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A truly horrendous set of incidents, even in the context of the horrors of the time.
And when we refused to buy something or use a business etc we had a name for what we were doing. We were boycottingmacliam wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24 2022 1:41pm24 September
1661 - One of the oddest entries ever.... "Faithful Tadpole was admitted as a clerical vicar choral of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin on this day". Son of John Tadpole Sr. and brother of John Tadpole Jr., all three formed part of the choir reassembled after the restoration, it having been suppressed during the commonweath.
1880 - The birth of a common term. A Co.Mayo land agent wrote in The Times: "...people collect in crowds upon my farm and order off all my workmen. The shopkeepers have been warned to stop all supplies to my house. My farm is public property, I can get no workmen to do anything...." The land-agent who was sent to this 'moral Coventry.' was Captain Charles Boycott.
yes, as I said, a term derived from his name......blythburgh wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30 2022 10:26amAnd when we refused to buy something or use a business etc we had a name for what we were doing. We were boycottingmacliam wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24 2022 1:41pm24 September
1661 - One of the oddest entries ever.... "Faithful Tadpole was admitted as a clerical vicar choral of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin on this day". Son of John Tadpole Sr. and brother of John Tadpole Jr., all three formed part of the choir reassembled after the restoration, it having been suppressed during the commonweath.
1880 - The birth of a common term. A Co.Mayo land agent wrote in The Times: "...people collect in crowds upon my farm and order off all my workmen. The shopkeepers have been warned to stop all supplies to my house. My farm is public property, I can get no workmen to do anything...." The land-agent who was sent to this 'moral Coventry.' was Captain Charles Boycott.
It says much that the UK decided it needed to spend megabucks to develop their own technology on something that they had helped their "ally" to develop during WW2. Now, of course, all that is gone as we just provide platforms for US weapons at huge expense. Just sayin'......Richard Frost wrote: ↑Mon Oct 03 2022 10:35am1963 A violent coup in Honduras ends a period of political reform and ushers in two decades of military rule.
1955 Two children’s television programs and a family sitcom all destined to become classics debut: Captain Kangaroo, Mickey Mouse Club, and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
1952 The UK successfully conducts a nuclear weapon test, becoming the world’s third nuclear power
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