We take our public holidays for granted these days, but that 'day off' after Christmas Day must have been a real gift for working people.
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1977
Thousands of people flocked to UK cinemas to watch the long-awaited blockbuster, Star Wars.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Indeed - I remember our little local cinema being packed.
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1694
Mary II, joint sovereign of England, Scotland and Ireland, died from smallpox, leaving William III to reign alone.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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It's easy to forget how devastating small pox was, and how much we take for granted that that and other major killers such as diphtheria, polio etc are no real threat to us these days.
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1675
Parliament ordered the closing of all coffee houses on the basis that they were centres of malicious gossip about the Government.
“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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1894
The opening of the Manchester Ship Canal linking Manchester to the River Mersey. Queen Victoria later formally opened the canal, on 21st May 1894.
After the dockyards closed in 1982, Manchester Docks was transformed into Salford Quays, now the home to the Lowry theatre , retail outlets, the Imperial War Museum North and Media CityUK , home to the BBC and ITV studios.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Manchester certainly re-invented itself with this development."Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1982
Erica Rowe became the first sports 'streaker' when she ran across the Twickenham ground at the England v Australia rugby match waving her bra in the air. She was arrested, with policemen covering her 40" breasts with their woefully undersized helmets.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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I remember seeing that Gem 🤣Im not fat just 6ft too smallComment
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Oma, me too!
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1960
The last journey of the Mumbles Railway, the oldest in the world. It was set up in 1804 as a goods railway running from Swansea to Mumbles Head, Wales, and began carrying passengers in 1807.
The railway still holds the record for the highest number of forms of traction of any railway in the world - horse-drawn, sail power, steam power, electric power, petrol and diesel.
“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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I wonder if there are any remains of the track now? Clover might know - it's her part of the world.
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1800
London opened its first soup kitchens for the poor.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Who was it who said "the poor, like death and taxes, are always with us"?
Two and a quarter centuries on, we still have people too poor to buy food - it's sad and disgraceful.
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