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Mel
 Post subject: Wars
PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:10 pm 
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1455-1487
The War of the Roses

1585-1604
The Anglo-Spanish War

1642-1646
The English Civil War part 1

1648-1654
The English Civil War part 2

1756-1763
Seven Years' War (which actually lasted nine years!)

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The Napoleonic Wars

1854-1856
The Crimean War

1880-1881
First Boer War

1899-1902
Second Boer War

1914-1918
World War I

1939-1945
World War II

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 Post subject: Re: Wars
PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:08 pm 
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We were always scrapping with folk were'nt we? :|
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You must be psychic Mel. I was looking for someone the other day and could only find his wife. Which led me to wonder whether there was a war on at the time. Now if only I could remember who it was... :?

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It wasn't my Halstead Pickles was it? You found his wife.

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 Post subject: Re: Wars
PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:35 pm 
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That's the one :)

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