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25/03/2019 |
Leading us out (May be) |
There are 3 separate sets of initials per statement and in each statement at least one of the missing words starts with the letters ‘M-a-y’. | |
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1620: TMSS from P and eventually LACCIM |
The Mayflower sets sail; Plymouth; lands at Cape Cod in Massachusetts |
2. |
1861: BAM started MSM at their factory in the EEOL |
Bryant and May; making safety matches; East End of London |
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1879: The BVMA to a young IG at KICM |
Blessed Virgin Mary appeared; Irish girl; Knock in County Mayo |
4. |
1910: MMRS opened as relief for MP but then in 1960 it CTP |
Manchester Mayfield Railway Station; Manchester Piccadilly; closes to passengers |
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1936: JMK, a leading MOTBG, published TGTOEIAM |
John Maynard Keynes; member of the Bloomsbury Group; The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money |
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1936: W started the LVOM with the MEPBM |
Waddingtons; London version of Monopoly; most expensive property being Mayfair |
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1958: MB written by BHANP becomes a TTHBSOTA |
Maybe Baby; Buddy Holly and Norman Petty; top ten hit both sides of the Atlantic |
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1969: IKWTCBS the FVOA by MA is published |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; first volume of autobiography; Maya Angelou |
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1980: TBMPM having been ITEOBBB in the 1970s AOU |
Theresa Brasier marries Philip May; introduced to each other by Benazir Bhutto; at Oxford University |
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1998: FMJW the first of his WT as a SF |
Floyd Mayweather Junior won; World titles; Super Featherweight |