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Gainsborough

Gainsborough

Alfred The Great,
so it is said..
King of the Saxons,
brother to Ethelbald, Ethelburt
and Ethelred,
was the first effective Royal,
Who insisted all Freemen,
would educate,
and learn to read and
write the Latin,
which he'd translate..
At twenty years old,
He married Elswithu Muchel,
just a girl..
from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire,
Once the home of a later
monarch's bride,
Catherine Parr, who survived
Henry the Eighths carnage,
Also the starting Post for
the Pilgrim Fathers, in their
travels to the New Land,
where they valued Freedom,
it seems Gainsborough has
had an exciting life.
small port on the Trent..
feared by the Vikings..
Apart from one..Sweyne Forkbeard
Who became King of England,
for five short weeks.
A Danish King..
Cnut. his son
Tried to hold back the Waves..
probably in The Wash..
Time and tide wait for no man..
including Cnut (king Canute)
Gainsborough..
what a rich heritage you have.

J

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pauline codd

William Bradford, wasĀ  born in Austerfield, which is but 3 and a half miles from where I was born...and still live,Ā  William Brewster, in Scrooby, some 3 miles from me now, and John Wesley from Epworth, about 7 miles, I think I liveĀ  in Gods County, why they plug Plymouth and The Pilgrim steps is just financial marketing of the SouthĀ  I went to Plymouth..its just any old scraggy steps.

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The fish of the sea

I find this all so fascinating, your works are always eye opening for me in all the right ways. Kudos to you. TFOTSĀ 

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pauline codd

Thanks TFOTS....things in Gainsbora ( lincolnshire)Ā  fascinate me, why Henry the 8th would ride all the way up from London to stay there..must have been a big attraction...and can you imagine the Norse Long Boats coming up the Trent...I bet the poor buggars were petrified..-Ā  the residents....

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The fish of the sea

XD, you seem to have great knowledge Pauline, wish I didnt drop history in my schooling days... need to catch up with youtube and poetry maybe lol. Kind regards, TFOTSĀ 

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