BERWICK UPON TWEED
Captured by the Scots in 1318.
Richard III retook Berwick for the
English in 1482 and it remains
English to this day.
April is a promise
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that May is bound to keep
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3 April 2010
The first iPad is unveiled
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The End of Lent
6 - START OF THE TAX YEAR
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In his 1841 General Election
campaign Robert Peel opposed
income tax. When elected, he
introduced the 1842 Income Tax
Act, as a temporary measure.
It has been levied continually since then!
Fasting & abstinence ends on
Holy Thursday - before the
celebration of Easter
Good Friday
16 April 1964
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Having passed on the Beatles, Decca releases
‘The Rolling Stones’ debut LP. The cover bears
no title or information - an unheard of design
concept from manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
The LP stays at No 1 for 12 weeks.
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ST GEORGE’S DAY
LANCASHIRE LANDING
‘There is a forgotten, almost
forbidden word, which means
more to me than any other.
That word is England’
Sir Winston Churchill
12 Please mention
25 April 1915, 1,000 men of
the 1st Battalion Lancashire
Fusiliers stormed ‘W’ beach
on the Gallipoli Penisular.
Under heavy Turkish fire only
21 of the first 200 men survived.
600 men were killed or wounded .
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Walpurgis Night
On the eve of May Day
bonfires are lit across Europe
to chase witches away.
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