1. British Empire — 2022-05-20 08:45:03

   …dth="" }} {{Image url="FlagSaintHelena.gif" class="left" title="Flag Saint Helena" width="" }} {{Image url="FlagSGeorgiaSandwich.png" class="left" title="S.Georgia, Sandwich" width="150" }} {{Image url="FlagTristanDaCuhna.gif" class="left" title="F…

2. Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14

   …ing while eating his snack; and from that incident, we have inherited that quick-food product that we now know as the **sandwich**. He apparently had the meat put on slices of bread so he wouldn’t get his fingers greasy while he was playing cards…
   …. == A man is an Island == Montagu was Lord of the Admiralty and Captain Cook named the **Sandwich Islands** (now Hawaii) after him, as well as **Montague Island** off the south east coast of Australia, the **South San…
   … Alaska == Bit of History == {{Image url="Sarnie.jpg" class="right" width="150" }} It may surprise some to learn that Sandwich is actually a place. The 'wich' in Sandwich is from the Anglo-Saxon word for a port. Later old English 'wic' from Latin…
   … ''vicus'', which also gives us the word vicinity. >>{{amazon items="English Place-names" }}>> The word sandwich has since taken on many uses. When something or someone is stuck between two other objects they are said to be 'sandwic…

3. Eraser — 2020-08-18 10:06:20

   …Eraser :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Head.jpg" Who="Edward Nairne" width="300" born="1726" birth_place="Sandwich [[Kent]]" death_date="1/9/1806" death_place="" }} === Edward Nairne 1770 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[1700s]] Nairne produced…

4. English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55

   … coastal Netherlands around Terschelling have word sounds that are very close to present day English. This period is [[Sandwich]]ed between the occupation of the Romans up to around 400 AD and the French invasion of 1066. == Amazing Recovery == {…

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