Castle with secret passage to caves near Edenbridge
At Chiddingstone Castle in Kent a hidden passage runs under the lake linking the caves to the cellars. The castle, part of a red brick Gothic style estate, houses Stuart relics, Mary Queen of Scots letters, Japanese rooms with samurai swords, and three Egyptian rooms. The lake hosts a large colony of house martins and stored fish, including a 13 lb 8 oz bream caught in 1945.
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Tenners Return as British Ten-Pound Notes Debut
The Bank of England will reintroduce ten-pound notes by end of next month, first issued since 1943. The reddish brown notes, worth 30 dollars each, will be three and three quarter inches wide and six inches long, designed by Reynolds Stone with Bank technicians. Stone says he prefers the tenner to the recently introduced fiver.
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Printed Pattern 4828 for Child Jumper and Blouse
A vintage sewing pattern note describes a knit jumper with scoop neck, pleated back, and a half belt paired with a blouse. Sizes 2 to 10, pattern 4828. Size 6 jumper uses 114 yards of 54 inch fabric and blouse uses 1 yard 39 inch. Price 40 cents.
Quick Canadian Quiz item reveals numbers and origins
Canadian quiz questions cover Seaway lock lengths of 520 fL 730 ft or 1090 ft the correct is 730 ft answers show spending about 257 million weekly government outlay employment rose to 6 576 000 by October 1963 up 250 000 year over year the nickname Jack Canuck likely derives from Connaught name origins over Irish ancestry and the battle date Sept 14 1759.
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Floating Power Plant Lights First liner rooms in 1881
The Cunarder Servia introduced the first electric lighting system on a liner in 1881. Before this innovation public rooms and passenger accommodations relied on oil lamps.
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