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The Copy Book

A Library of History and Literature in English

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1249

Observation

Great inventions come from those who notice what they see.

1250

Terror in the Deep

Irish monk St Columba is credited with being among the first witnesses to the ‘Loch Ness monster’.

1251

‘Get Up!’

Joseph Skipsey’s short poem evokes the last goodbye a Northumberland miner made each morning.

1252

The Pitman Poet

Joseph Skipsey taught himself to read and write by candlelight, hundreds of feet below ground in a Northumberland pit.

1253

Hera and the Boeotian Bride

Zeus employs a little psychology to effect a reunion with his offended wife.

1254

The Hetton Railway

The railway earned a special place in history as the first to be designed for steam locomotives only.