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    Advertising in the past

    The other Advert for Pears Soap I remember used an image of "Bubbles" by John Everett Millais - you can see it HERE. I suppose the original had a deeper intention - anyway it circuitously brings to mind that the lifetime of a planetary nebula as a fraction of a star's life is about the same as...
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    David Blair gunmaker Birmingham & Robert Burns

    Yes I agree with you about that Viv. When Wordsworth literally walked over the Alps into the Revolution the idea seemed heady to him but in later years when the reality of the violence that was unleashed became clear he seemed to back off! I suppose there were many who found themselves in a...
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    David Blair gunmaker Birmingham & Robert Burns

    Thanks for being so encouraging Viv! However I think you might be being a bit harsh on those who saw merit and applicability in Tom Paine's ideas. The Birmingham Constitutional Society seems to have been one supported by the owners of actual working companies. Yes they were less sophisticated...
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    David Blair gunmaker Birmingham & Robert Burns

    Ah - I think I meant twice! I am excoriated with newbie embarrassment but I don't find the site as user friendly as some! I hope I shall learn....
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    David Blair gunmaker Birmingham & Robert Burns

    Sorry _ as a newbie I seem to have entered this more than once.....
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    David Blair gunmaker Birmingham & Robert Burns

    Well I'm glad to hear it Carolina. I do hope you have a weedram to complement the haggis, tatties and neaps! If you would like anillustrated version of the Burns-Blair story - do let me know....
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    David Blair gunmaker Birmingham & Robert Burns

    Thank you Vivienne. The David Blair link with Robert Burns certainly turns out to be an interesting story - I've unearthed a bit more detail and summarised it, along with references, here: https://docdro.id/O1gsxcy
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