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Traffalgar Square.  
   

Traffalgar Square.

Every year since the end of the Second World War the people of Norway have presented England with a Christmas Tree, to say thank you for our assistance during those times. Now this is a prime example of how things change, I remember Mum taking me up to see the Oxford Street Christmas lights & to Trafalgar square to see the tree and I recall standing at the base & looking up thinking to myself that this must be the biggest tree in the whole wide world
Back in Blighty.

December 12th 2005
In the middle of December I flew over to England for a cuppla weeks to indulge myself in a good old family christmas, (I know hard to believe but the accent gives me away every time). A time in which I stayed with Mum & Dad, hung with Nan & Sharon, caught up with friends that I hadn't seen for years and revisited our old local haunts. It was lovely to see everyone in the lead up to Chris ... read more
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British Flag 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
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