Daily Sketch dated Tuesday January 21st
1936
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George V came to the throne on the death of his
father Edward VII in May 1910. He was a popular King with simple pastimes such
as murdering wildlife and stamp collecting. After World War I his health
deteriorated, mainly due to his heavy smoking habit, and he suffered from
pulmonary disease and pleurisy. He died at 11:55pm on May 20th some
say with the help of his physician. I couldn't possibly comment.
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The new King was George V eldest son who
reluctantly took on the role of Edward VIII. Of course he was never crowned
because he abdicated before his coronation to marry Wallis Simpson (who was not
Marge, Patty and Selma’s secret 4th sibling).
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Lord Hewart served as the Lord Chief Justice
from 1922 until 1940. He popularised the aphorism "Not only must Justice
be done; it must also be seen to be done."
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Bertrand Russell is now best remembered (if at all) as an
anti-war campaigner and pro-nuclear disarmament demonstrator, but he much more
– a mathematician, philosopher, historian, teacher, TV celebrity (when that
meant something), author and plane-crash survivor. He died in 1970 at the age
of 97.
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From December 1934 until July 1935 Florence Blenkiron and
her friend Teresa Wallack travelled from London to Cape Town on a motorcycle
and sidecar combination with no support team, satnav and, for a lot of the
time, no roads. When they reached South Africa they quarrelled and Florence
made the return journey alone.
If you look this up online you will find Teresa taking all
the glory mainly due to her still in print book of the journey ‘The Rugged
Road’. I can’t find anything about Florence’s return trip, not even if she made
it home safely.
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This Winchester By-Pass was the first all dual-carriageway
by-pass in England and opened in 1940. Since the late 1960’s and before the
co,pletion of the M3 I used the By-Pass
many many times on journeys between London and Dorset and ‘fondly’ remember the
hours spent queuing for the lights at the junction with the A333 (now B3335).
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I didn’t realise that the old ‘canned’ laughter debate was
this old. I’ve been in the audience for several TV recordings recently; and
radio audiences back in the 1960’s, and it’s true that being there does make
even the feeblest jokes funnier. Modern TV audiences are encouraged to laugh
out loud at ‘something you would merely smile at when watching at home’.
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