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Author Mark Cummings talks fondly of Westonbirt Aboretum in his new book 'More Adventures in Glorious Gloucestershire' – learn some things you might not know about this wonderfully calm haven and place of natural beauty here: buff.ly/535mHYK #Westonbirt
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#OnThisDay in 1892 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle was published. Read more in 'The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle' buff.ly/KvwviBa #OTD #History
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The She-Wolves of Jülich.
Man-eating and menacing: stories about werewolves in the 16th-century press expose a centuries-old fear of women (via @HistoryToday) buff.ly/RPdz5qA #History #twitterhistorians
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This Iron Age woman had her brain scooped out. Why? (via @HistoryExtra) buff.ly/ciJwlqi #History #twitterhistorians
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Grimsby is heading back to the Middle Ages with a day of events highlighting the town's medieval history (via @BBCNews) buff.ly/UEKVv4n #History #twitterhistorians
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Before pumpkins, they carved WHAT? The history behind Halloween’s traditions (via @HistoryExtra) buff.ly/b0ma411 #History #twitterhistorians
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Britain and the Premium Bond.
For much of its modern history state lotteries were seen as antithetical to Britain’s moral values (via @Historytoday) buff.ly/eHblPad #History #twitterhistorians
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Keeping the Bonfires Lit.
Though the guise of its festivities may change, November has long been a time for fire, feasting, and remembering the dead (via @HistoryToday) buff.ly/epz02gJ #History #twitterhistorians
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#OnThisDay in 1485 King Henry VII of England was crowned: buff.ly/JktrRTU #OTD #History #twitterhistorians
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#OnThisDay in 1944 Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp: buff.ly/4VVG9jw #OTD #History
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The Origin of La Llorona.
The legend of La Llorona has supposedly haunted Mexico since before the Conquest (via @HistoryToday) buff.ly/WNstTAY
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Could Somerset pub be the oldest in England? (via @BBCNews) buff.ly/sOdlLQP #Archaeology #twitterhistorians
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Pompeii wasn’t destroyed when you think it was (via @HistoryExtra) buff.ly/OUKFw4P #History #twitterhistorians
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How Dracula Beat the Communists.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a mixed blessing for Romania (via @HistoryToday) buff.ly/UAXlbF9 #History #twitterhistorians
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Henry VIII’s mistresses: who else did the Tudor king sleep with? (via @HistoryExtra) buff.ly/5ioTXhe #History #twitterhistorians
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How Ghosts makes history funny – without getting it wrong (via @HistoryExtra) buff.ly/qM907WM #History #Ghosts
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Which is really England’s oldest pub? Tree-ring dating helps settle debate buff.ly/ho31IGx #Archaeology #Archaeologist
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Who’s Afraid of the Jazz Vampires?
For many Americans, jazz was the music of demons, devils and things that go bump in the night (via @HistoryToday) buff.ly/rx9f7Ge
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This Iron Age woman had her brain scooped out. Why? (via @HistoryExtra) buff.ly/ciJwlqi #IronAge #History
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