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Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire happened in 1960.

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He was born in London (Cheapside to be exact).

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He was born in 1118 cheapside, London

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Thomas Becket was born in Cheapside, London around 1118

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"Tarquin of Cheapside" may refer to a character from traditional English folktales. In some versions of the story, Tarquin is a mischievous or cunning figure who gets into various adventures and troubles in the Cheapside area of London. The character has been featured in ballads and stories since medieval times.

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York Hopewell has written:

'The strange story of the Cheapside clock'

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The dumb wife of cheap side is the play on the garrulity of woman.

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William George Morris has written:

'The squares of Bloomsbury'

'The Homeland guide to London and the Festival of Britain'

'Along Cheapside'

'The Purlieus of Soho'

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The 'EC' in the 'EC2' postcode stands for Eastern Central. It refers to the Eastern Central portion of London. Specifically, the EC2 district covers an area within London that is bordered partially by Bishopsgate and Cheapside.

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The Gardiners lived on Gracechurch Street, close by the shops and warehouses of Cheapside, in London.

The social implication of this is that they may be wealthy, but they are also middle class, as opposed to aristocracy. Much is made of this by Caroline Bingley, who ignores the fact that her own family also got its wealth in trade.

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Main Facts on his Life.

In the year 1118, he was born in Cheapside(im guessing it was a cheapside of town get it LOL)in London,England.

Warning:

IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO EAT FOOD,DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING

He was Murdered(lovely)and stabbed brutally.

When he was being murdered one of the solidiers hit him so hard in the head,the sword broke!

Its okay to look now

He died in the year 1170 in Canterbury Cathederal

Poor guy

I hoped this helped if you want any simple answers.Sorry only some are gory.

This is best for Y7's who are in Mr Dohertys class as he wanted some gory facts about him.

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Bingley's wealth is inherited from a family that was in trade. This makes the disparaging observations of Caroline Bingley about the Gardiners, because they lived near Cheapside and were in trade, very hypocritical.

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There are eight different locations for Optical Express in London. They are located in Cheapside, Harley Street, Kensington, Shaftesbury Avenue, The Strand and Westfield. There are two locations in Britol, which are Cabot Centre and Cribbs Causeway. Each location for London and Bristol either have the same services or different service. It all depends on which service you need to determine which location you should visit.

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Identical. We still have the black plague, open sewers in the middle of the street and publically hang draw and quarter people who steal mules or pinch ladies bottoms. If you need a good brothel check out the south bank and while you are there see hot new writer Bill Shakespeare. He is clearly this years thing and won't last but he is very funny and has lots of jokes about farting. Miss Laura B, Cheapside, London, England

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Nam e Thomas Becket.

Nationality: English.

Position: Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170.

Date of Birth: December 21, 1118 Cheapside, London.

Date of Death: December 29, 1170, he was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.

What led to his death: his quarrels with King Henry II of England led to his murder in

Canterbury Cathedral by some knights.

I know this cause that was my English homework!!

im taking Canterbury tales with ms moffat

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Mrs. Bennet has two siblings. One is Mrs. Philips, the wife of an attorney, who lives in Merriton (her husband never appears in the book). The other is Mr. Gardiner, who is a wealth tradesman, living in the Cheapside district of London. He is married to Mrs. Gardiner, who grew up in Lambton, near Darcy's estate, Pemberly.

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The cast of Black Adder the Third - 1987 includes: Rowan Atkinson as Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prince Roger Avon as The Duke of Cheapside, her father Chris Barrie as Ambassador, a fearsome revolutionary Warren Clarke as Mr. Hardwood, her father Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Samuel Johnson, noted for his fat dictionary Kenneth Connor as Mossop, thespian Lee Cornes as Shelley, romantic junkie poet Ben Elton as Anarchist Stephen Fry as The Duke of Wellington, a famous soldier Vincent Hanna as Mr. Vincent Hanna, his own great great great grandfather Barbara Horne as Sally Cheapside, a young lady of doubtful virtue Gertan Klauber as King George III, a mad Monarch Hugh Laurie as The Prince Regent, their master Denis Lill as Sir Talbot Buxomly, a member of Parliament Dominic Martelli as Pitt the even Younger, a tiny whig Geoffrey McGivern as Ivor Biggun, a candidate Tim McInnerny as Lord Topper, fop Simon Osborne as Pitt the Younger, the Prime Minister Hugh Paddick as Keanrick, thespian Nigel Planer as Lord Smedley, fop William Puttock as Pitt, The Even Younger Miranda Richardson as Amy Hardwood, the elusive Shadow Tony Robinson as Baldrick, a dogsbody Tony Robinson as Baldrick, dogsbody Steve Steen as Byron, romantic junkie poet Jim Sweeney as Coleridge, romantic junkie poet

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Yes, being born in Guys hospital makes you Cockney. The bells of St Mary's Le Bow Cheapside are just the other side of the river. It is a common mistake to mix up these bells with the church bells in Bromley by Bow East London. If you were born in Bow or Isle of Dogs or most of Hackney then you should be proud to call yourself an East Ender but not a true Cockney. The Bow bells were rung at 9pm from the fourteenth hundreds to inform the traders and towns people that the city gates were about to be closed for the night. London Bridge and the Borough to the south was where most of them lived. What we now consider the East End was uninhabited Thames marsh land in them days.

