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This Green & Pleasant Land

Two men have been charged with the murder of a banker who died following a fight in Norwich city center.
Brothers Tom, 21, and Ben Cowles, 20, of Beaumont Road, Costessey, near Norwich, have been charged with the murder of Frank McGarahan, 45.
They are due to appear before magistrates in Norwich on Friday.
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Dorchester State Park

Dorchester State Park

This park is located just outside Summerville, SC.
In 1697, settlers from Dorchester, Massachusetts, who had originally come from Dorchester,  England, founded a town here.
The church was built in 1719; a town fair was established in 1723, and even a Free school (which unusual for the time, educated girls too), in 1734.

The town prospered as [...]

Sunset At Higham

Sunset At Higham

I like sunset photographs, and I wanted to share this one with you. This was taken in a place called Higham, which is a village in North Kent in England.
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Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Ellas Otha Bates, who became Elias McDaniel, but was of course, better known as Bo Diddley, died Monday, at his home in Archer, Florida, at the age of 79. The cause of his death was given as heart failure.
He was a world famous guitarist and vocalist, and known for his unusually shaped, usually rectangular [...]

Birthdays

Christopher Lee, actor who starred in many horror movies, and who was born on this day in England in 1922, shares his birthday with Dr Henry Kissinger,Nobel Prize Winner, and one time US Secretary of State who was born the following year in Germany.
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