Daisy, one of the few things I am confident on in history is the order of Henry's wives and what happened to them π
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I know there's a mnemonic for what happened to them, but I can't remember that either!
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"Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived!!!
Who would want to be a Tudor Queen?!
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Yes, it wasn't a great career choice, was it!
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2014
The Royal mail issued a series of stamps celebrating characters from more than 60 years of childrenβs television. Characters ranged from Andy Pandy (screened in 1950) to Peppa Pig (who celebrated her 10th anniversary in 2014).βA grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.β β UnknownComment
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Who knew - Peppa will be 18 this year! I confess I loved watching that programme with both GS1 and GS2."Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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Me too Daisy
I look forward to watching it again in future!
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Of course you will. It's not the same without a baby or toddler on your lap, is it!
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1800
London opened its first soup kitchens for the poor.βA grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.β β UnknownComment
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And to think 200 years later we still need them , shocking isnβt it
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1997
The lone yachtsman, Tony Bullimore, feared drowned after his boat, (Exide Challenger) capsized in the Southern Ocean five days previously, was found safe and well.βA grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.β β UnknownComment
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Gem - it sounds as though he was very lucky - the Southern Ocean is a big place.
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1985
The C5 electric car, with a top speed of 15 mph (the fastest allowed in the UK without a driving licence) was demonstrated by its inventor, Sir Clive Sinclair. It retailed for Β£399 but only 17,000 were ever sold and Sinclair Vehicles was put into receivership on 12th October 1985. At the time Sinclair, said 'it currently remains the best selling electric vehicle of all time,' but, by November 2011 it had been surpassed by the electric Nissan Leaf that had sold over 20,000 units.βA grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.β β UnknownComment
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1954
All Comet airliners were grounded. The day before, 35 people had died in a mysterious crash off the island of Elba. In 1953, another Comet had crashed inexplicably near Calcutta when 'it fell out of the sky for no apparent reasonβ. The cause was finally traced to a structural fault, with serious consequences for British aviation.βA grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.β β UnknownComment
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It makes you realise how relatively safe flying is these days."Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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