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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:
Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe - Florence Nightingale
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On this day:
Richard the Lionheart Captured - 1192, A draw in the General Election - both sides get 272 seats - 1910, Harry Ramsden opens 1st Fish and Chip Shop - 1928, Greatest Underground Fire in History - 1984
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