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... 1840 Parliament passed an Act prohibiting the employment of climbing boys as chimney sweeps. 1858 Ottawa was chosen by Queen Victoria to be the capital of Canada. ...
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
... 1820: George 111, longest-lived and longest-reigning King of England, died aged 81. 1856: Queen Victoria instituted Britain's highest military decoration, the Victoria Cross. ...
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
... ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1878 Queen Victoria was given a demonstration of Alexander Graham Bell's new invention, the telephone. 1938 Walt Disney's first fulllength Technicolour cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opened. ...
ON THIS DAY LM
... ON THIS DAY LM 1840: Queen Victoria married Prince Albert. 1913: The bodies of Antarctic explorer Robert Scott and his party were found. 1944: Pay As You Earn income tax was introduced. ...
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... ~ ONTHIS DAY \[ T 3 1666 The first waistcoat was worn by King Charles 11, according to Pepys. 1839 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were betrothed. She proposed to him and wrote: “It was a nervous thing to do.” ...
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
... ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1837 Queen Victoria moved into Buckingham Palace, the first monarch to live there. 1930 The first World Cup football tournament kicked off in Uruguay. ek 19;5 glligv};tzru—t;ahostess Ruth Ellis became the last woman hanged in Britain ...
Today is the 90th -anniversary of the first Town Council meeting held in the present Town Hall. In the second
... home built for John Woodall and named St Nicholas House, MARIE BELFITT tells of the opening ceremony and of the statue of Queen Victoria in the gardens. ...
Science teacher, 55, dies of cancer
... have been held in his memory for each year group. His funeral was held at Scarborough Crematorium on Wednesday and was QUEEN Victoria would not be amused - her statue could be moved 10 yards as part of the £400,000 overhaul of St Nicholas Gardens. The ...
leads towards the High Street. Directly opposite the Vicarage is a small green screened by beech hedging. Cross ..
... by beech hedging. Cross over to see a “fountain” erecied by Scalby's parishioners to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria on June 20 1897. Just ahead is the Nag’'s Head, the oldest pub in the village. The nearby bus shelter was erected in memory ...
ON THIS DAY LAY (1) 44
... ON THIS DAY LAY (1) 44 1842 — Queen Victoria travelled by train for the first time, from Slough to Paddington, accompanied by Prince Albert. 1893 — The first women's golf at Royal Lytham, Lancashire, was won by Lady Margaret Scott. 1944 — The first V ...
Majestic Judi is the Academy favourite
... winming anything in this vear's Academy Awards hies with a heautitul penod drama. Her Maiesty Mrs Brown (PG, lusl reoleoaced Queen Victoria The movie 1 Billy Connolly plays John Brown in 1 marvellously under-stated perfor- bout Inendship. Reautitully directed ...
' Test your brainpower with I Q(I IZ ? . : THREE general knowledge questions will be asked each
... Q(I IZ ? . : THREE general knowledge questions will be asked each day — with the answers tomorrow. » 1. Of what did Queen Victoria die in January 1901? 2. The opera Peter Grimes was writtren by which British composer? , - 3. Lord Greystoe was better ...