ON THIS DAY
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1633: Diarist Samuel Pepys was born in Fleet Street, London.
1685: George F Handel was born in Halle, Saxony. He settled in England and became court composer to George II.
1820: The Cato Street conspiracy to assassinate Cabinet ministers was discovered. The plotters were executed.
1821: John Keats, English poet famous for his odes, died of tuberculosis.
1836: The Mexican army laid siege to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
1920: The first regular broadcasting service in Britain started from Marconi’s studio in Chelmsford, Essex.
1950: Election results were first televised.
1953: An amnesty offered by the Government to Second World War deserters brought in applications from more than 3,000 servicemen and 14 servicewomen.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The National Trust announced it had ditched plastic for the annual membership card it sends out.
“THIS is the biggest challenge yet!” says judge Michelle Ogundehin, inset, spouting reality TV’S obligatory scaremongering.
The six remaining designers are paired up to transform three independent shops in Tunbridge Wells – a cook shop, a pet shop and a camera shop.
But first, the pairs pitch their separate ideas to the owner, and whoever loses the brief will have to be assistant to their teammate. Gracious loser faces at the ready.
“Physical shops have to be more than just a shop, they have to be a place where people can hang out,” says Michelle.