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Posted 14 hours 33 min ago
The Census for 1911 enumerates the occupants of Number 35, Moor Lane, Lancaster:
George Winn, aged 50, boot maker & repairer (my 3x great-grandfather)
Isabella, aged 52 (my 3x great-grandmother)
Thomas Winn, aged 28, linoleum works labourer (my 2x great-grandfather)
Eleanor Wilkinson Winn, aged 29, (my 2x great-grandmother)
Posted 1 day 14 hours ago
In 1770, the Reverend Mr Wesley preached to a large crowd in Leicester’s Castle Yard, above, in the shadow of that ancient church, St Mary de Castro. His opponents tried to disrupt the gathering, as they often did. Wesley himself records:
Posted 1 day 14 hours ago
The Church of St Clement, Eastcheap, in the city of London is only ever closed when I visit. Furthermore, it is so hemmed in by tall office blocks and narrow streets, that I never see it properly, having to strain my neck and squint into the sky. Whatever beauties it possesses are beyond my perception; whatever treasures lay within are beyond my reach.
Posted 2 days 14 hours ago
"Allah is the greatest, that there is no god but Allah, and that Mohammed is his messenger."
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