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began in a converted tram factory in Manchester in 1911

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Map showing polar air current over the British Isles

was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon

The future King Edward VIII as a midshipman in HMS Hindustan Size:S: 30 x 25cm began in a converted tramThe future King Edward VIII as a midshipman in HMS Hindustan, c1910. Edward (1894 1972) succeeded his father George V to the throne as King Edward VIII in 1936. He ruled from ruled 20 January 1936 until 11 December 1936, and abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee, thus heading off an impending constitutional crisis. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as