the final curtain comes down

the final curtain

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May 30th 2019
happy birthday queen victoria! all week they have been showing programs about queen victoria on the tele celebrating her 200th birthday. she reigned as queen for 64 years. monday was a bank holiday here in the uk. i took a train from wanstead to broxbourne to meet my arcadia friend bob. it was only a half hour journey. we spent the day driving through the countryside of buckinghams ... 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