Black Country Museum - Birmingham

Before the Beginning

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July 15th 2009
12 days to go before we start our five week interrail trip around Europe, and I'm getting rather excited, and a little bit anxious. It seems so close and it still feels like there's so much to do. I haven't even bought half the things I need and next week is graduation so I think I'm going to have the joy of the last minute rush shop. I'm going with my friend, and ex flatmate Laura , and we've ... 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