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Did you know that the stables of the magnificent Palladian mansion Houghton Hall near King’s Lynn house the largest collection of Toy Soldiers in the world? The figures number more than 20,000, set out in various dioramas depicting some of the great battles of history – most notably Waterloo and Little Big Horn.
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Famous Kings Lynn people:
Fanny Burney
Martin Brundle
Roger Taylor
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Brit Quote:
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal - Peter Ustinov
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On this day:
Pepys’ First Diary Entry, - 1660, The Act of Union Signed - 1707, Ironbridge Opened - 1781, First Issue of The Times - 1788, English Claim to French Crown Ends - 1801, Frankenstein Published - 1818, Victoria Proclaimed Empress of India - 1877, Britains 1st telephone directory is published - 1880, Manchester Ship Canal Opens - 1894, Old-Age Pensions First Paid - 1909, First Edition of Desert Island Discs - 1942, Stanley Matthews Knighted - 1965, Britains Joins the EEC - 1973, First UK Mobile Phone Call - 1985, Fred West Found Hanged - 1995
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