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Congraulations to Theo and the Transform Party! @6thBfs @bristol_free @FOBFS #bfsmockelection #GeneralElection2019
Excellent talk this morning from @CooperativeBank legal services on apprenticeships for Y10 and 11.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. #RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget bit.ly/TOLRemembers
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🏴 Deago Bailey
🏴 Chay Mullins
🏴 Charlie Rice
@brfc_academy trio called up to 40-player squad for @EnglandRugby U18 men’s development camp.
Full story. ⬇️
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Before alarm clocks were affordable, 'knocker-ups' were used to wake people early in the morning. UK, around 1900
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Harry Moss and Daniel Whetton: all A* and A grades. Jack Payne: two A*s, an A and a B and achieved the best progress of any student. Max Cramer: three A*s and a B. 😮😎👍🏻🥳🍾
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Notable individual student successes include:
Matthew Ghosh: four A*s, has accepted a place at St Anne’s College, Oxford to read mathematics. Izzy Phillips: two A*s and an A, will be studying medicine at University of Birmingham. Callum Bryan, Christophe Hooper
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BFS Sixth Form is celebrating a phenomenal set of results in its second year of A Levels, with 62% of all students achieving at least one A*- B grade and 27% achieving three A*- B grades. BTEC vocational courses also performed exceptionally well! 🥳😎👍🏻#bfsspecial @bristol_free
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Born in Newcastle.
Died at Passchendaele, #OnThisDay.
A tribute to Arthur James Wilson, one of the 27 England internationals to lose their lives in #WW1: bit.ly/2MrI69b
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Historic Photographer of the Year @hpotyawards is open for entries, just like this one of The Shambles in #York by David Oxtaby, especially for #YorkshireDay! They're being judged by, amongst others, @marinamaral2 and our very own @thehistoryguy so make them good! #hpoty19
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On 12 November 1914 John Dimmer manned his machine gun and was shot 5 times. Nevertheless he stayed at his post, firing and reloading one-handed until his gun was destroyed. Despite his wounds Dimmer insisted he personally report the successful defence to HQ
Taralom99 / Commons
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The chateau at Thiepval, which was located by the side of Thiepval Wood, shown here before & after its destruction. The grounds of the original château were not chosen as the site for Thiepval Memorial as it would have required the moving of graves. #WW1 #historyteacher #history
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The walk back to the Ypres market square after attending The Last Post ceremony is something that millions must have done. How different it looked in 1918.
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"The ground where I stood gave a mighty convulsion. It rocked and swayed. I gripped hold of my tripod to steady myself"
- Cinematographer Geoffrey Malins recalls witnessing the explosion of Hawthorn Ridge on 1 July 1916.
Watch Beaumont-Hamel
👉historyhit.com/beaumont
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Great day out at Goodrington Sands today with Year 12! A lovely way to see off the year. @bristol_free @6thBfs @FOBFS #bfsspecial
