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6 June 1397: d. Adam Baume Mayor of Two days later Richard II appointed Richard [Dick] Whittington mayor.
Shortly afterwards Whittington arranged for the city to purcase its full liberties from the king for £10,000 (BM)

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2021-06-06

Revisited the on the spot image. Both on the same size paper, this time focus on the window with room for foreground. Lovely morning painting.

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2021-06-06

Miriam Macgregor is an Indian-born British wood engraver and type compositor. Since 1977, she has worked the Whittington Press. Today we present her wood engravings for P.J. Kavanagh’s Real Sky, printed in 1980 by Macgregor herself. https://t.co/onqLeIt99B

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2021-06-03

Mailing out today - your new edition of Storytime. It features The Incredible Pet Project, Dick Whittington's Cat, Wee Willie Winkie, an awesome Norse myth, a bug loving boy & much more! If you're not a subscriber, fear not, you can get a copy in our shop: https://t.co/VG6YgVBVDH

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2020-10-08

Worth his weight in gold! Rat-catching superstar Dick Whittington's Cat features in the new edition of Storytime, pictured here living his best life in the Sultan's palace. A panto classic brought to life with art from - don't miss it:
https://t.co/UBbMgRYiCf

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2020-10-06

6 June 1397: d. Adam Baume Mayor of Two days later Richard II appointed Richard [Dick] Whittington mayor. Shortly afterwards Whittington arranged for the city to purcase its full liberties from the king for £10,000 (BM)

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2020-06-06

Of course, there's John Hayward's masterpiece of Dick Whittington & feline at St Michael Paternoster Royal - originally designed with the cat on his shoulder, but the church's architect disapproved!

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2020-04-11

24 Mar 1423: Date of the obit of Richard 'Dick' Whittington, Mayor of (BM: 17th Century, with his

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2020-03-24

Big Dick Whittington panto at Brick Lane music Hall with Vic Hayes ⁦⁩

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2020-03-11

Ever hear the tale of Whitebear Whittington? An Appalachian shapeshifting tale, a complex, magical blend of Beauty & the Beast and the Eros/Psyche myth. A young girl is promised by her father to a young man under a spell - a man by night, but a bear by day.

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2020-02-26

A picture -- this is a Dick Whittington and his Cat at the in 1845.

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2020-02-23

3rd Day of Panto: Dick Whittington -
(Image refs:
COPY1/66 (514) Dick Whittington poster 1884
COPY1/88 (506) Dick Whittington and his cat 1889
COPY1/207 (90) Dick Whittington 1903
COPY1/222 (393) Dick Whittington 1904)

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2019-12-27

My Great Whittington Fell print is ready in time for Countryfile, which goes out today, 17.20. This is the window I was painting when I was filmed near Stagshaw. You’ll also see my Prudhoe Let me know here what you think if you watch
https://t.co/lQEV4YmNMK

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2019-12-01

パンブデルリオン Pambdelurion whittingtoni

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2019-11-14

This week's post was also a post! Take a look at the cats and rats in the English folktale 'Dick Whittington & His Cat.' More here: https://t.co/JeQ1JlyWvx

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2019-05-29

Marjory F. Whittington and Dorothy Woollard (below 'At Dinan, Brittany' of 1925-30), all published linocuts with the Forest Press, which operated in the New Forest UK from 1923 to about 1930 (see September 2018 issue).

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2019-03-09

Cats at Christmas! Mog, Puss in Boots, Dick Whittington, ‘The Tailor of Gloucester’ and more…
https://t.co/uQuFkZHidx

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2018-12-18

Have you got your tickets for Dick Whittington at yet? 1 Dec - 5 Jan. It's going to be great fun. Oh yes it is! :) BOOK >> https://t.co/6XyuQdEDjs

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2018-11-14

Have you got your tickets for Dick Whittington at yet? 1 Dec - 5 Jan. It's going to be great fun. Oh yes it is! :) BOOK >> https://t.co/6XyuQdEDjs

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2018-11-08


The notorious of led a dissolute life - and died trying to drive his horses & carriage into his house ...... his ghostly carriage can be heard & seen on lonely stretches of the road between and

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2018-10-12