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Filed under Heritage
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
20 Comments CherryPie on Jul 5th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Malmesbury Abbey
Malmesbury Abbey is situated in the centre of the town and is a very impressive building which can be seen from miles around. It was founded nearly 700 years after the birth of Jesus Christ as a place of prayer and Christian community by St. Aldhelm, who was originally a member of the Wessex royal [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jun 15th 2009
Filed under This & That
An Interesting Day…
…in History.
From the BBC Website:
On This Day
1942: The first ’selection’ for gassing takes place at the Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s first female prime minister following a landslide election victory.
1980: Josip Broz Tito, whose rule had held the ethnic factions of Yugoslavia together since 1945, dies.
Comments Off CherryPie on May 4th 2009
