• 1894: Manchester Ship Canal opened

• 1899: Boer War starts

• 1901: Queen Victoria dies

• 1903: 1st aeroplane flight by Wright Bros.

• 1905: Ragged Lands established

• 1909: Introduction of Old Age Pension

• 1912: Sinking of the Titanic

• 1914: Start of 1st World War

• 1916: Battle of the Somme

• 1918: End of 1st World War

• 1919: 1st trans-atlantic flight

• 1920: League of Nations founded

• 1922: Irish Free State founded

• 1924: Lenin dies

• 1926: General Strike

• 1928: Women get the vote

• 1934: Hitler assumes power in Germany

• 1936: Regular BBC TV broadcasts begin

• 1939: Start of 2nd World War

GLYNDE

GLYNDE SOLDIER KILLED: The inhabitants of the village feel much sympathy with Mr and Mrs Stephen Funnell, 21 Trevor Gardens, whose eldest son has been killed at the Front. A notification was received from the War Office last Sunday that Arthur Funnell, a private in the 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards, had been killed in action at St Julien on October 22nd. He was 29 years of age, six feet in height and finely built; and very well liked by all. His mother received a letter from him stating that he was alright the same day that he was killed. He was a Reservist, and was for some years in the employ of Messrs Newington and Co, by whom his father has been employed for many years.