First postmarks in the world
Inked date stamps were at first called 'Bishops marks' after their inventor, Henry Bishop, Postmaster General, 1660-1663. The post office was receiving complaints about late arrival of the post. ...
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Belgium's gratitude for British Aid, WW1
There were over 250,000 Belgian refugees in the UK in WW1. Many were accommodated at Alexandra Palace, but not Hecule Poirot who found refuge at a country house, Style Court. Every year on the Sat...
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Punch and Judy
Punch's Puppet Show was first performed in England and witnessed by Samuel Pepys 1662, in Covent Garden. And still popular in 2015.
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First pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness
The Tipperary pub, Fleet Street, was the first pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness and later draft.
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