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The novel is in England at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. We do not really know what the precise date is.

Most of the novel happens at Longbourne, an estate in Hertfordshire, England, where Lizzy lives with the rest of the Bennet family, and in the countryside around it, including the nearby estates of Netherfield and Lucas Lodge, and in the nearby town of Meryton.

Some of the action happens at Hunsford, Mr. Collins home in Kent, and the nearby estate of Rosings, the home of Lady Catherine. Some happens on the road between that area in Kent and Longbourne, including the home of the Gardiners, Lizzy's aunt and uncle, in the London area near Cheapside, a mercantile district.

Some very important action happens at Lambton, in Derbyshire, and on the nearby estate of Pemberley, which is owned by Darcy.

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A true Cockney is someone who was born within earshot of the famous Bow Bells at St Mary-le-Bow church in the East End of London. This traditional definition has been broadened to include any Londoner with the distinctive Cockney accent and dialect.

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John Pechey has written:

'Of sudden diseases. By Dr. John Pechey of the College of Physicians, London, at his house in Robin-Hood's-Court, the Lower End of Bowlane, near Bazing-Lane, Cheapside' -- subject(s): Medicine, Early works to 1800, Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

'The English herbal of physical plants' -- subject(s): Botany, Herbals

'A plain introduction to the art of physick' -- subject(s): Early works to 1800, Medicine, Materia medica

'The compleat herbal of physical plants' -- subject(s): Botany, Botany, Medical, Early works to 1800, Herbals, Herbs, Materia medica, Materia medica, Vegetable, Medical Botany, Pre-Linnean works, Vegetable Materia medica

'A general treatise of the diseases of infants and children' -- subject(s): Early works to 1800, Infants, Pediatrics, Diseases

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Longbourne - the Bennets Lucas Lodge - the Lucases Netherfield - let by Mr Bingley, his sisters Miss Caroline Bingley and Mrs Louisa Hurst, Mr Hurst and Mr Darcy when they are in Hertfordshire Meryton - Mr and Mrs Phillips (aunt and uncle to the Bennet girls) Pemberley - Home of Mr Darcy and his sister Georgiana in Derbyshire Gracechurch Street, Cheapside, London - Mr and Mrs Gardiner (aunt and uncle to the Bennet girls) Hunsford - Mr and Mrs Collins Rosings Park - Lady Catherine de Bourgh and her daughter Miss Anne de Bourgh

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Thomas Becket was born in Cheapside, a mercantile area of London.

He was the son of a man who sold cloth.

His mother and father came from different towns in Normandy.

His education, which included riding and manners, was provided by a friend of his father's.

He attended universities.

He went on missions to Rome for the Archbishop of Canterbury.

He was made Archdeacon at Canterbury Cathedral.

The Archbishop recommended him to the office of Lord Chancellor, to which King Henry II appointed him.

He was a good friend of the King, who made him Archbishop of Canterbury.

He was a bit too serious about religion for the king, and defended the authority of the Church when the king wanted to reduce it for his own benefit.

He was stubborn.

He was murdered by four knights who attacked him with swords as he prayed, during Vespers at Canterbury Cathedral.

Once every Century, on the centennial anniversary of his death, whoever has gone to sleep in the room over the main gate of St. Augustine's Abbey has been waked by the sound of a ghostly procession of monks carrying his body into the abbey to prepare it for burial. (You won't find this in the history books, but the locals say this is true.)

There is a secret society of three people who guard the secret of where the stone is that was covered by his blood and removed from the floor of the cathedral for safety. (More folk history.)

His shrine, at which he was buried, became the most important pilgrim destination in Britain.
1.hes a boy

2.he has hair

3.he has a mum or did

4.he has a dad or did

5.he has seen a girl

6.he has seen a boy

7.he has seen a door

8.he is called thomas

9.he has eyes

10.he has a mouth

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1) Thomas Beckett was born in 1118 in Cheapside, London.

2) He was the archbishop of Canterbury in 1162.

3) He died on the 29th December 1170.

4)He was canonized by Pope Alexander, July 12, 1194.

5) He is also known as Thomas a Becket.
He was A friend of Thomas Becket

He died in December 29 in 1170
Thomas Becket Facts:

1.Born December 21st in 1118.

2.died December 29th in 1170

3.Nationality:English

4.Also Known as: Thomas a Becket

5.Thomas a Becket was declared a martyr, and in 1173, he was canonized by Pope 6.Alexander on July 12, 1174

7.Thomas Becket was famous as: the Archbishop of Canterbury

8.Position: Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170

9.The monks were afraid that Becket's body might be stolen.

