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Today is St Ethelburg’s Day!
Or it's sometimes recorded as 9th July. We can celebrate on both days!
6th February is also the feast day of her husband, King Ine.
Ethelburg. Queen of Wessex. Battle leader. Traveller. Pilgrim. Nun.
There's a whole chapter about the fascinating Ethelburg in Unsung Women in Somerset. Out now! books2read.com/unsung
#6february #saint #UnsungWomen #womenInSomerset #somerset #doulting #histdons #wessex #angloSaxon
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Today is William Davis Miners' Memorial Day
This day remembers the miners killed in Nova Scotia's coal mines
It is named for William Davis, who was killed during a miners' strike on June 11, 1925 by British Empire Steel company police
Miners vowed never to work on June 11 again