In memory of Mark Bingham: American Rugby player who helped lead the assault on the cockpit of United flight 93 during the 9/11 hijackings. The plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field. A tragedy, but a greater one averted. We have the Bingham Cup named in his honour.

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My grandfather atop (what I think is) the chimney of the Bankside power station (now Tate Modern) in London during the early 1950s. He also worked on the Battersea power station chimneys.

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Upping the ante from the Mustang pilot who hit a telegraph wire, Flight Lt Ken Gatward, RAF, had to have several lbs of beef removed from his Beaufighter engine after hitting a French cow on a low-level mission to drop a French flag over the Arc de Triomphe

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Taverns & Inns of Southwark c. 1550. Only The George survives today.

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Combining two loves: Heraldry and beer. Arms of Plzen on a bottle

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My grandfather constructing the Bankside Power Station, London, early 1950s. (now Tate Modern Gallery.)

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2014 1st XV of St Kevin's College (Melbourne). Jordan Uelese (Wallabies) and Sione Tuipolotu (Scotland) circled. There would be plenty of historic 1st XVs with two or more future internationals, but what other examples of northern/southern hemisphere simultaneous school pairings can people think of?

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Scavengers went through our hard rubbish pile last night. Ripped all the bags wide open and dumped them out.

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London cause of death report during the last great pandemic (1665)

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This vending machine solely dispenses medications for your pet falcons.

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Pub quiz in NY take on classic English literature

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