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How do you repair a canal lock ?

22 Jun 2025 In this video we visit Tardebigge locks on the Worcester and Birmingham canal. It is top lock number 58. The third deepest canal lock in the country. The lock walls have had problems with one side of … Continue reading

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The forgotten history of Piccadilly Gardens. Manchester + Underground

22 Mar 2026 In this video we take a look at the forgotten history of Piccadilly gardens in Manchester. First we go underground in Piccadilly gardens to look at a plant room that provided power and water to a fountain. … Continue reading

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This historic area of London was nearly bulldozed in the 1970s

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Are We Living in Pre-Revolution France Again?

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Full bloom in Tokyo ðŸŒ¸

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How Millions Of Wine Corks Are Made Every Day

9 Sept 2024 #cork #wine #businessinsider The Portuguese company Corticeira Amorim is the world’s largest producer and distributor of cork. For 150 years, the company has expanded the Portuguese cork industry, but 20 years ago, the entire cork wine stopper … Continue reading

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Sunrise over manchester

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Brad Holkesvig (@bradjholk.bsky.social) | Gothic area of Barcelona

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Is the Blue Banana Finally Breaking Apart?

24 Mar 2026 Is the Blue Banana Finally Breaking Apart? When Europe is viewed from space at night, a strange curved corridor of light becomes visible — stretching from London through Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland all the way to northern … Continue reading

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United Nations declares slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’ | DW News

26 Mar 2026 #UnitedNations #slavery #slavetrade The UN General Assembly has declared that slavery is the ‘gravest crime against humanity’ – specifically the enslavement of some 12 million Africans and their descendents through the transatlantic slave trade. Why did the … Continue reading

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