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Chris Senior Member Posts: 258	Did You Know .................... Jan 30, 2014 16:28:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Chris on Jan 30, 2014 16:28:49 GMT In 1830 William Huskinsson, the politician, who was killed at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester railway in what was the first recorded fatal railway accident, was an old boy of Appleby Magna Grammar School.
	"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen" ............. Douglas Adams - HHGTTG.

Richard Dunmore
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Did You Know .................... Jan 30, 2014 17:36:52 GMT

Post by Richard Dunmore on Jan 30, 2014 17:36:52 GMT

To read a little more about the Huskisson family and the gruesome story see pp 38-39 of my book This Noble Foundation. For much more see: The Last Journey of Williaam Huskisson - how a day of triumph became a day of despair at the turn of a wheel - by Simon Garfield, pub. Faber and Fsber 2002