10.Becket's bones were moved to a new gold-plated and bejewelled shrine behind the high altar.

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There were alternatives for justice in the middle ages, and in fact there were more than there are today, because their were alternate courts, at least for some people.

The courts available for members of the nobility were run by, and for, members of the nobility. The people on trial were nobility, and the people trying them were nobility.

This was not true for serfs. The people trying the serfs, if they were not nobility were at least paid by nobility (change came later in some places). But, in many places, such as England, if a man could read a particular Psalm, designated by law, then it proved he was literate, and should be tried by a court run by and for clerics.

The clerical courts were judged by clerics and clergy. Remember that these people were not members of the nobility, necessarily, but came from all levels of society. For example, Pope Leo III, who crowned Charlemagne, was of humble origins, and Thomas Becket was the son of a merchant who bought and sold cloth in the Cheapside area of London.

The result was that a serf who learned to read could get a much fairer and merciful trial than one who had not. (One wonders about the effect on literacy. I would bet criminals taught each other to read.)

The idea that church trials were unfair and produced harsh justice may be a product of the later times, to a large extent. There are records of criminals in Spain, during the Spanish Inquisition, confessing to belief in heresies so they could be tried by the Inquisition instead of the normal criminal justice system.

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This is some of the information I have of James Pimm, he was my 4th Great Uncle.

James Pimm was born in Newnham Kent England in 1798, he married Mary Southerden Malley was born at Chatham in 1822 in the City of London, he died at Bush Peckham, nr East Peckham, Kent on the 16th of August 1866, buried at Holy Trinity Church East Peckham Kent in the graveyard the inscription shows In Memory of James Pimm who died August 16th 1866 aged 67 years, also Mary Southernden (WRAY) wife of James Pimm who died 28th of February 1864. It is believe that they lived at Pimms Place Bush Peckham, Kent. James Pimm appears on the 1851 Census at Cheapside, St. Mary Colechurch, London, as a Confectioner and Fish Factor. He was born at Newnham, Kent. His wife Mary Southerden Malley was born at Chatham. Children (in 1851) of James/Mary were: Mary Mallery, (she married Robert Allen a local farmer in Kent England) aged 25, born London, Confectioner's Assistant. Henry Mallery aged 23, b. Middx. Frances Elizabeth, aged 20, b. Middx. William aged 18 apprentice to Fish Factor, b. Middx and Ann aged 9, b.Middx.

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A Cockney is anybody that was/is born within the sound of the famous Bow Bells in the east-end of London, UK. The Cockneys have their own secret language known only to the working class and lower class people of London (Cockney's) called Cockney rhyming slang.

A few examples of some Cockney rhyming slang are:

  • Apples 'n pears - stairs
  • Butcher's (butcher's hook) - look
  • China (china plate) - mate (friend)
  • Daisy roots - boots
  • Frog 'n toad - road
  • Loaf (loaf of bread) - head
  • Mince pies - eyes
  • Mothers ruin - gin
  • Mutt and Jeff - deaf
  • Old Joanna - piano
  • Plates of meat - feet
  • Rosie Lee - tea
  • Taters (potatoes in the mould) - cold
  • Tea leaf - thief
  • Titfer (tit for tat) - hat
  • Trouble and strife - wife
  • Whistle and flute - suit

Cockney is a sort of language originating in Cheapside or south London. It rhymes uncommon words with the referent to act as a sort of code. Examples, apples and pears means stairs but more recently Britney Spears is used as slang for stairs. Sometimes the whole rhyme stands as a substitute but mostly only one word is the replacement. China plate means mate but the word china is the only part used. Plate of meat means feet but only the word plates is used. Trouble and strife is used as a substitute for wife. Chalk farms is used for arms. Loaf of bread means head but loaf is the substitute word. Daily mail means tale.

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(born c. 1118, Cheapside, London, Eng. - died Dec. 29, 1170, Canterbury, Kent; canonized 1173; feast day December 29) Archbishop of Canterbury (1162 - 70). The son of a Norman merchant, he served as chancellor of England (1155 - 62) under Henry II, whose entire trust he won. A brilliant administrator, diplomat, and military strategist, he aided the king in increasing the royal power. Resistant to the Gregorian reform movement that asserted the autonomy of the church, Henry hoped to reinforce royal control of the church by appointing Becket archbishop of Canterbury in 1162. Becket, however, embraced his new duties devoutly and opposed royal power in the church, especially proclaiming the right of offending clerics to be tried in ecclesiastical courts. The king issued the Constitutions of Clarendon (1164) listing royal rights over the church, and he summoned the archbishop to trial. Becket fled to France and remained in exile until 1170, when he returned to Canterbury and was murdered in the cathedral by four of Henry's knights, traditionally said to be acting in response to the king's angry words. Becket's tomb, which was visited by Henry in an act of penance, became a site of pilgrimage.

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Look out the window, you can see the church steeple from here.

