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1877 ….. U.K ..... the FIRST milk cart of the Co-operative Society in Pendleton, Salford, set out on its rounds
1909 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST closed top bus appeared in Widnes, Lancashire
1914 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST full-length feature film in colour - The World, the Flesh and the Devil - opened at the Holborn Empire, London. It was produced by the Union Jack Company and starred Frank Esmond and Stella St Audrie
1969 ..... U.K ..... Pilot Brian Trubshaw and co-pilot John Cochrane lifted Concorde 002 into the air for the FIRST time in the English countryside. She travelled at 200 mph and eventually landed at RAF Fairford, some 50 miles away
1983 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST woman to train a Grand National winner was Jenny Pitman whose horse Corbiere won at 13-1
1997..... U.K ..... the very FIRST BBC Good Homes Show opened its doors at the NEC Birmingham. It featured everything for the home and was brimming with the latest in design, style and colour
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