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It's 1900 and thankfully the brilliant Sarah Keyworth is here with us to make sense of a busy year, as all the research was left to the brain of notorious historian Red Richardson. The radical Carrie Nation is attacking pubs with hatchets, the Central Line on the London Underground opens, part of Stonehenge mysteriously falls off, Louis "Lunch" Lassen invents the hamburger, the Queen Mother is born and the historic second ever Olympics games might have happened. Also hear about Bobby's experience in a sexless love triangle and Red and Sarah reminisce about their days looking after school children as responsible teacher's assistants.
Go and see Sarah Keyworth at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in the Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar at 5.40pm.
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