The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

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From Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

How St Euphemia Saved Christmas Clay Lane

The martyr St Euphemia played a vital role in preventing the message of Christmas from being watered down.

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Photo by Sgt Mike MacLeod, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Six Honest Serving-Men Rudyard Kipling

A professional journalist and author recognises that he has met his match

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© Roger Jones, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

No Thoroughfare Clay Lane

At twenty-five and owner of his own business, Walter Wilding thought his world was secure, but it was about to be rocked to its foundations.

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© Penny Mayes, Wikimedia Commons. Licence CC-BY-SA 2.0.

The Battle of Agincourt Clay Lane

One of the best-known of all battles in English history, but not because of the conflict of which it was a part.

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© Tony Hisgett, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

The London and Birmingham Railway Clay Lane

The textile moguls of Manchester and Liverpool engaged the Stephensons to complete their link to the capital.

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© Bjoertvedt, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Outbreak of the Great War Clay Lane

Germany felt she had a right to an empire like Britain’s, and she was willing to get it at the expense of her neighbours.

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