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The Housemans of Nidderdale
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| 1 | 1870 | - 1870—1870: GPO takes over the privately-owned Telegraph Companies (nationalised)
- 1870—1870: Dr Thomas Barnardo opens his first home for destitute children
- 1870—1870: Water closets come into wide use
- 1870—1870: Diamonds discovered in Kimberley, South Africa
- 1 October 1870—1 October 1870: First British postcard - halfpenny post
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| 2 | 1871 | - 27 March 1871—27 March 1871: First Rugby Football international, England v Scotland, played in Edinburgh
- 29 March 1871—29 March 1871: Opening of Royal Albert Hall, London
- 29 June 1871—29 June 1871: Trades Unions legalised in Britain, but picketing made illegal
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| 3 | 1872 | - 1872—1872: Licensing hours introduced
- 1872—1872: Penalties introduced for failing to register births, marriages & deaths (Eng & Wales)
- 4 December 1872—4 December 1872: American ship 'Mary Celeste' is found abandoned by the British brig 'Dei Gratia' in the Atlantic Ocean
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