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They STOPPED teaching the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ANGLO-SAXON 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 STORY. Here’s a brief introduction to it. 🧵 Fifteen hundred years ago, England didn’t exist. Angles. Saxons. Jutes. Open boats across the North Sea. They carved the island into seven warring kingdoms. ⚔️ But they built. Churches. Laws written in English, not Latin. Shires, your county was drawn by their hands over a thousand years ago. Then the Vikings came. And nearly ended everything. By 878, every kingdom had fallen. Every king had fled or died. Except one. A 28-year-old hiding in a marsh called Alfred. He fought back. Built fortified towns. Retook London. Wrote a legal code. Translated books into English. He wanted a nation that could think, not just fight. His daughter commanded armies. His grandson became the first King of all England. 927 AD. 👑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 In 1066, the Normans destroyed them. For 200 years, the English were ruled by people who didn’t speak English. But the Normans couldn’t kill what the Anglo-Saxons built. The language survived. The shires survived. The common law survived. The idea that a king answers to his people. That survived. It became Magna Carta. Parliament. The jury. Us. Every word you’re reading right now is rooted in Anglo-Saxon English. Next year, England turns 1,100. Most people don’t even know it has a birthday. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 We’re going deeper. Follow so you don’t miss it. 🇬🇧🙏 What were you taught about the Anglo-Saxons at school? Or were they just… skipped?

Good morning my Twits .. It’s the big day tomorrow at the hotel .. I think I’m going to be very busy …. How wonderful does this sound ..🎅

RIP Rob Reiner. You were one of a few good men. You leave us in misery. I’m sure arrival upstairs was perfectly directed. Lights, camera, action. It’s a wrap.