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Chris (Linky) Clawson retweeted
We are extremely proud to announce the return of LAST POST: our commemorative beer celebrating the bravery of those who fought to preserve the freedom we enjoy today.
10p from every pint sold goes to the Royal British Legion. We Will Remember Them.
batemansbrewery.co.uk/news/o…
On this day 21st October 1824 Portland cement, the modern building material, was first patented by Joseph Aspdin a bricklayer from Yorkshire. Its name is derived from its similarity to Portland stone, a type of building stone that was quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset.
On this day, 17th October 1346, At the Battle of Neville's Cross, near Durham, the Scots were routed and King David II of Scotland was captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years.
On this day, 15th October 1968, Mr & Mrs Clawson welcomed Christopher Martyn Clawson to the world... The rest as they say is the stuff of legend... lol
On This Day,15th October
1666, Samuel Pepys recorded in his diary that Charles II had started wearing the first known waistcoat. The King was so overweight that he left the bottom button undone, a fashion custom followed to this day.
On This Day, 14th October
1066, The Battle of Hastings was fought, on Senlac Hill, near Pevensey. An English army, commanded by King Harold, was defeated by the invasion force of William of Normandy. Harold was killed and Edgar the Ætheling was proclaimed king, but never crowned
On this day,13th October 1884, Greenwich was chosen as the universal time meridian of longitude from which standard times throughout the world are calculated.
On this day, 12th October 1948, The first Morris Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis, was produced at Cowley, Oxfordshire. 1.6 million Morris Minors were built until production ceased in 1971.
On This Day, 9th October
1470, Henry VI of England was restored to the throne after being deposed in 1461. Six months later he was deposed again and then murdered in the Tower of London.
On this day 8th October 1908 The Wind In The Willows, Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book, was published. It has never been out of print in its entire history.
Chris (Linky) Clawson retweeted
When your government holds a cobra meeting about the weather but not a single one about the invasion of this country you know something really sinister is going on.
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On this day 6th October 1854 The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured in a series of fires and an explosion. of nitrate of soda in one of the warehouses.
Chris (Linky) Clawson retweeted
Lincolnshire-born best-seller who won large social media follower while living at Tower of London publishes latest book trib.al/638vWBQ
Today 1st October is officially Lincolnshire day ... To all my Yellowbelly friends and family ' Have a great day '...
Lincolnshire Day has been an annual tradition since 2006, chosen to mark the anniversary of a significant event in the county’s history—the Lincolnshire Uprising. In 1536.
Why We Celebrate
On this day, 30th September
1630, John Billington, born in Cowbit, #Lincolnshire ,one of the original pilgrims who sailed to the New World on the Mayflower, became the first man executed in the English colonies. He was hanged for having shot another man during a quarrel.