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These engineers know their onions; you herb it here first.

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Original de que los Beatles imprimir: En vivo en el salón isabelino, Nottingham, 1963. Se trata de un origina… | Beatles poster, Music concert posters, The beatles Original de que los Beatles imprimir: En vivo en el salón isabelino, Nottingham, 1963. Se trata de un original diseño inspirado en las clásicas actuaciones de artistas legendarios. Este llamativo ca...

7 March 1963 ► The Beatles played for the first time in #Nottingham, in the ballroom above Co-operative House on Parliament Street.
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On the stock exchange today, helium was up, feathers were down and paper was stationary.

Humanist Heritage: Heroines of Freethought Borrowing the title of an 1876 work by feminist freethinker Sara Underwood, this article celebrates the many brave women who have populated and propelled the humanist movement.

‘Heroines of Freethought’ was the title of an 1876 work by Sara Underwood that celebrated the lives of humanist women who lived and worked before the emergence of humanist organisations such as the ethical societies. #HumanistsUK #HumanistHeritage
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Watson Fothergill - Watson Fothergill was an English architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Notting… | Nottingham, Nottingham city, Victorian buildings Watson Fothergill - Victorian Architect of Nottingham. The only web site dedicated to Nottingham's most innovative architect.

6 March 1928 ► #Nottingham architect Watson Fothergill died and was buried in the Church Cemetery on Mansfield Road.
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A taxi cab in Nottingham’s Market Place, in front of the Old Exchange, 1916. | Nottingham city, Nottingham city centre, Nottingham Miss Alice Astill became Nottingham’s first female taxi driver on 6 March 1916.

6 March 1916 ► Miss Alice Astill became #Nottingham’s first female taxi driver.
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Intriguing, but you could end up with either warm lager, or frozen lager…

I don't know, I assumed it came from his 'Notes on Nationalism,' but I haven't tried to verify it.

So, while we’re trying to help our environment…

Clifton Bridge, Nottingham. Inaugurated in 1955, officially opened by Princess Alexandra on 5 June 1958. | Clifton nottingham, Nottingham city, Nottingham Clifton Bridge, Nottingham. Inaugurated in 1955, officially opened by Princess Alexandra on 5 June 1958.

March 1958 ► #Nottingham’s Clifton Bridge was completed.
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Orwell and Gramsci on national pride and patriotism

Let kids be kids!

Highfields Park, #Nottingham

Went for a walk at Highfields and to see the Andy Warhol exhibition at the University of #Nottingham Djanogly Gallery. Very interesting exhibition and it’s on until Sunday 19 April if anyone wants to see it.
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As long as there's gravy...

Isn't it...

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4 March 1928 ► The author Alan Sillitoe was born in #Nottingham.
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😆 Good point; my humour is still stuck around age 12...

I've aged a bit since 1980…

We all are…

Finally, algebra makes sense!

St Mary's church

Galleries of Justice, looking down High Pavement.

Looking up High Pavement, mostly Georgian houses.

Broadway, red brick Victorian warehouses

Nottingham is not a famously pretty city, but the Lace Market really is lovely.

Heavy snowfall, followed by a quick thaw and persistent heavy rain, led to the great Nottingham floods of March 1947. The Trent broke … | Flood, Clifton, Nottingham Heavy snowfall, followed by a quick thaw and persistent heavy rain, led to the great Nottingham floods of March 1947. The Trent broke its banks at Queens Drive, near the Wilford Power Station and the ...

March 1947 ► Heavy snowfall, followed by a quick thaw and persistent heavy rain, led to the great #Nottingham floods of 1947. The Trent broke its banks at Queens Drive, near the Wilford Power Station and the Clifton Colliery, and the flood waters flowed into the Meadows.
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If this doesn’t take their minds off Epstein, nothing will, insists Trump Beautiful footage of rapidly expanding clouds of smoke and burning infrastructure had better take people’s minds off Epstein, President Trump has told supporters this morning.

If this doesn’t take their minds off #Epstein, nothing will, insists #Trump.
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I wonder which is best; Google or Bing? I might have to Google it.

It's a great picture isn't it. I had to get permission from Nottingham City Museums and Galleries to use it.

Early Modern Nottingham (1500 – 1799) Return to the introduction and contents page Go back to Nottingham in the Middle Ages (600 – 1499) 1512 A charter signed by Henry VIII licensed a group of Nottingham people, including Dame Agnes Me…

2 March 1719 ► William Ayscough, a #Nottingham stationer and printer, died. Along with his wife Anne he had introduced typography and printing to the city in 1710.
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Nailed it…