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    1907

    The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clashed with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that had been subjected to vivisection.


    I have never heard of this.
    “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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      Gem, nor me!
      "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

      (Marianne Williamson)

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        2005

        A huge fire continued to burn at Buncefield oil depot near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. It was the largest of its kind in peacetime Europe and the noise of the explosions could be heard as far away as the Netherlands.
        “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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          I'd forgotten about that fire. It must have been vry frightening.
          "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

          (Marianne Williamson)

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            1982

            Reputed to be Robin Hood's tree, the 'Major Oak' in Sherwood Forest, was fitted with a fire alarm.​
            “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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              Well I never!
              "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

              (Marianne Williamson)

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                1988

                Junior Health minister Edwina Currie resigned after her earlier comments (3rd December) when she said that most of Britain's egg production was infected with the salmonella bacteria.​
                “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                  We had friends whose lost their poultry farming business over that comment. It was a new venture for them and they hadn't got the financial stability to ride out the storm that followed.
                  "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                  (Marianne Williamson)

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                    That's terrible Daisy.
                    “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                      She had a lot to answer too.
                      Im not fat just 6ft too small

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                        Oma, she certainly did.
                        "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                        (Marianne Williamson)

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                          1849

                          Thomas and William Bowler, felt hat makers, sold their first 'bowler' to William Coke, which he purchased at James Lock & Co. in London.​
                          “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                            Oh yes, the bowler was the "uniform" for men working in the City!
                            "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                            (Marianne Williamson)

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                              2012

                              The Queen attended a historic cabinet meeting at Downing Street, the first monarch to do so since 1781. Later, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced that the southern part of the British Antarctic Territory, an unnamed area almost twice the size of the UK would be called Queen Elizabeth Land.​
                              “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown

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                                I can't remember that Gem , very interesting especially the Queen Elizabeth land , I'm going to Google it 😁
                                Im not fat just 6ft too small

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