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. .. With Frank Carless God will make things change SO what does it feel like, the new millennium? Is

... by themselves. People make things change. And, usually only after they themselves have changed. First people, then things. Slavery was abolished when the majority of thinking folk came to see the injustice of the system. After that the system was changed ...

Published: Saturday 08 January 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 305 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

golden beaches and palms of Mauritius

... million inhabitants, most of Indian origin, were brou?ht in to work the sugar cane \Q plantations after the abolition of slavery in the last century. N A sizeable Chinese population, plus Creoles descended from the days of French rule add to the ethnic ...

Published: Saturday 05 February 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 892 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

BRIEFLY Search out all those treasures

... in the Knightsbridge saleroom in London when one of the prize lots will be an engraved halfpenny which tells the story of slavery and is expected to make between £l5O and £250. ...

Published: Saturday 26 February 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 213 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

DL RRN TN ~ IN HISTORY

... IN HISTORY 1711 The first edition of The Spectator was published. 1880 Pennsylvania became the first US state to abolish slavery. 1940 Vivien Leigh won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind. ...

Published: Wednesday 01 March 2000
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 44 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ST DAVID'S DAY 1880: Pennsylvania became the first US state to abolish slavery. 1932: The baby son of US aviator

... ST DAVID'S DAY 1880: Pennsylvania became the first US state to abolish slavery. 1932: The baby son of US aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped. He was found dead on May 12. 1978: Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months ...

Published: Wednesday 01 March 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

% MARSDEN & /l////{///)‘g soctety What a farce — Operatic Society has ‘Nothing On’

... possible world, then it ‘must be the best possible ‘world. Candide and his companions suffer war, earthquake, piracy, shipwreck, slavery and the Inquisition, yet he clings to the teachings of his master philosophical master. The show is a lively romp The show ...

Published: Friday 03 March 2000
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1056 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

On this day ..

... day .. . 1787: Karl von Grafe, pioneer of plastic surgery, was born in Warsaw. 1790: The French Assembly voted to continue slavery in their colonies. 1859: Kenneth Grahame, author of children’s books, was born in Edinburgh. 1910: The first pilot’s licences ...

Published: Wednesday 08 March 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 126 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Saturday TV celebrity

... JLILLLT LA ]) Saturday film choice BAND OF ANGELS (1957): Romantic drama, with Clark Gable. A former heiress is sold into slavery and falls for her master while the Civil War rages around them. {Channel 5,1.10 pm) THE 300 SPARTANS (1962): Swords-andsandals ...

Published: Wednesday 15 March 2000
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 348 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

EARLY TOMORROW

... EARLY TOMORROW BAND OF ANGELS (1957): Romantic drama, with Clark Gable. A former heiress is sold into slavery and falls for her master while the Civil War rages around them - but just as love begins to blossom, their future is threatened by marauding ...

Published: Friday 17 March 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 168 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

3 T i. = = @ @

... 3 T i. = = @ @ BAND OF ANGELS (1957): Romantic drama, with Clark Gable. A former heiress is sold into slavery and falls for her master while the Civil War rages around them - but just as love begins to blossom, their future is threatened by marauding ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 455 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

FILMS | | | |

... (1979): Michael Caine stars in this emotionally cold adventure thriller. When the wife of a diplomat is kidnapped and sold into slavery in West Africa, Caine goes into anger overdrive in an attempt to retrieve her. (BBCI, 11.55 pm) ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 2000
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 262 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

SPORTING MOMENTS

... (R) 1.10 FILM: BAND OF ANGELS (1957). Romantic drama starring Clark Gable and Sidney Poitier. A former heiress is sold into slavery and falls for her master. 3.30 THE CORE. Intro. F/b Singled Out. Dating game show. (R) 4.00 DARIA. Animation (R) 4.25 ZOE ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 2000
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1033 | Page: 21 | Tags: none