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90World War 1 1914-1918
Build up to World War 1 There were many factors that led to the outbreak of war in 1914 the causes of the war can be traced back 31 years before the war. Although World war 1 didn't start until 1914 political...
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80Top 10 Most Beautiful Women In The World
Hear Nichelle Nichols sing "Rahab the Harlot" from the new film Lady Magdalene. This list of current beauties and ageless beauty includea some history and a lot of fun...
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74Fred Elwell-Local Beverley Artist
Fred Elwell was born in 1870 and died in 1958. If you search the Internet for him you will find that information is fairly scarce. However, in my home town, his is a well known name. Fred attended evening...
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68Stunningly Intricate: Curta Mechanical Calculator
What if Babbage's Difference Engine spawned a "laptop"? It's hard to find more desirable and satisfying (in a tactile sort of way) mechanical fetish item from the age of early computing... For years Curta...
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71The Day of the Christmas Truce
For Christians all around the world, 24 December marks Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas, a celebration to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. Throughout the world, different celebrations are observed on...
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69A Poet of the Great War: Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (1893-1918) was an English poet and soldier. He is regarded by many as the leading poet of "the Great War". His work is shocking and realistic with its focus upon the horrors of...
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77The Little Sod House: From Homesteading to the Strategic Air Command!
In 1914 Myron Paine journeyed from a little town in eastern Nebraska to White Owl, South Dakota. White Owl is is located 60 miles west of Sturgis, South Dakota. Yes that’s the same Sturgis that is famous...
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51The Vintage Steam Cars
Between the years of 1873 to 1883 Amédée Bollée of Le Mans built passenger vehicles able to carry 6 to 12 people powered by steam. These vehicles were able to travel up to speeds of 38 mph. The...
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63Shell Shocked Isabel Shrapnel (1)
"I am five, six, seven and my father has cake for my birthday and because it's Armistice Day..." - A young girl starts telling an amazing and horrific story about the Great War...
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65What went wrong in 1914?
Gifted people demonstrate intense focus. They often go deep, deep, deep into a subject wanting to understand the Why of it all. They are always questioning and attack comprehensive material by breaking it...
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