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Today is Waterloo Day !!
« on: Wednesday 18 June 08 18:48 BST (UK) »


A bit of trivia !!  Cheesy

Waterloo Day is 18 June the date of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. It is remembered and celebrated each year by certain regiments of the British Army in the same way that the Royal Navy celebrates Trafalgar Day (21 October).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/06/18/bowaterloo118.xml&DCMP=ILC-traffdrv07053100
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Darling Lizzie
Re: Today is Waterloo Day !!
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 23:58 BST (UK) »
And a film was made in Irthlingborough, Northants of the
Battle of Waterloo.  Grin

And the I.H.S. has a whole load of old shoe words here for all of
you with shoemakers in your family trees.

http://www.erdiburn.org.uk/

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Eady-Nths, Green- Nths , Vorley-Nths Many Finedon names Nths Many Little Harrowden names Nths
Many Burton Latimer names Nths Many Isham names Nths Many Orlingbury names Nths
Many Raunds names Nths Sibley Nths, Sibley Beds
Hall Shoreditch, Hayford Shoreditch, Just, London Vellamouth- Bodmin, Cornwall
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