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Tolkien's Maps
Tolkien insisted on getting everything in his stories absolutely consistent. As an aid to this, he started the practice of publishing a map in his books showing the locations visited by the characters of the story.
Author: Gnomon
Hadlow Road Railway Station, Wirral, UK
Hadlow Road Station is now a heritage centre within Wirral Country Park showing what a railway station would have looked like in the 1950s.
Author: SashaQ
Topical: David Bowie
On 11 January, it's been a year since David Bowie left us.
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- Tolkien's Maps9th January 2017
- Hadlow Road Railway Station, Wirral, UK9th January 2017
- Dark Nebulae2nd January 2017
- 'The Terminator' - the Film2nd January 2017
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- Rhodohypoxis - Plants of Mountains and Gardens26th December 2016
- Tintern Abbey, Co Wexford, Ireland19th December 2016
- 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World' - the Television Series19th December 2016
- Loughcrew - an Ancient Irish Megalithic Cemetery12th December 2016
- An Actor, a Chorus Girl, and a POW Sneak into a Country: Tales of Illegal Immigration in the USA12th December 2016
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