It Happened In October…...It’s A History Thing. 1 Oct. 1207 Birth of England's King Henry III 2 Oct. 1452 England's last Plantagenet King Richard III is born. 3 Oct. 1957 The cartoon hero Captain Pugwash makes his TV debut 4 Oct. 1911 Britain's first escalator opens at London's Earls Court 5 Oct. 1930 The British airship R101 crashes near Beauvais, France killing 48 people. 6 Oct. 1892 Death of Poet Laureate


Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who


TV QUIZ… All the answers are sneakily hidden in the adverts. 1. Mrs Slocombe appeared in which 1970’s/80’s sit/com ? 2. Which larger than life comedian first played Geoff in Benidorm ? 3. Which writer of the show plays Smithy in Gavin & Stacey ? 4. Which comic duo wrote the sketch show Little Britain ? 5. Thelma Barlow and Shobna Gulati from Corrie’ both appear in which BBC sitcom ? 6. What is the longest running science fiction TV show ever ? 7. Who was the original host of ready Steady Cook ? 8. From which children’s program was Zippy George & Bungle ? 9. Which Corrie’ character also starred in Red Dwarf ? 10. “Half the world away” by Oasis, is the theme tune for which TV sitcom ?


immortalised 'The Six Hundred' in his poem, 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' 7 Oct. 1571 Don John of Austria defeats Turkish fleet at Lepanto. 8 Oct. 1967 Clement (Richard) Atlee dies. British Labour politician. As Prime Minister (1945-51) he introduced the N.H.S. 9 Oct. 1967 Revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is captured and shot dead in Bolivia 10 Oct. 1913 Woodrow Wilson, US President opens Panama Canal 11 Oct. 1899 Start of the Anglo-Boer War 12 Oct. 1984 An IRA terrorist bomb kills 4 people at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. 13 Oct. 1852 Birth of Lillie Langtry, actress and mistress of King Edward VII 14 Oct. 1066 Harold II, England's last Anglo-Saxon King was killed at the Battle of Hastings in Sussex - possibly by an arrow in the eye as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry. 15 Oct. 1666 Samuel Pepys, diarist, records the wearing of the first waistcoat by King Charles II. ( Who cares ! ) 16 Oct. 1902 England's first prison for Young Offenders is opened at Borstal in Kent 17 Oct. 1860 The first professional Golf Tournament is played at Prestwick, Scotland. 18 Oct. 1865 British Tory politician Lord (Pumice-stone) Palmerston dies in office. His abrasive and arrogant style earned his nickname 19 Oct. 1781 British general Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, ending the American War of Independence (Revolution) 20 Oct. 1632 Birth of architect Christopher Wren. Responsible for rebuilding St. Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of London 21 Oct. 1805 Admiral Nelson is mortally wounded at Battle of Trafalgar, near Gibraltar. 22 Oct. 1962 J. F. Kennedy, US President announces a blockade of Cuba in protest at Soviet missiles being located there.. 23 Oct. 1642 The first major battle of the English Civil War takes place at Edgehill in Warwickshire. Charles I and Prince Rupert lead the Royalists and the Earl of Essex leads the Parliamentarians. 24 Oct. 1537 Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour dies following the birth of the future king Edward VI 25 Oct. 1854 Lord Lucan leads The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War - famously recorded in Lord Tennyson's poem 26 Oct. 1863 Formation of the English Football Association who document the first rules of soccer 27 Oct. 1914 Birth of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas 28 Oct. 1831 English physicist Michael Faraday demonstrates the dynamo founding the science of electro-magneticism 29 Oct. 1618 English courtier, writer and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded on the orders of King James I. 30 Oct. 1925 The first television transmission of a moving image is made by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird. 31 Oct. 1517 Martin Luther nails his '95 Theses' to the church door at Wittenberg, Germany triggering the Protestant reformation


Brenda sees a good looking chap at a party and makes a bee-line for him. “Why hello there.” She says. “Do you know you look just like my forth husband ?” “Really ?” says the man. “ How many husbands have you had?” Brenda replies “Three.”


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