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September 27th in History

September 27th


1825 George Stephensons "Locomotion No. 1" becomes the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England



1938 The 83,000 ton liner 'Queen Elizabeth' was launched at John Brown's Yard on Clydebank in Scotland by the Queen Mother. With her sister ship Queen Mary, she provided luxury liner service between Southampton and New York via Cherbourg in France.


27 Sep 1967
Working on new songs the Beatles recorded various parts for the new John Lennon song ‘I Am The Walrus’ and the new Paul Macartney song ‘Fool On The Hill.’ Lennon received a letter from a pupil at Quarry Bank High School, that mentioned an English teacher was making his class analyse Beatles' lyrics. Lennon, amused that a teacher was putting so much effort into understanding the Beatles' lyrics, decided to write in his next song the most confusing lyrics that he could.
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Ironicman · 56-60, M
I caught some of this on the news this morning. Momentous times. I look at where we are right now in the UK and do hope we can get back on the rails!