Harold1 DoCJoined 21/04/2007
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| Posted : Tuesday, 28 April 2009 - 01:03 no, no amd no
he was a political writer, english born, a civil servant( he worked for government) and did not die in the last 109 years. |
Princess in the Shadows Joined 14/11/2008
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| Posted : Tuesday, 28 April 2009 - 04:21 Is it John Oswald ? Last Edited : Tuesday, 28 April 2009 - 04:28 | Harold1 DoCJoined 21/04/2007
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| Posted : Tuesday, 28 April 2009 - 10:10 NO and NO
I cant believe this, I thought it would be easy  | | Crazy Li  Joined 4/09/2007
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| Posted : Tuesday, 28 April 2009 - 14:27 I'd certainly never get this I don't know of a single person that fits that criteria... nor do I really know of any British-born civil servants | | Harold1 DoCJoined 21/04/2007
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| Posted : Tuesday, 28 April 2009 - 17:23 This should finish this ...
A good deal of you have heard some of his writings in very resent times, It was made by a man who is a `first` of his kind..... | | Pict Joined 27/10/2007
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| Posted : Tuesday, 28 April 2009 - 21:14 Got me stumped this time Harold....
Was he a civil servant to the British Government? | | Princess in the Shadows Joined 14/11/2008
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| Posted : Tuesday, 28 April 2009 - 23:52 Cronwell? | | Mog DoCJoined 5/02/2004
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| Posted : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 00:36 Swift? Last Edited : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 00:42 | Harold1 DoCJoined 21/04/2007
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| Posted : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 01:21 yes pict and no mog and no princess
cryptic clue..
This friend of a mouse stands by a window
T.P | | Pict Joined 27/10/2007
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| Posted : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 01:30 Friend of a mouse stands by a window... Donald/ Goofy/ Minnie Curtain???
Thomas Paine....... though must admit never heard of him before!! | | Mog DoCJoined 5/02/2004
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| Posted : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 03:05 Ahh, of course! | | Crazy Li Joined 4/09/2007
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| Posted : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 03:36 Thomas Paine...? You mean the guy who wrote "Common Sense"?
never knew he worked for the British government at any point in time... he was a colonist, so I never thought about that. | | Harold1 DoCJoined 21/04/2007
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| Posted : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 10:15 He was a CUSTOMS OFFICER in my home town for about 6 years.
Well done Pict(edit due to me being idiot lol), I was starting to wonder if he was going to found lol
www.flickr.com/photos/pdsmith/2281594058/
Loads of stuff about him on net ,but here is were he lived in My town Last Edited : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 15:39 | Crazy Li Joined 4/09/2007
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| Posted : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 14:18 Well done me...? o.O I'm not the one who got it... | | Harold1 DoCJoined 21/04/2007
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| Posted : Wednesday, 29 April 2009 - 15:40 Ooops I missed that bit of Picts post,I have edited to correct my mistake | |
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