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Grinling Gibbons died in 1721. Walpole wrote of this master wood carver, "[Only Gibbons] gave wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species.”

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2019-08-03

in 1908, a pickaxe struck the side of a remarkable skull. It was the discovery of the Neanderthal known as the Old Man from La Chapelle, one of the most important specimens in the history of paleoanthropology. https://t.co/PZpEKfSiqe

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2019-08-03

1714 Queen Anne's will was read out. She left £2000 for the poor & asked for her jewels to be divided between the Queen of Sicily & duchess of Somerset: 'the fittest person to wear them after her'
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2019-08-03


🎮 Splatterhouse 2
🕹️ Genesis
📅 August 03rd 1992
❓ 3 months since your escape you have a recurring dream where Jennifer is begging you to come and rescue her. The mask from the Splatterhouse appears, promising that there is still a chance to save her...

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2019-08-03


🎮 Streets of Rage
🕹️ Genesis
📅 August 02nd 1991
❓ Follows the story of 3 police officers in a city controlled by a criminal syndicate led by "Mr. X". Crime is rampant and the 3heroes make a pact to leave the force and topple the syndicate by themselves.

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2019-08-02

Thomas Gainsborough died in 1788. Gainsborough was, with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the leading portrait painter in England in the later 18th century. From portraits of young couples to intimate family moments, come and see some of our paintings by him in Rooms 33 and 34.

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2019-08-02

Died 1788 Thomas Gainsborough, unmistakable artist of the He is supposed to have painted this portrait of William Wollaston c.1759; a decade later Wollaston became MP for Read more about him below: https://t.co/c3nbkv7eon

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2019-08-02

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“...all the waves rolled by like scrolls of silver; and, by their soft, suffusing seethings, made what seemed a silvery silence, not a solitude...”
Herman Melville

🖌Paul Bond🇺🇸

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2019-08-01

English painter, Isobel Lilian Gloag was born in 1865. Some of her work shows Pre-Raphaelites tendencies in terms of mood, subject and colour. Featured here: the magnificent 'Kiss of the Enchantress' 1890, 'The Magic Mantle' 1898 and 'Four Corners to My Bed' c.1901

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2019-08-01

American artist & naturalist Mary Morris Vaux Walcott was born in 1860. Her meticulously rendered watercolours of wildflowers & passion for Nature strike a Pre-Raphaelite note. Vaux became the first woman to accomplish the 10,000 feet ascent of Canada's Mount Stephen

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2019-07-31

in 2015: Roderick George Toombs, best known to as the legendary "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, dies of cardiac arrest.

In addition to being a WWE Hall of Famer, Piper is a member of the inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1996.

A one of a kind.

He was 61. RIP.

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2019-07-31

“Find things beautiful as much as you can; most people find too little beautiful.” - Vincent van Gogh who died 1890

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2019-07-30

Vincent van Gogh died in 1890. Today, he is one of the most popular Post-Impressionist painters, although he was not widely appreciated during his lifetime. He is now famed for the great vitality of his works, characterised by his emotive use of brilliant colour.

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2019-07-29

Principal Sam's Calendar

July 29

NASA was created on this day in 1958!



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2019-07-29

Beatrix Potter was born on this day (28th July) in 1866.
Many people know Beatrix Potter for her marvellous illustrated works.
She was also a skilled scientific illustrator, conservationist and scientist.

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2019-07-28

Much loved children's author Beatrix Potter was born in 1866! She wrote and illustrated 28 books, translated into more than 35 languages. Who remembers the name of this cheeky little rabbit?

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2019-07-28

Principal Sam's Calendar

July 27

Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny!





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2019-07-27

The first women's match took place in 1745, when the villages of Bramley and Hambledon met. Hambledon claimed the victory and The Mercury reported that, "The girls bowled, batted, ran and catches as well as most men could do in that game."

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