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  • Birthday 06/26/2000

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    History of North Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire with other areas thrown in for good measure :)
  1. Talk: The History of English Law (Worksop) Priories Historical Society's own Mike Langley gives a whirlwind tour of the evolution of the English legal system from pre-Anglo-Saxon times to the present day.With some curious and interesting facts along the way -such as what did the term to be "hung, drawn and quartered" really mean, the true story of "Sweet Fanny Adams" and the man who beat the hangman's rope- "three times Lucky Lee". The talk starts at 7.30pm on Thursday 6th November at the Innings public house, Prospect, Worksop S81 0RS. Entry is only £3 and there will be a bar on. plenty o
  2. Hi Bimblebee, Looks like he was caught up in the East Retford & Bassetlaw Election riots on 25th February - it was mostly miners from Shireoaks colliery that were involved. Do you have any further details?
  3. Yeah - sorry about that - Its taken from my new website which comes out in February. the text isn't finished yet and it took me until yesterday to find out his name.
  4. On this day in 1957 Vampires FB.5 (VZ860) crashed into a house in Harby after presumed hypoxia of Pilot Officer Stanley Monro (caused by lack of oxygen at high altitude). The Vampire was flying at 18,000 feet with other sqaudron aircraft when it went out of control and crashed into a house. The pilot was killed (no name as yet) as well as a Lois Towning, an elderly lady who was ironing when the aircraft crashed straight into her cottage. The surrounding cottages were also badly damaged injuring two other women who had to be dug out of their homes. Now the site of Harby Village Hall.
  5. Hi, One of the tunnels comes out at SK568754 which leads towards the lake. There were originally glass domes used as skylights but these have been concreted over. The entrance is still in excellent condition though and is used as a workshop. I've always doubted the tunnel to Worksop railway station due to length needed and logistics (crossing the Ryton and Chesterfield Canal for starters) I think if he had a link to the railway it would have been somewhere on the Nottingham line near Creswell.
  6. Didn't they try this stupid idea in the 1970's?
  7. The ancient forest of Sherwood could be doomed to logging and development it has been leaked in the press. Despite prices for British wood being far less competitive than that of the Scandinavian countries the government has decided as part of its austerity plans that it may sell thousands of acres of Forestry Commission land. This change will also change the protection rights of this world famous woodland habitat protected since the Magna Carta. This sale could possibly destroy hundreds of important sites with untapped archaeological interest as well as destroying the ancient characteristi
  8. Hi, We're Priories Historical Society based in North Nottinghamshire at Oldcotes Village Hall. We have meetings every month and produce a magazine three times a year. We don't have a website as yet but we do have a blog: http://priorieshistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/ Hope to see you soon