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'I have long held the view that if a Vet cannot catch his patient there is not much to worry about'

Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Died in Thirsk, North Yorkshire
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good - Samuel Johnson
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First Formal Sculling Race - 1715, Rule Britannia First Performed - 1740, Priestley Discovers Oxygen - 1774, Battle of the Nile - 1798, Regent’s Canal Opens - 1820, Britain abolishes slavery - 1834, First Bank Holiday - 1871, First Mars Bar Made - 1932
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