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THE year 1862 and before Tower Bridge and the Natural History Museum was built in London John Dicks opens up a gas fitting and brass finishers shop called J. Dick and Co at 5 Jewry Street in Winchester and it’s lavishly adorned with the latest gas fittings and chandeliers from London. The business grows swiftly as they offer gas fitting installation, wrought iron and lead work services. In 1863 Dicks illuminated the exterior some of the prominent buildings by gas light in the city like the Guildhall, Westgate, Market House and Queen Anne’s statue. By 1886 the business moved to 149 High Street as they had already acquired workshops in Silver Hill and by now were installing water systems into houses by putting pumps in their wells and piping the water into their homes. By the turn of the century John Dicks had died and his two sons Philip and John are now running the business and are installing telephones, speaking tubes in offices and designing and installing call alarm syste
The guns roar at the York salute to mark the Queen’s 64 years on the throne. The Northern Echo’s report on the Queen’s salute In a ceremony with roots dating back almost two centuries, the 21-gun salute in York’s Museum Gardens blasted out. The Army’s senior officer in the north of England, Major General Giles Hill, hosted local dignitaries at the first of six annual Royal Salutes in York, one of only 12 saluting stations in the country – and the only one in the north of England. Soldiers from 3/29 (Corunna) Battery, 4 Regiment Royal Artillery travelled from their base at Alanbrooke Barracks in Topcliffe, near Thirsk with three 105mm light field guns that were used in action in both the Falklands and Afghanistan.
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