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Willingale One Name Study
Willingale Family Tree
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 1897 - 1899 (2 years)
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| 1 | 1920 | - 1920: The Channel
Regular cross-channel air service starts
- 1920: Marconi
Marconi opens a radio broadcasting station in Britain
- 1920: Tommy Gun
Thompson patents his machine gun (Tommy gun)
- Feb 1920: 1st Petrol Station
First roadside petrol filling station in UK - opened by the Automobile Association at Aldermaston on the Bath Road
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| 2 | 1921 | - 1921: Railway Act
Railway Act in Britain amalgamates companies - only four remained
- 1921: Insulin
Insulin discovery announced
- 1921: Birth Control
First birth control clinic
- 19 Jun 1921: Census
Census: Population - England and Wales: 37.9 Million; Scotland: 4.9 Million; N Ireland: 1.25 Million
- 6 Dec 1921: Anglo-Irish Treaty
Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in London, leading to the formation of the Irish Free
State and Northern Ireland
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| 3 | 1922 | - 1922: Law of Property Act
Law of Property Act - the manorial system effectively ended
- 1 Jun 1922: RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary founded
- Oct 1922: BBC
BBC established as a monopoly, and begins transmissions in November (2LO in
London on 14 Nov; 5IT in Birmingham and 2ZY in Manchester on 15 Nov)
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