Converse of object

  • see: You should be able to see the church steeple.
  • have: It has a steeple, which was erected in 1814.
  • soar: Stroll through the old town and see the Town Hall's soaring medieval steeple, one of the oldest in Europe.
  • build: He also built the steeple of Earl's Colne church and was buried there in 1263.
  • climb: Graham was credited with a number of unorthodox solo climbs, church steeples, office corridors etc. , not always appreciated by officialdom.

Adjective modifier

  • tall: How is the rooster at the top of the tall slender steeple doing?
  • wooden: The old church had a small western wooden steeple, a north aisle shorter than the nave, and a north porch.
  • old: You see, on top of the old church steeple was a big bright star.
  • high: At length the high white steeple of the town met my eyes.
  • square: His route had to take him over the top of a square steeple.
  • new: In the end, however, a far more imposing arrangement was adopted, with the new steeple on the Cheapside frontage.

Modifies a noun

  • chase: The Grafton Hunt steeple chases were held on Easter Monday.
  • chasing: For example many hunter chasing and steeple chasing horses are later sold as hunters.
  • palate: A steeple palate is not high or flat but a combination of both.
  • church: Attractions The village has a wooden steeple church, St Andrews.
  • house: On Sunday, he went to the " steeple House, " evidently the cathedral.

Noun used with modifier

  • church: The church steeple can be seen for miles around.
  • century: The steeple standing by the Town House finds itself in its rather odd position owning to the 18th century steeple committees of Kinross.
  • spire: The church built in the year 1584, is a handsome structure with a spire steeple.

Source: http://www.yourdictionary.com/examples/steeple

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Thomas Becket was born on the December 21, 1118 in Cheapside, London. His family was well off, his father, Gilbert Becket, a was a merchant. His mother was called Matilda.

He was educated in France, Italy and England. When he returned to England, he was noticed by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury. The latter sent Thomas on several important missions to Rome. Theobald recommended Thomas to Henry II as Lord Chancellor when the post was free.

Thomas got the job and became a loyal friend to the king. Henry II was not very happy with the church; he was angry that the clergy was tried in the church court, which had much lighter punishments than the kings court. When Theobald died in 1139, Henry appointed Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury. He hoped this would give him more control over the church.

But when Thomas was the Archbishop, he changed his lifestyle. He became more holy and spent more time praying. He also refused to carry out the kings wishes.

Henry became so angry, Thomas fled to France. He remained there until Henry found him and they called a truce.

But once back in England, Thomas expelled the priests who had supported Henry against him. Henry heard of this and was furious. He shouted "who will rid me of this troublesome priest?" Four knights heard him and set off to Canterbury to sort Becket out. They murdered him with four blows with swords. He died at the cathedral on 29 December 1170.

24 years after his death, on July 12, 1194, he was canonized by Pope Alexander III. He is recognized as both a saint and a martyr.

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Near the end of his life, Pitt was devastated by news of a great Napoleanic victory. According to Encyclopedia Britannica:

The news of the battle of Trafalgar arrived four days later, and seemed for a moment to revive him. Forty-eight hours after that most glorious and most mournful of victories had been announced to the country came the Lord Mayor's day; and Pitt dined at Guildhall. His popularity had declined. But on this occasion the multitude, greatly excited by the recent tidings, welcomed him enthusiastically, took off his horses in Cheapside, and drew his carriage up King Street. When his health was drunk, he returned thanks in two or three of those stately sentences of which he had a boundless command. Several of those who heard him laid up his words in their hearts; for they were the last words that he ever uttered in public: "Let us hope that England, having saved herself by her energy, may save Europe by her example."

However this may not be accurate. In a memorial service, President Nixon quotes Pitt in this way, which sounds to my ear more accurate:

"I can sum up best what America's role in the world should be by going back 185 years to a British Prime Minister's statement. After Nelson's great victory at Trafalgar, William Pitt was toasted as the savior of Europe. One hundred years later, Lord Curzon would describe Pitt's response as being one of the three great masterpieces of English eloquence. Listen to his words:

'I return you many thanks for the honor you have done me. But Europe will not be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, I trust, save Europe by her example.'

Today the world is not going to be saved by any single nation. But America can save herself by her exertions and can, by our example, save the cause of peace and freedom in the world."

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Becket was murdered by 4 of King Henry the 2nds knights inside Canterbury Cathedral. Apparently Becket and Henry were close friends but when King Henry the 2nd yelled out "Will no one rid me of turbulent priest?" he was overheard by 4 of his knights. These knights then travelled to where Becket was and struck him with swords four times. Becket did not fight back but on the third hit the sword was broken in half. On the fourth strike Becket died....

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Howe was not the first to conceive of the idea of a sewing machine. Many other people had formulated the idea of such a machine before him, one as early as 1790, and some had even patented their designs and produced working machines, in one case at least 80 of them. However, Howe originated significant refinements to the design concepts of his predecessors, and on September 10, 1846, he was awarded the first United States patent (U.S. Patent 4,750) for a sewing machine using a lockstitch design. His machine contained the three essential features common to most modern machines:

a needle with the eye at the point,

a shuttle operating beneath the cloth to form the lock stitch, and

an automatic feed.

