Tommy tin launched

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Boult from the bluesRenowned classical conductor Sir Adrian Boult was born on this day in 1889, and exactly 80 years later a recorded tribute was paid by musicians of a very different kind.

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Tebbit proposes cricket test for immigrantsOn this day in 1990, the Los Angeles Times published an interview with Conservative politician Norman Tebbit, in which he questioned the loyalties of Asian immigrants to the United Kingdom.

The first ‘Tommy Tins’ were sold on this day in 1946: special biscuits in a cylindrical tin with a soldier painted on the side and a lid shaped as a tin helmet. Read on...

Tommy tins were the housewife's friend

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