Hello from Suffolk. Here's five minutes of civilised calm recorded in the peace of the English countryside. With a poem: The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats.
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On this day: 1st June, 1785, King George extends a grudging hand of friendship to John Adams, first US ambassador to the Court of St James.
On this day: 1st June, 61, the defeat of the Boudiccan revolt by Suetonius Paullinus (more on Rendham's head of Claudius)
On this day: 1st June, 1907, Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine was born in Earlsdon, Coventry
If you need some music to wake you up – how about Bring a Little Water, Sylvie by Lonnie Donegan:
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