Despite securing his patent, Howe had considerable difficulty finding investors in the United States to finance production of his invention, so his elder brother Amasa Bemis Howe traveled to England in October 1846 to seek financing. Amasa was able to sell his first machine for £250 to William Thomas of Cheapside, London, who owned a factory for the manufacture of corsets, umbrellas and valises. Elias and his family joined Amasa in London in 1848, but after business disputes with Thomas and failing health of his wife, Howe returned nearly penniless to the United States. His wife Elizabeth, who preceded Elias back to the United States, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts shortly after his return in 1849.

Despite his efforts to sell his machine, other entrepreneurs began manufacturing sewing machines. Howe was forced to defend his patent in a court case that lasted from 1849 to 1854 because he found that Isaac Singer with cooperation from Walter Hunt had perfected a facsimile of his machine and was selling it with the same lockstitch that Howe had invented and patented. He won the dispute and earned considerable royalties from Singer and others for sales of his invention. Howe contributed much of the money he earned to the equip the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War, in which Howe served during the Civil War as a private in Company D and regimental postmaster from August 14, 1862, to July 19, 1865.

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Howe was not the first to conceive of the idea of a sewing machine. Many other people had formulated the idea of such a machine before him, one as early as 1790, and some had even patented their designs and produced working machines, in one case at least 80 of them. However, Howe originated significant refinements to the design concepts of his predecessors, and on September 10, 1846, he was awarded the first United States patent (U.S. Patent 4,750) for a sewing machine using a lockstitch design. His machine contained the three essential features common to most modern machines:

a needle with the eye at the point,

a shuttle operating beneath the cloth to form the lock stitch, and

an automatic feed.

Despite securing his patent, Howe had considerable difficulty finding investors in the United States to finance production of his invention, so his elder brother Amasa Bemis Howe traveled to England in October 1846 to seek financing. Amasa was able to sell his first machine for £250 to William Thomas of Cheapside, London, who owned a factory for the manufacture of corsets, umbrellas and valises. Elias and his family joined Amasa in London in 1848, but after business disputes with Thomas and failing health of his wife, Howe returned nearly penniless to the United States. His wife Elizabeth, who preceded Elias back to the United States, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts shortly after his return in 1849.

Despite his efforts to sell his machine, other entrepreneurs began manufacturing sewing machines. Howe was forced to defend his patent in a court case that lasted from 1849 to 1854 because he found that Isaac Singer with cooperation from Walter Hunt had perfected a facsimile of his machine and was selling it with the same lockstitch that Howe had invented and patented. He won the dispute and earned considerable royalties from Singer and others for sales of his invention. Howe contributed much of the money he earned to the equip the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War, in which Howe served during the Civil War as a private in Company D and regimental postmaster from August 14, 1862, to July 19, 1865.

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The novel is in England at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. We do not really know what the precise date is.

Most of the novel happens at Longbourne, an estate in Hertfordshire, England, where Lizzy lives with the rest of the Bennet family, and in the countryside around it, including the nearby estates of Netherfield and Lucas Lodge, and in the nearby town of Meryton.

Some of the action happens at Hunsford, Mr. Collins home in Kent, and the nearby estate of Rosings, the home of Lady Catherine. Some happens on the road between that area in Kent and Longbourne, including the home of the Gardiners, Lizzy's aunt and uncle, in the London area near Cheapside, a mercantile district.

Some very important action happens at Lambton, in Derbyshire, and on the nearby estate of Pemberley, which is owned by Darcy.

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It depended a lot on what social class you came from as well as which era. England in the Middle Ages was made up from lots of little villages which had a population of 70-100 people. These villages were based around a church and had a reeve and bailiff who helped to run the village along with the local lord. These villages would be made up from freemen and serfs (gave most things to their lord). After the Norman Conquest of 1066 there were far more serfs but as time progressed these men bought their freedom. Villagers had different jobs such as field workers, blacksmiths, foresters and shepards. Even some women ran their own businesses.

Medieval towns were far more busy. There were only a few major cities in England and these mainly centred around a cathedral. Cities such as these included York, Durham and, the capital, London. Most of these were old Roman cities. Medieval cities would have been cramped and smelly with disease and crime common. There was a greater variation in trade so many people ran taverns or whorehouses to use as services to the public. The cities would have held streets such as Cheapside, London, as well as buildings like the Tower of London. A lot of cities had stone walls surrounding them in case of a siege but as the population grew houses were built outside these (urban sprawl).

