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A Vanishing Bathing Belle? The Inexhaustible Kettle? The Invisible Girl? A few of the acts appearing in 1936 at De Valence Pavillion, Tenby. A building of the same name still stands today - though this one built in the '70's. Do you have memories of the old building? #musichall

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Go back 2,000 years and walk the streets of Roman Londinium!

See remains of the Roman city wall, the hidden amphitheatre where gladiators and acrobats entertained the raucous crowds, and more 😏
https://bit.ly/3DrX6O7

📷 The Roman City Wall, 1940-1945
©️ City of London Police

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Sometimes seen in Scots law as malversation, as in this case from 1848 against William Mitchell, innkeeper and provost, Thomas Tait, writer and town clerk, and William Wells, shoemaker and Procurator-Fiscal, in Lochmaben. The case was eventually dropped. #LegalHistory #Scotland https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1619984743759773696

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It's odd how people think Ladybird Books were only interested in nostalgia and the past. They were about the most progressive children's publisher of their era and much of their output was about technology, the world of work and the future.

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King Charles I was executed #OnThisDay 1649 after being found guilty of “uphold[ing] in himself an unlimited and tyrannical power to rule according to his will, and to overthrow the rights and liberties of the people.”

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Does anyone still use these? Are they even still manufactured? Designed to stop your shoe heels wearing down too quickly, these were also great for getting a shower of sparks when stopping your bike... #eastend #memorylane #blakeys

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Not everybody’s cup of tea I know, but find out why jellied eels became an East End staple (they have a particular property) and found their way into Pie and Mash shops... http://the-east-end.co.uk/pie-mash-and-l… #eastend #history #pieandmash

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Time to put your observation skills
to the test. A puzzle published in Treasure magazine, 1965 (target readership: about 8 years-old)

Can you spot the 14 deliberate mistakes in the picture? Answers coming soon.

(Artist Don Harley)

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