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PERSON OF THE DAY. 1 November 1887. Laurence Stephen (“LS”) Lowry was born in Stretford, Lancashire. He’s best known for painting industrial areas of 20th century North West England. He also developed a distinctive style of painting human figures which were often referred to as “matchstick men”.

FACT OF THE DAY. 1 November 1512. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, was exhibited to the public in Rome. The chapel is located in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City.

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Major Lord Charles Mercer Nairne joined the 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1895. He served in the Boer War, in which he was aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Earl Roberts. From 1909 until his death, he was an equerry to King George V.

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Dad's Army - The Deadly Attachment (31st October 1973). "Don't tell him Pike!"

The Tommy Cooper Hour (31st October 1973). "It's mind over matter. If you don't mind, I don't matter".

Private Fred Archer, Devonshire Regiment, died of pneumonia while serving in Ireland. Aged just 18 years old, he died less than two weeks before the war’s end.

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Such a powerful opening to the series. In my opinion it’s still the best documentary series on the Second World War

'A New Germany', the first episode of The World at War, was broadcast on this day in 1973. Produced by Jeremy Issacs and narrated by Laurence Olivier, the series (which continues to be regularly re-run worldwide) was four years in the making.

Comic genius

The Morecambe and Wise Show (31st October 1971). Eric and Ernie give Tom Jones their wholehearted support.

PERSON OF THE DAY. 31 October 2020. Sean Connery died (aged 90). He’s best known for playing James Bond (007) in 7 films. He won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables. Other films include: Marnie, The Man Who Would Be King, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Rock.

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#OnThisDay - 31 October 1800, Joseph Page, a farmer of Fingringhoe notes in his diary:

"Mr Edward Cooper of Oakley came and dined and slept at my house and went in the afternoon to look at Mr L Stone's turnips and bid him £110 (£8,120 today) for 18 acres which he refused"

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Sunset over Courcelette on the Somme battlefields - taken #OTD in 2013.

Dad's Army - Absent Friends (30th October 1970). Captain Mainwaring is appalled when the platoon decide to go to the pub rather than report for parade.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY The Beatles photographed in EMI House, Manchester Square, London in 1963 (above) and 1969 (below). 📷 Angus McBean

PERSON OF THE DAY. 29 October 1988. Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram re-ran the famous 367 metre “Chariots of Fire” race at Trinity College, Cambridge. The “Court Run” involved running around Great Court within the length of time that it takes the College clock to strike the hour of 12 noon. Coe won.

FACT OF THE DAY. 29 October 1929. “Black Tuesday”. This was the day the Wall Street Stock Market suffered its most devastating fall. It was followed by the “Great Depression” of the 1930s, which had a huge impact on trade and international upheaval around the world.

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#OnThisDay - 29 October 1764, a new theatre was opened behind the Moot Hall: “The New Theatre was opened to a polite audience; the neatness and simplicity of the building, enriched with the elegance and taste of the scenery and fittings, was received with universal applause...”

Six members of crew who were killed when their Liberator II was shot down during a night raid on Maleme airfield. Two of those killed, P/O Reilly and P/O Durrant, RNZAF, served in the Battle of Britain.

📍Suda Bay War Cemetery 🇬🇷

Prunella Scales (22 June 1932 – 27 October 2025) R.I.P

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