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Major-General Charles Napier, given the task of policing a Chartist rally in Manchester, was alarmed to hear the protestors had brought the big guns - literally.
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In 1928, a train service linking London and Edinburgh became the world’s longest non-stop run.
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The guardian of a lonely signalbox recounts a truly haunting experience.
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David Livingstone relives the historic moment when he became the first European to see the Victoria Falls.
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Four years before the bloody American civil war, Dr David Livingstone proposed a peaceful way to rid the world of slavery.
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David Balfour hopes his crusty uncle Ebenezer is beginning to soften towards him.