Keighley
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For those of us who live within a reasonable distance of Keighley, I think the following extract may be a lure: “…..Graham Mitchell, secretary of the Yorkshire branch of the Richard III Society, is giving a presentation at a meeting of Keighley and District Local History Society….His talk – The King’s Nephews, Life After Death?…
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A Keighley man, Jimmy Vaughan, has traced his ancestry back to the Sir Thomas Vaughan who was executed at Pontefract Castle on June 25 1483 for opposing Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who was by right of his late brother’s request, Lord Protector of England. Of course, Sir Thomas was one of the multitude of three…
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Carol’s support for King Richard has led her to write this book about his childhood. In the spring there will be another book, following his life until the fateful Battle of Bosworth on 22nd August, 1485. I hope both titles do really well for her, and that she will find another aspect of Richard, or…
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