England was at war for much of the Middle Ages either with Muslim Turks, France or Scotland so the Northern borders of England would have seen a lot of attacks from Scottish invaders (look up Battle of Nevilles Cross) and the Hundred Years War with France ended up with large areas of Normandy, Picardy and Brittany being pillaged. Many men were either soldiers or mercenaries and contributed to these wars. Richard the Lionheart is famous for starving England of money in order to raise money for both his Crusade and his ransom after he was captured buy Duke Leopold II. The fighting spirit of England depended largely on the monarch who was reigning at the time.

There was a lot of death in the Middle Ages but not as much as is made out by text books. Many people did die of common illnesses but antiseptics such as honey helped people to survive and there were schools of medicine which did produce effective cures. The average lifespan was around 35-40 though as time went on this rose. Eleanor of Aquitane lived to 82 years old. The Black Death blighted England from 1348-1400 and killed off many people though there were still enough fighting men to keep up the war with France! There were high infant mortality and maternal mortality rates and a lack of widespread contraceptives led to large families but most women were trained on how to safely deliver a child.

Life in the Middle Ages was not as rugged as is made out and there were some very smart people and the way of life was much simpler than it is today.

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During the early part of Shakespeare's career, Robert Greene, George Peele, Thomas Kyd and Christopher Marlowe were popular. Later playwrights contemporary with Shakespeare were Thomas Heywood, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Cyril Tourneur, Philip Massinger, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, and John Webster. Those are the most important ones, but there were more.

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The very first English tragedy was Norton and Sackville's Gorboduc, probably written around 1562 (two years before Shakespeare was born).

Theatre as we know it did not exist before Shakespeare's time. There were Miracle Plays, Mystery Plays, and Mummer shows - but these were amateur perfomances with very simple stories which were usually performed connected with a religious festival. They were more like a Christmas pantomime at the Church Hall than like a modern play.

Commercial Theatre - professional actors producing plays for entertainment, and people paying money to see them - only began while Shakespeare was growing up. The earliest playhouse of which we have record was the Bull Inn (mentioned by Richard Flecknoe in his Short Discourse of the English Stage) which only began to offer real plays 'about the begining of Queen Elizabeth's reign' (ie 1558).

So when Shakespeare first arrived in London in the 1580's theatre was a new entertainment medium. It was very unpopular with the forces of social conservatism (including much of the aristocracy and almost all religious fundamentalists) since it enabled the ordinary people who became actors sometimes to become very rich. (Actors were called masterless men. The idea that someone could make money without either being born rich, or training in an established profession, was new and scandalous in Elizabethan society). Theatre was also unpopular with the upper classes because it was an entertainment medium which ordinary working people could afford.

The company that Shakespeare joined - James Burbage' The Lord Chamberlains Men - had the first custom-built playhouse in the world. Burbage built it himself (Burbage was a builder before he became involved with drama) and when it opened (sometime around 1577) there was no name for such a place - there had never been one before. Burbage invented a name: he called it The Theatre.

Over the next sixty years (until in 1642 the religious fundamentalists had their way and closed all the theatres down) theatre became the first commercial entertainment medium in the world. Almost any working person could afford to go to the theatre (at least occasionally), and - because theatre was performed by masterless men, who had no special interest in protecting the existing class-system or the existing church - theatre plays could discuss social issues (Othello), sexual morality (Much Ado about Nothing), modern fashion (As You Like It). The theatre could also teach history (the Henry VI plays) or indirectly discuss contemporary political crises (Richard II is a historical play, but the issues it deals with were acutely relevant during the period it was written). A little after Shakespeare's time there were even plays about current affairs (Thomas Middleton's Game at Chess, or A Chaste Maid in Cheapside).

The Elizabethan theatre was the world's first commercial entertainment medium, and in Elizabethan society it did the work that is now done by Television, Cinema, Rock Music, political rallies, and even newspapers.

Shakespeare wasn't the only Elizabethan dramatist. Christopher Marlowe, John Webster, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Decker are all also important. But Shakespeare was the best - and Elizabethan drama was certainly the begining of the modern entertainment industry, and in an important sense it was also the begining of the modern world.

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There have been several past Pokemon events in the UK:

- Aurora Ticket giveaway (used to reach Buirth Island, where Deoxys is) at Vue cinemas in October - November 2005 (for Pokemon Fire Red & Leaf Green)

- Mew giveaway at Toys R Us in August 2007 (for Pokemon Emerald)

- Darkrai giveaway at Woolworths stores in August 2008 (for Pokemon Diamond & Pearl)

- Riolu, Manaphy, and Darkrai missions for Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia available for download over Nintendo WiFi in November 2008 - February 2009 (allow you to transfer a Riolu or Manaphy to Pokemon Diamond or Pearl)

- Darkrai mission for Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia available for download over Nintendo WiFi in December 2008 - January 2009 (allows you to transfer a Darkrai to Pokemon Diamond or Pearl)

- Shaymin mission for Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia available for download over Nintendo WiFi in March 2009 (does NOT allow you to obtain a Shaymin)

- Shaymin giveaway at GAME stores in April 2009 (for Pokemon Diamond & Pearl)

There are also 2 more downloadable missions for Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, which feature Dialga and Palkia. As far as I know, these are still available for download over Nintendo WiFi. Like the Shaymin mission, you will not get a Dialga or Palkia if you complete these missions; they are just missions which feature these Pokemon.

