Nick Gray
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Nick Gray
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Re: mystery hour Guinness question

This is a BBC archive of the last pub in Belfast to use two barrels to pour a pint of plain (Guinness was done similarly). It is an amazing video, it is an incredible mix of poetry, sadness and nostalgia.
youtu.be/ZKDwwVR5fd4?...
1973: The LAST DAYS of PORTER | Scene Around Six | Archivist Picks | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Better from Badenoch but very predictable questions that Starmer could just bat away easily. When Davey stands up the difference between him and Badenoch is night and day, so much more statesperson like
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
“he objected to the present Bill, because its inevitable tendency must be [for factories] to close up and deprive [women] of the employment now open to them.”

Mr Ward speaking in the House of Commons debate on the Factories bill
api.parliament.uk/historic-han...
FACTORIES BILL. (Hansard, 22 May 1846)
FACTORIES BILL. (Hansard, 22 May 1846)
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