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10 Famous People Who Were Secretly Badass Soldiers

A lot of famous people have served their countries well when the need arose. Some stories are well-known -like Ernest Hemingway drawing on his wartime

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The Edinburgh Chess Club celebrates its 200th anniversary

The Edinburgh Chess Club was founded in 1822 and is celebrating its 200th birthday on November 4. It is the world’s second oldest chess club in continued existence after Zurich (1809). Best wishes for the Bicentenary celebrations, and for the next 100 years!

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From Shambles Square to Balloon Street where Manchester s street names actually come from

From Shambles Square to Balloon Street where Manchester s street names actually come from
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From the Spanking Roger to the Fiddler s Green: How some of Greater Manchester s finest - and liveliest - local pubs got their names

From the Spanking Roger to the Fiddler s Green: How some of Greater Manchester s finest - and liveliest - local pubs got their names Every pub has a story to tell about how they got their name Empty pint glasses sit on the top of beer pumps of the Peveril Of The Peak pub (Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Sign up for our What s On newsletter - for all the latest whether you re staying in or heading out and aboutInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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Five guineas and a crown, Spanking Roger laid it down

- It was a song said to have been sung in the streets of Manchester in the late eighteenth century and commemorated one of the town’s most glorified villian and all round cad. Roger Aytoun, better known as Spanking Roger, scandalised eighteenth century society when he married Barbara Minshull, widow of Thomas, a noted apothecary. The pair, it is rumoured met while Roger was taking part in a race on Kersal Moor.Barbara, it is said, attracted to his physique and Rogre, finding that she was the possessor of great wealth lost no time in getting her approval for marriage.

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