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It's poppy time at the theatre

... It's poppy time at the theatre WHAT have a panto horse, Queen Victoria and the opium wars of the 1840 s got in common? For the answer, look no further than a show by Scalby School at the Stephen Joseph Theatre this week. Poppy, a panto cum musical play ...

Published: Wednesday 13 March 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 122 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

Win tickets to any English Heritage site in Yorkshire

... Yorkshire WHAT are you going to do this summer? Meet kings, queens and conquerors, joinamedlcvalroekandmllbandorsay hello to Robin Hood? Or you might like to join the courts of Queen Victoria or the misunderstood monarch Richard 111, try your arm at ardm-y ...

Published: Thursday 29 August 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 120 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

Elsie, 104, celebrates birthday with cake and flowers

... Elsie, 104, celebrates birthday with cake and flowers WHEN Elsie Hodgson was born in 1897 Queen Victoria was on the throne, man had not walked on the moon and Britain still had to go through two world wars. As Miss Hodgson celebrated reaching the grand ...

Published: Tuesday 12 June 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 122 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

‘Royals’ to celebrate at Castle Howard

... ‘Royals’ to celebrate at Castle Howard QUEEN Victoria and Prince Albert will be visiting Castle Howard as part of the stately home’s plans to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Actors playing the monarch and her husband will join characters from Castle ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Parties mark Elsie’s century

... Parties mark Elsie’s century A SCARBOROUGH woman born in the year Queen Victoria died celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. Elsie Whitfield marked her big day with three parties, including two at Ravensworth Lodge in Belgrave Crescent where she has ...

Published: Monday 15 October 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CLUBS & SOCIETIES

... sometimes based on truth and sometimes imaginary. Diarists included a farm cat, a model maker. and one in the style of Queen Victoria. One diary extract told a story while others described travels in Austria and the problems of turning your house over ...

In the good old days

... opened to the public on August 14 1900 by the Lord Mayor and his wife, with a gala and fireworks at the Spa. The statue of Queen Victoria was unveiled in 1903, two years after her death by her youngest daughter Princess Beatrice. The statue is a copy of one ...

Published: Wednesday 23 May 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 444 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

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... Salt EACH day Mr Quiz poses three general knowledge questions. The answers are published tomorrow. 1 Which grandson of Queen Victoria was suspected of the Jack the Ripper murders? 2 In which decade of the 19th century did the Alamo fall to the Mexican ...

Published: Friday 05 October 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 146 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TODAY’S CHOICE

... superstition included. It features Lucinda Lambton and is broadcast from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria and the 150th anniversary of the Great Exhibition, it showcases Victorian ...

Published: Monday 01 January 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 150 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Qv Nidd Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society

... about the sentimentality and symbolism that was enshrined in the design, giving and wearing of jewellery in the time of Queen Victoria. A significant amount of Victorian jewellery were mourning pieces including pictures or the hair of a loved person who ...

SONGS OF PRAISE

... incredi ble tests of strength. VICTORIA & ALBERT. First of a two-part drama charting the passionate romance between Queen Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who laid the foundations of today’s royal family. With Victoria Hamilton and Jonathan Firth ...

Published: Wednesday 22 August 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 154 | Page: 34 | Tags: none