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The story behind Robert Raikes' Sunday school. Robert was a pioneer of the Sunday school movement, although he did not start the first Sunday School.Some already existed such as that founded by Hannah Ball in High Wycombe, or the one founded in 1751 in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham which is the first documented known case.
Red Patent Leather is a live album by the American rock and roll group New York Dolls, released in 1984. It was recorded in New York a decade earlier, in March 1975, just a month before the group broke up while on tour in Florida.
His tobacco case, well-worn from hard riding in India. Engraved Col. R N Raikes – Honestum præferre utili. Silver hallmark London 1875. Robert Raikes was born 13 October 1813 in Drayton the son of Robert Napier Raikes the vicar of Gayton and rector of Hellesdon all in Norfolk, England; and the grandson of Robert Raikes, the promoter of Sunday schools.
Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Dean Martin recorded the song as a single in 1963. [6] Herschel Bernardi recorded the song as a track on his 1970 album "Show Stopper." [7] Barry Manilow recorded the song as part of a Guys and Dolls medley on his 1991 album "Showstoppers." [8] Big Scoob sampled the song for his recording, "Can Du", in 2000. [9] [10]
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years is a children's novel written by Rachel Field and published in 1929. It won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1930. The book is told from the point of view of an inanimate doll named Hitty (short for Mehitabel ), who was constructed in the 1820s and traveled around the world ...
Nicky Turner said in 2018: "I think we wanted to make a mark. We wanted to be political, in a sense, which you can hear in the lyrics of songs like 'New Church' and 'Holy War', you know, to create a stir." [8] "Li'l Boys Play with Dolls" is a tribute to the New York Dolls using lyrics and song titles from their first two albums. [19]
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" is a song written by Frank Loesser and published in 1950. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical, Guys and Dolls, which opened at the 46th Street Theatre on November 24, 1950. In the context of the show, gambler Nicely-Nicely Johnson invents a dream about being saved from hell in order to bring ...
A Far Out Disc is a full-length album by the punk band Toy Dolls. Song "Razzmatazz Intro." Song "Razzmatazz Intro." was the theme tune in several series of the British TV show Razzmatazz .