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[โ€“] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read that story in a book about the history of England: English history made brief, irreverent, and pleasurable.

The letter was from the 1800s I believe so maybe we can cut him some slack for not really knowing.

[โ€“] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Ah right yeah fair enough! I thought you meant it happened in the past 15 years or something!