Thursday in the longest Cup Final ever! All at Wembleyโฆ
Happy 62nd birthday to #Arsenal legend @IanWright0 Wright was a two time #FACup winner in 1993 & 1998. Scoring in both games in 1993 He also played & scored in the 1990 final for #CrystalPalace
#AFC #CPFC
@FootballArchive @Wrightie7 @touchofpowder7
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On this day 1989 The #Arsenal beat Norwich City 4-3 at Highbury in a game that received notoriety for a mass brawl. David O'Leary beat George Armstrong's all time Arsenal appearance record, when he played his 622nd game for the Gunners and celebrated it by scoring a rare goal.
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Iโm flying the #flag of #Israel ๐ฎ๐ฑ for its recent #FlagDay. It was adopted as the national flag on 28th October, 1948, after being a Zionist flag since 1897. Itโs based on a Jewish prayer shawl, the โStar of Davidโ being a recognised symbol of Judaism. Flag from @mrflag ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ.
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With no away fans attending, and strict ticketing arrangements to ensure only real Villa fans attend, how does this policing operation compare to a European fixture with away fans attending? Whoโs likely to cause trouble?
This Thursday will see us mount a large policing operation, as Aston Villa take on Maccabi Tel Aviv at Villa Park. Find out more about our work to keep everyone safe ๐ https://t.co/5UiRo7FGPU
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Instead of waking up in the morning thinking โoh no, here we go againโ I decided to start thinking โmarvellous, another day to enjoy!โ But being British, I canโt help sounding sarcastic, even in my own head, so it hasnโt helped at all.
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3 November 1534. English Parliament passed the 1st Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Anglican Church thereby supplanting the primacy of the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
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Weโve had a big drop of rain and a big drop in temperature before the big race in Melbourne tomorrow. So, time for a big Australian beer in a big Danish glass. @coopersbrewery ๐ฆ๐บ๐ป
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November 1st 1994 ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก released the GREAT album "Youthanasia" #ReckoningDay #TrainOfConsequences #AToutLeMonde #HeavyMetal ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ... It was commercially successful, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Chart, and was certified platinum.
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Boring, boring Arsenalโฆ๐
๐จ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ง: Arsenal is the team with the most touches (320) in the opponent's box in the Premier League this season, while also the team with the most clean sheets. The most complete football team in the world.
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โFor a significant number of us, the dramatic 3-2 FA Cup Final win in โ79 against Manchester United was our first taste of Gunners glory, and Willie is the first member of the team to pass away. A piece of my childhood is now gone.โ A fitting tribute to Willie Youngโฆ
Hereโs my tribute to Willie Young, a Gunners cult hero and a Scottish rebel amongst the London Irish. RIP Big Man. https://t.co/ERT7BcAX1T
#Arsenal #COYG
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Arguably the speech that defined the next 30 years of British attitudes towards its membership of, and eventual departure from, the EUโฆ
On 30th October 1990, Margaret Thatcher gives her infamous "No. No. No." speech, leading to Geoffrey Howe's resignation the next day, and which some say precipitated her downfall the next month. In the speech, Thatcher goes off script and outrightly rejects Britain's membership
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The day Mrs Thatcher was savaged by a dead sheepโฆ
1 November 1990. UK deputy Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Howe resigned after a row with Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, over discussions on the future of European policy. Howeโs scathing resignation speech in the House of Commons began a cabinet revolt that led to her downfall.
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After a couple of weeks off the ale for one reason or another, Iโm ending that unnatural state with a proper full English pint of tasty Australian Pale Ale from #LittleCreatures ๐ฆ๐บ.๐ป
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No. Iโm this oldโฆ
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Tonight is the Eve of All Hallows. 'Dear dreams of years departed, Kind ghosts of vanished days, Slipped in then to the firelight, Stretched their hands to the blaze, Lost voices whispered nigh me, Loved footsteps lingered by me Ere they went their ways.' From 'All Hallows' by
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