Portal:England/Did you know/02 2008

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...that Clinton Thomas Dent made eighteen failed attempts to climb the Aiguille du Dru before making the first ascent on 12 September 1878?
...that Thames Valley Police is one of the largest Home Office Police forces in England?
...that the Progress Theatre, located in Reading, is the oldest theatre in the area, as well as the only one showing only theatrical shows?
...that Emma Must received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1995 for her work of enforcing land protection and British road building?