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Did you know that for a brief period before WWI Dymock near Ledbury could call itself the epicentre of new English poetry? Rupert Brooke moved there in 1913, as later in the year did the American Robert Frost; Lascelles Abercrombie had been the first artistic arrival in the village two years earlier; John Drinkwater came with Brooke; and Wilfrid Gibson and Edward Thomas completed the group.

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The Gunpowder Plot - 1605, Glorious Revolution begins - 1688, Battle of Inkerman - 19 VC's won - 1854, 1st UK Woolworths Opens - 1909, 1st traffic lights start to operate - 1927, Hither Green Rail Disaster - 1967, Sex Pistols play 1st ever gig - 1975, Robert Maxwell Dies - 1991
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