.... and amazing that they still worked, Gem, after all that bomb damage.
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"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1985 Windows 1.0 released
Nearly two years after it was announced, Microsoft released its first graphical operating system. The OS made it easier for users to navigate on their computer screens. It came with Paint, Notepad, Calculator and a game called Reversi.
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1946
The first Biro ballpoint pen went on sale, invented by Hungarian Laszlo Biro and manufactured by a British company.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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2005
New laws came in force in England and Wales allowing 'round-the-clock drinking'.
I remember the outcry at this. There would be drunks in the streets all day.
As far as I know none of the pubs around here remain open after 11pm, although only small ones close during the afternoon for a few hours . I'm not sure about other areas.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Wasn't it supposed to encourage the 'cafe culture'? Whatever that is! It was a very strange piece of legislation.
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1952
The play, The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, opened in London, at the Ambassador's Theatre where it remained for 21 years. By Saturday 12th April 1958 it had become the longest running production of any kind in the history of British Theatre.
Still running, in a smaller London theatre, and also on tour.
I saw it when it came here, I have seen better Agatha Christies!“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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1987
A young man in Somerset tried seven times to kill himself following a row with his girlfriend. He threw himself in front of four cars, and jumped under the wheels of a lorry. He tried to strangle himself and jumped from a window. The real victims were a driver of one car who suffered a heart attack, a policeman who injured his back trying to restrain the man, and a doctor who was kicked in the face when the struggling man reached hospital
Good grief! All those poor people. I wonder what happened to the young man in the end?“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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1421
Henry VI, youngest King of England to accede the throne (at 296 days), was born“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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1843
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, was published.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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1924
The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost was sold, in London.The Silver Ghost is considered the most valuable car in the world. In 2005 its insured value was placed at more than £22 million. By 2011 it was valued at almost £37 million“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Isn't that ridiculous?
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Clover - I agree. It's an obscene amount of money for a car."Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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It is!!!.......“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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1987
The publishers of Enid Blyton's Noddy books bowed to pressure groups and agreed to expunge racism by changing the golliwog characters to gnomes.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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11 January 1922
A Canadian boy, Leonard Thompson, aged 14, was the first human to receive insulin to treat diabetes."Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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