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81The Pretenders
The Pretenders-There were two pretenders to the throne of England in Henry 7th's reign. The first was a boy called Lambert Simnel and the second was Perkin Warbeck. The history of the pretenders begins with one of...
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80How to build a wall
How to build a wall-A wall made from bricks and mortar is not difficult to do as long as you take your time and study other walls before you make a start. Did I know how to build a wall before I started? No! I looked at my neighbours walls, saw how the lines of mortar between the...
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79King Henry 9th?
King Henry 9th - England didn't have a King Henry the 9th, as everyone knows, but it very nearly happened, as Henry the 8th was trying desperately to have his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy recognised as his heir. Henry...
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79King George the 4th
King George 4th-King George 4th was born 12 August 1762 died 26 June 1830.He was born at St. James's Palace, and as the eldest son of a British sovereign, he automatically became Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothsay at birth; He...
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77King Arthur Fact or Fiction
King Arthur Fact or Fiction-King Arthur, the legendary king, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century, according to folklore. Arthur's story is mainly composed of folk tales and romantic invention,Was he fact or fiction...
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77Fletcher Christian-Did he return to England?
Fletcher Christian was the leader of the mutiny against the tyrant Captain William Bligh on H.M.S. Bounty in the Pacific Ocean, in 1789. The mutineers settled on Pitcairn Island with their native wives. Did he return to England or was he killed on Pitcairn?
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77World's smallest car
The world's smallest car has been built by an English engineer. The body of the car started life as a kiddies toy car with Postman Pat and his black and white cat still in situ. Perry Watkins from Buckinghamshire wanted to build the tiny car after his tremendous success with the 'Flatmobile,' a car only 19inches high which could do 100 miles an hour, and the racing table, a table complete with cutlery and crockery, named Fast Food, which can do 113m.p.h. The world's smallest car at the time of P
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76Ancient Britons
Ancient Britons-Geoffrey of Monmouth a cleric and ancient Briton, ( 1100 to 1155AD), wrote that Brutus, a Trojan landed on the shores of Britain, a thousand years before Christ and his followers started the population of the...
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77Mary Celeste
Mary Celeste- Mary Celeste, A ship that was found drifting in the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Portugal, with no crew on board her was towed into Gibraltar and an enquiry into her mysterious circumstances was set up.She was a...
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76Highwaymen
Highwaymen-The legend of Dick Turpin,and other Highwaymen has been romanticised by poets and writers of folk lore, who love to dress up the exploits of criminals as daring highwaymen. He is labelled a gentleman who held women in...
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