Arrived in Peterborough

Guy Fawkes/ Peterborough

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November 7th 2010
Colin and I had a grrreat weekend! It was Guy Fawkes weekend, which we found out just on Wednesday past when we heard all these fireworks going off. And when I asked what is Guy Fawkes weekend about, the standard response is: Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the parliament like hundreds of years ago but was caught before he could and then was hanged for it. Apparently this is a good reason to have fe ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more