This week in history…
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Our weekly blog focuses mainly on the events that happened in Britain but there are a few international events covered.
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January 9th - 15th
A week of first: the first plane to fly 1lm, the first income tax, the first London Underground railway line, the first national lottery, the first visitors to the British Museum…
September 12th - 18th
“Submarines; tanks; third time lucky for the Mayflower; but most notably the week we lost eleven days…”