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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December 5th - 11th
“A thick smog, a great storm, and a surprise attack all happened this week in history…”
September 12th - 18th
“Submarines; tanks; third time lucky for the Mayflower; but most notably the week we lost eleven days…”
April 4th - 10th
A week of tragedy, disaster and death, but also new beginnings… Martin Luther King Jr, Pocahontas, Ibrox Park, King Richard I, Olympic Games, World War I, Dick Turpin, Buddha, Margaret Thatcher, King Henry V, King Edward IV, Eadweard Muybridge, Prince Charles, Titanic