So far, there have been no announcement of any future UK events.

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Roger Avon has: Played Prison Warder in "The Time of His Life" in 1955. Played Ben Embleton in "This Week" in 1956. Performed in "Pantomania, or Dick Whittington" in 1956. Played Weedon in "Armchair Theatre" in 1956. Played Grimes in "Stars in Your Eyes" in 1957. Played Constable in "The Scamp" in 1957. Played Const. Brown in "Kill Her Gently" in 1957. Played Cooper in "Dial 999" in 1958. Played Constable in "Womaneater" in 1958. Played Lookout Reginald Lee in "A Night to Remember" in 1958. Played Reporter in "The Ugly Duckling" in 1959. Performed in "Frankly Howerd" in 1959. Played Policeman at Window Breaking in "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" in 1960. Performed in "Citizen James" in 1960. Played Landlord in "Deadline Midnight" in 1960. Played Granville in "Deadline Midnight" in 1960. Played Albert Avon in "Scotland Yard" in 1960. Performed in "The Dickie Henderson Show" in 1960. Played Engineer in "Fred Emney Picks a Pop" in 1960. Played Newsagent in "Comedy Playhouse" in 1961. Played The King in "Adventure to Order" in 1961. Performed in "The Arthur Askey Show" in 1961. Played Turnkey in "The Hellfire Club" in 1961. Played Major Abbott in "Drama 61-67" in 1961. Performed in "Comedy Playhouse" in 1961. Played Charlie Wilson in "Harpers West One" in 1961. Played Scott in "The Pursuers" in 1961. Played Security Man in "Ghost Squad" in 1961. Performed in "Zero One" in 1962. Played Policeman in "Benny Hill" in 1962. Performed in "Hugh and I" in 1962. Played Policeman in "Steptoe and Son" in 1962. Played Major Race in "Out of This World" in 1962. Played Sergeant Davies in "Corrigan Blake" in 1962. Played Daxtar in "Doctor Who" in 1963. Played Mitcham in "Love Story" in 1963. Played Insp. Moss in "Sergeant Cork" in 1963. Played Superintendent Percy in "Sergeant Cork" in 1963. Played Medical Officer in "Espionage" in 1963. Performed in "The Dick Emery Show" in 1963. Played Saphadin in "Doctor Who" in 1963. Played Constable in "Vacation Playhouse" in 1963. Played Forensic Photographer in "Murder at the Gallop" in 1963. Performed in "The Valiant Varneys" in 1964. Played West German policeman in "The Wednesday Play" in 1964. Played Labour Exchange clerk in "The Likely Lads" in 1964. Played Chateau Guide in "Danger Man" in 1964. Played Charge Hand in "The Troubleshooters" in 1965. Played Cummings in "The Troubleshooters" in 1965. Played Uncle Bob in "Dead End Creek" in 1965. Played Waterhouse in "Runaway Railway" in 1966. Played Police Operator in "Harry Worth" in 1966. Played Policeman in "The Cuckoo Patrol" in 1967. Played Electrician in "Quatermass and the Pit" in 1967. Played Boat Owner in "Father Dear Father" in 1968. Performed in "Frost on Sunday" in 1968. Played Vet in "Father Dear Father" in 1968. Played Ker of Fernihurst in "The Borderers" in 1968. Played Sergeant Tyson in "Curse of the Crimson Altar" in 1968. Played 1st Maintenance Man in "Department S" in 1969. Played Detective in "Ours Is a Nice House" in 1969. Played Receptionist in "Special Branch" in 1969. Played Cummings in "Softly Softly: Task Force" in 1969. Performed in "Hark at Barker" in 1969. Played The Policeman in "On the Buses" in 1969. Played Hooper in "Department S" in 1969. Played Uniformed Policeman in "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" in 1969. Played Chauffeur in "Play for Today" in 1970. Played Landlord in "The Misfit" in 1970. Played Fred in "For the Love of Ada" in 1970. Played Watchman in "Play for Today" in 1970. Played Policeman in "Bachelor Father" in 1970. Played Clerk of the Court in "Upstairs, Downstairs" in 1971. Played News Reader in "Bless This House" in 1971. Played Riddle in "Advent of Steam" in 1971. Played House Purchaser in "Bless This House" in 1971. Played Electricity Board Man in "Bless This House" in 1971. Played First workman in "Hide and Seek" in 1972. Played Sergeant in "Sykes" in 1972. Played Garage Man in "Doctor in Charge" in 1972. Played Police Inspector in "Dead of Night" in 1972. Performed in "Thirty Minutes Worth" in 1972. Played Rathbone in "Au Pair Girls" in 1972. Played Lord Mayor of London in "Sykes" in 1972. Played Policeman (Safari Park) in "Mutiny on the Buses" in 1972. Performed in "Sykes" in 1972. Played Sergeant in "Second City Firsts" in 1973. Played Businessman in "My Name Is Harry Worth" in 1974. Performed in "The Larry Grayson Hour of Stars" in 1974. Performed in "The First Train Now Arriving..." in 1975. Played Chairman in "When the Boat Comes In" in 1976. Played Joe the Landlord in "The Likely Lads" in 1976. Played Chauffeur in "Ripping Yarns" in 1976. Played Police Sergeant in "Yus My Dear" in 1976. Played Stan Liddell in "When the Boat Comes In" in 1976. Played Headmaster in "The New Avengers" in 1976. Played Wilson Hepple in "Second Verdict" in 1976. Played Mr. Redshaw in "When the Boat Comes In" in 1976. Played Barman in "The Other One" in 1977. Played Doctor in "Chalk and Cheese" in 1977. Played Referee in "The Losers" in 1978. Played Landlord in "Margie and Me" in 1978. Played Fred in "Potter" in 1979. Played Commissionaire in "George and Mildred" in 1980. Played Man on motorbike in "Sink or Swim" in 1980. Played Fire Chief in "Keep It in the Family" in 1980. Performed in "Then Churchill Said to Me" in 1982. Played Magistrate in "Lady Is a Tramp" in 1983. Played Charles in "The Dresser" in 1983. Played Bert in "The Baker Street Boys" in 1983. Played Harry Stevens in "The Bill" in 1984. Played Judge in "The Day the Universe Changed" in 1985. Played The Duke of Cheapside, her father in "Black Adder the Third" in 1987. Played George Fields in "The Black Candle" in 1991. Played Angus Belfer in "Peak Practice" in 1993. Played Mr Braniff in "Our Friends in the North" in 1996. Played Alf in "Grafters" in 1998. Played Saphadin in "Doctor Who: The Crusade" in 1999.

