Indian Pioneer Corps at the opening of in 1941#WW2

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CELTIC QUEEN SETS FIRE TO LONDON https://t.co/xIhnaOkPEw from Timeline of British History

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1708: A French naval squadron attempted unsuccessfully to land James Francis Edward Stuart and a 5000-strong army on the Firth of Forth. Bad weather and the presence of a Royal Navy squadron under Admiral George Byng, prevented the landing

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From 'Punch' magazine (Dec 5, 1857). The writer here is outing something the aristocracy had been trying very hard to cover up. This article is dated at the end of the Clearances.

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1942: 45 technicians from Jamaica & Bahamas arrived in Bolton to work in wartime factories (& were welcomed with a civic reception)

Read a report about their work & conditions (by a West Indian visitor from the ILO) at https://t.co/4URUQGqcfr

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