Chris (Linky) Clawson
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Ex Yeoman Warder. Ex Armourer. Ex Front Row. Ex at most things. Water Colour Artist. Technology Dinosaur. Absent Yellow Belly. Views are my own.🏴
Bath and Boston
Joined January 2021
2/2 The first modern celebration of Lancashire Day was in 1996. The festivities include town criers reading the Lancashire Day Proclamation and local events celebrating the county's culture, heritage, and people.
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1/2 Today, 27th November, is Lancashire Day. It commemorates the day in 1295 when Lancashire first sent representatives to Parliament to attend the Model Parliament of King Edward I.
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On this day, 26th November 1983, £26 million worth of gold, diamonds, and cash is stolen from the Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, London, in one of the world's greatest robberies
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2/2 Newark castle was deliberately destroyed as a fortress in 1648 .
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1/2 On this day, 26th November 1645, the third siege of Newark began . It lasted from 26th November 1645 to 8th May 1646. Newark was important to both sides, as two important roads ran through the town - the Great North Way and Fosse Way.
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On this day, 24th November 1859, Charles Darwin published his controversial and groundbreaking scientific work,'The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'.
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On this day,23rd November 1499 The Pretender to the throne, Flemish impostor Perkin Warbeck, was hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be Richard, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV
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In the gym and the usual cooking pap on @ITV is on the screens. I happened to noticed the amount of bling James Martin is wearing. I'm no expert, but I feel certain bracelets and watches are a hygiene risk when preparing food???
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On this day, 22nd November 2003, the England rugby team won the World Cup, beating Australia 20-17 in a nail biting final in Sydney with a last-minute drop goal from Johnny Wilkinson. Can you remember where you were when that ball went over?
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When you spend an afternoon looking through a box you had not opened in years and you find the 1969 you looking back..
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On this day, 20th November 868, St. Edmund, Saxon, king of East Anglia, was martyred by the Vikings, who tied him to a tree, shot at him with arrows, then beheaded him. He gave his name to the town Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, where he is reputed to be buried on the abbey site.
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2/2 The Pilgrim Fathers were thwarted in their first attempt to sail to America when they left from Havenside, near Boston, Lincolnshire, in September 1607.
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1/2 On this day, 19th November 1620, the ship Mayflower arrived at Cape Cod, America. Its 87 passengers were separatists, known as The Pilgrim Fathers.
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On this day, 17th November 1558, the Elizabethan era began when Mary I, England's first queen (also known as 'Bloody Mary'), died at St James's Palace London. She was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I.
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On this day, 14th November 2014, Parliamentary authorities defended a decision to ask a gardener to remove each leaf manually from trees outside the House of Commons “If we waited for the leaves to fall off it would waste a lot of time raking them up. It is more time efficient.”
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