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Chuck Cureau has: Played Himself - Guest in "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" in 1988. Played Animal Expert (Sea World) in "The All New Captain Kangaroo" in 1997. Played himself in "The Howie Mandel Show" in 1998. Played Host (2005-) in "Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls" in 2003. Played Greer in "The Life of David Gale" in 2003. Played Co-Host in "Skunked TV" in 2004. Played TV Reporter in "Friday Night Lights" in 2006. Played R. J. Maxwell in "The Boys of Ghost Town" in 2009. Played News Anchor in "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D" in 2011. Played Himself - Aquatica in "Xtreme Waterparks" in 2012. Played Richard in "Sa.TX" in 2013.

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WHEN 2 I was at Grand Cairo, I picked up several oriental manuscripts, which I have still by me. Among others I met with one entitled "The Visions of Mirza," which I have read over with great pleasure. I intend to give it to the public when I have no other entertainment for them, and shall begin with the first vision, which I have translated word for word, as follows:- 1 "On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after having washed myself and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Baghdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life, and passing from one thought to another, 'Surely,' said I, 'man is but a shadow, and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious and altogether different from anything I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place. My heart melted away in secret raptures. 2 "I had often been told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one astonished, he beckoned to me, and by the waving of his hand directed me to approach the place where he sat. I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, 'Mirza,' said he, 'I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.' 3 "He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, 'Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he 'and tell me what thou seest.' 'I see,' said I, 'a huge valley and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.' 'The valley that thou seest,' said he, 'is the Vale of Misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity.' What is the reason,' said I, 'that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?' 'What thou seest,' said he, 'is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now,' said he, 'this sea that is thus bounded by darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it.' 'I see a bridge,' said I, 'standing in the midst of the tide.' 'The bridge thou seest,' said he, 'is human life; consider it attentively.' Upon a more leisurely survey of it I found that it consisted of more than threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number to about a hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches; but that a great flood swept away the rest, and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld it. 'But tell me further,' said he, 'what thou discoverest on it.' 'I see multitudes of people passing over it,' said I, 'and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon further examination, perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon, but they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire. 4 "There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk. 5 "I passed some time in the contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at everything that stood by them to save themselves. Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them, but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them their footing failed and down they sunk. In this confusion of objects, I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 6 "The genius, seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it, "Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, 'and tell me if thou seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, 'What mean,' said I, 'those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling up it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches,' 'These,' said the genius, 'are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.' 7 "I here fetched a deep sigh. 'Alas,' said I, 'man was made in vain: how is he given away to misery and mortality, tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. 'Look no more,' said he, 'on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.' I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. 'The islands,' said he, 'that lie so fresh and green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see, are more in number than the sands on the seashore; there are myriads of islands behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching farther than thine eye, or even thine imagination can extend itself. These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed amount these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for? Does life appear miserable that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward? Is death to be feared that will convey thee to so happy an existence? Think not man was made in vain who has such an eternity reserved for him.' I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, 'Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.' The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but, instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long valley of Baghdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it."

The end of the first vision of Mirza.

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