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Did you know that the smallest street in the world – Ebenezer Place - is to be found in Wick in the North of Scotland? Its length is a mere 6’ 9”, with just one narrow building fronting it. And it is not something knocked up recently as a record breaker – the local council first recognized it as a street in 1886.

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The Amboyna Massacre - 1623, The Hexham Riot - 1761, The Wealth of Nations Published - 1776, Burnden Park Disaster - 1946, Vote to retain Union in Northern Ireland - 1973, M5 rapist given 12 life sentences - 1981
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