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Posts by Peter Berthoud

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Petition: Call a General Election I would like there to be another General Election. I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.

The online petition calling for a UK general election has gathered over 200,000 signatures in a matter of hours.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Mamma comes home; there Conrad stands;
And looks quite sad, and shows his hands: - 
“Ah” said Mamma “I knew he’d come
To naughty little Suck-a-Thumb.

Mamma comes home; there Conrad stands; And looks quite sad, and shows his hands: - “Ah” said Mamma “I knew he’d come To naughty little Suck-a-Thumb.

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The door flew open, in he ran,
The great, long, red legged scissor-man
Snip1 Snap! Snip! The scissors go;
And Conrad cries out - Oh! Oh! Oh!

The door flew open, in he ran, The great, long, red legged scissor-man Snip1 Snap! Snip! The scissors go; And Conrad cries out - Oh! Oh! Oh!

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“The great tall tailor always comes
To little boys that suck their thumbs”
Mamma had scarcely turn’d her back,
The tumblebug was in, Alack! Alack!

“The great tall tailor always comes To little boys that suck their thumbs” Mamma had scarcely turn’d her back, The tumblebug was in, Alack! Alack!

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One day, Mamma said: “Conrad dear,
I must go out and leave you here
But mind now, Conrad, what I say,
Don’t suck your thumb while I’m away.”

One day, Mamma said: “Conrad dear, I must go out and leave you here But mind now, Conrad, what I say, Don’t suck your thumb while I’m away.”

Struwwelpeter or Naughty children : A Merry Card Game for Good Children Published by A.N. Myers, London, 1888. Based on Heinrich Hoffman's classic childrens book.

The Story of the Thumb-Sucker

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Seem a very enthusiastic crowd when they see something they like.

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1969 The 1st ever colour television commercial in the UK, for Birds Eye peas, airs on ATV in the Midlands during a Thunderbirds episode
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Chef's kiss, perfection!

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The newly opened Bush House, at the Aldwych end of Kingsway, London, in 1925.

The newly opened Bush House, at the Aldwych end of Kingsway, London, in 1925.

The newly finished Bush House, at the Aldwych end of Kingsway, London. Irving T. Bush intended the building to help foster a strong ‘Anglo-American’ partnership, the building opened on US Independence Day, July 4th 1925

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