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		<title>Railway Station</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though many will be able to remember the old railway station on the site of the current one, this was not the original Burton station. It was in fact opened in 1883 to replace the first station opened in 1839, further up the line at the very end of Station Street (then Cat Street). At [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=157</link>
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		<title>Railway Station History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Old Station (1839) Burton&#8217;s first railway station was opened in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London. The station stood at end of what was then called Cat Street, which was eventually renamed in 1844 to the now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=156</link>
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		<title>1913 Railway Map</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The map from 1913 shows how responsibility of the line was shared between the Great Northern, London and North Western, Midland and North Staffordshire railway companies. Other town branch lines were operated by individual breweries.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=158</link>
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		<title>1612 Last Heretic &#8211; Edward Wightman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edward Wightman of Burton-on-Trent was the last person to be executed by burning at the stake for heresy in England in 1612. Early Life Edward was born at Burbage, Leicestershire in 1566. He was the son of a schoolteacher and draper (cloth trader) but during his childhood he moved to Burton-on-Trent where he was educated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=164</link>
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		<title>Bass Logo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bass, founded by William Bass in 1777, is one of the most successful brewing companies of all time. When the London Stock Exchange established the original FT 30 index in 1935, listing the top 30 UK companies, Bass was included in the list. The company was also a pioneer of International brand marketing. The Bass [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=162</link>
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		<title>L.S. Lowry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though I can&#8217;t confess to being much of a fan myself, Laurence Stephen Lowry is one of Britain&#8217;s best loved and most famous painters, best known for his scenes of life in the industrial districts of Northern England during the early 20th century. He had a distinctive style of painting with human figures often referred [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=163</link>
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		<title>1002 Burton Abbey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Burton Abbey was founded in 1002 by Wulfric Spot, the extremely wealthy Earl of Mercia, and was granted a charter by King Ethelred in 1004. As a Burtonian &#8216;born and bred&#8217;, I was dumbfounded at the sheer scale of Burton Abbey which occupied a 14 acre site. I remain amazed that I could have lived [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=161</link>
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		<title>1322 Battle of Burton Bridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 10th March, 1322 was not a great for Burton; it came under heavy attack and much of it was destroyed. Even so, it is quite an exciting thought that the invasion troops were led by the King Edward II of England himself and of him riding into Burton on his charger. The story starts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=159</link>
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		<title>1643 Civil War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Burton in the English Civil War The English Civil War started in 1642 when Charles I (pictured) raised his royal standard in Nottingham. England was split between those that supported the King and those that supported Parliament. In the case of Burton, support was fairly strongly parliamentarian. One of the most prominent Burton paliamentarian was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=160</link>
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		<title>Pre-1920 Adverts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1919 &#8211; George Tarver and Son, Gents Outfitters Just in case you have any doubts over whether pupils actually dressed this way&#8230; the above picture was taken at Burton Grammar School at around the same time.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?p=150</link>
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