Saturday February 25, 2017
A good news newspaper called Good News was founded because its American proprietors believed people were tired of reading bad news. The bi-weekly paper refused to publish any bad news and only printed the good news.
After just 16 months in operation the paper closed down. But it stuck to its guns of publishing only good news to the bitter end and refused to announce its own failure - this would ...
Monday September 15, 2003
After eating an English missionary in 1867, contrite villagers in Fiji are now eating humble pie and want to say they are sorry. Reverend Thomas Baker, from Playden, East Sussex, was cooked and eaten by the people of the remote mountain village of Navatusila.
The only thing left of Mr. Baker, a clergyman with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, were his leather boots, and they even attempted to chew ...
Tuesday May 25, 2004
Even in death Irish comic genius Spike Milligan managed to have the last laugh. Two years after his death at his home in Sussex, England, the creator of "The Goon Show" has finally got the epitaph he wanted.
A headstone bearing the words "I told you I was ill" has been erected above his grave at St. Thomas's Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex. Sadly for more than two years after his death at the ...
The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning, to join the Choir.
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The Minister unveiled the Church's new donations campaign on Sunday: "I upped my Pledge - Up Yours".
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Weight Watchers will meet at 7.30 pm at the Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.
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Tuesday February 7, 1956
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Wednesday February 6, 1861
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Monday February 7, 1949
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Saturday February 18, 2017
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Monday September 4, 2006
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Thursday February 23, 2017
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Tuesday February 8, 1887
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Wednesday February 6, 1861
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Monday February 7, 1949
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