Paul Redfern

Just another London historian...
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@shriverist @Peachy_As_Hell More generous than Prussia?

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@AyeshaBaig__ @PhysInHistory Isn't that literally what @PhysInHistory just posted?

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@theuncle73 @wacomup Terry had 4 different gaffs during the run. This is definitely one of them (probably the most famous).

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@JamesMelville Sorry, I meant to have explained the reason for me banging on about the history of the K6 like that was to agree that yes, they do seem to capture a bygone age, but in reality, they were only actually part of the rural scene for about 50 years!
Whatever, still a great photo! 👍

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@JamesMelville That's a 'K6' aka the 'Jubilee Kiosk,' designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1936 as part of George V's Silver Jubilee celebrations. Originally rolled out to every town or village with a Post Office. A 2nd rollout in 1937 offered one to any local authority willing to pay for it

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@FRGdublin @RobLooseCannon @fallon_donal @cricketireland @DubGAAOfficial @daraobriain @IrishCultureBos @IrelandEmbGB "One century after partial Irish independence from Patrick Ryan..." 😊

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@RobLooseCannon @dublincollged15 Adding my own to the pile of congratulations too. 😊 Well done so!

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@itsjohncrotty @TronBalls @itsjohncrotty, have you ever noticed how many of these accounts have been set up in the past few months? All anonymous.

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@CeJour_Histoire 2/2 Malheureusement, une fois évacués, la plupart ont été rapidement renvoyés en Bretagne (parfois en moins de 24 heures) pour continuer les combats précédant l'armistice. Sur ordre de qui? On ne sait pas. Mais de Gaulle aurait été surement plus fort s'ils avaient été retenus!

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@CeJour_Histoire Tout ce que vous dites est tout à fait vrai. Mais aussi, environ 120 000 soldats français ont également été évacués de Dunkerque aux côtés des troupes britanniques et belges. Ils représentaient environ 39 % des 338 000 soldats alliés secourus lors de l'opération Dynamo. 1/2

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@CJCHowarth @NicholasOShaug1 Formal personal union only after 1542. Lords of Ireland till then.
1st Lord of Ireland (1177) was John Lackland, 5th son of Henry II. When he became Bad King John in 1199, almost by accident: so came personal union also.
Henry VIII 1st King of Ireland (Crown of Ireland Act 1542)

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@JerryDi73428624 @Noirchick1 Ya think?!

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@robnitm @icod Probably mythical 😉

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@RonStarIdaho @Science_TechTV He didn't explain it either. He defined it. Famously wrote that no-one could seriously believe that one object could act upon another across a vacuum: "Assume g exists with these properties. Then we should see planets following elliptical orbits. Just don't ask me what g _is_"

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@wthirskgaskill @almurray Once you explain a joke, it's not funny any more

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@theiaincameron @oldlondonnow Yes. Next.

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@mtrisuryanas @markitos5672 @LiamSon419 @Math_files It's shorthand for dy/d(whatever the other variable was).
So if y=x² , y'=dy/dx=2x

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@parisvisites Vous ecrivez "entrent dans Paris". En réalité, les limites de ces nouveaux arrondissements ont été conçues pour fragmenter ces anciennes communes. Elles sont « entrées dans Paris » par morceaux.

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@Blazethecurious "​In a landmark 1946 case (United States v. Causby), the U.S. Supreme Court officially struck down the ancient rule, declaring that the air is a "public highway.""

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@JenKteach George senior's grave, within which George junior is also interred.

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@JenKteach It always makes me smile to think that George Formby began his stage career as a George Formby impersonator!
Formby senior was still a recognisable figure in the public mind even as late as 1943 (clip is from "Variety Jubilee").
https://t.co/MjJFx3w1FB