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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:40 am 
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Oh yes, I think I met you before 2001 even. We met in Fulham didn’t we?
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We did, after many emails. I moved in with Lyndon in 2000....it could have been 2001 when we first made contact. He was doing QVC then which would be why I was in London.

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1922 - The Episcopal Church removed the word "Obey" from the bride's section of wedding vows.

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Yes, that’s right. Charmaine and I were living in Hammersmith at the time. 1999-2000 I was living in Australia so we must have met in 2001.
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September 12th, 1683 - John III Sobieski of Poland and Charles of Lorraine raise the Turkish siege of Vienna, marking the end of Turkish domination in eastern Europe.
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1953---Senator John F Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.

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1709 - The creator of the first dictionary of the English language, Samuel Johnson, was born in England.

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1650---Henry Robinson opened a marriage bureau on Threadneedle Street

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October 1, 2005 - Three suicide bombers blew themselves up in tourist-packed Bali restaurants on October 1, 2005, killing 20 people.
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Mary Sutcliffe married John Leaver on 5th October, 1876.

When – 5 October 1876
Where – The Parish Church of St. Luke Brierfield
Groom – John Leaver, 24yrs, Bachelor, Weaver of Reedley Hallows
Bride – Mary Sutcliffe, 21yrs, Spinster, Weaver of Burnley Lane Head
Grooms father – -----------------------
Brides father – William Sutcliffe, Tackler
Witnesses – James Howarth, Mary Catlow, x her mark
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A certain 'Leaver' was born all those years ago. You're as old as me now! :twisted:

Happy birthday Kris

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Happy Birthday Kris.

1864---Calcutta destroyed by a cyclone.

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1966: Aberfan - a generation wiped out

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1910 - Dr Hawley Crippen was convicted and sentenced to hang at the Old Bailey for poisoning his wife Cora.

1962 - Nelson Mandela went on trial in South Africa accused of treason

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