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| It was the winter of 1902, but Lord Roy was not concerned with Christmas. He was planning the English Ore Days festivities, a celebration of the mining industry. | |
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| All that remained was to plan the entertainment -- and for that Lord Roy hoped to secure the services of the famous soprano, Lady Mary Anne Bright of London. | |
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| Unfortunately, Lord Roy was had financial troubles. He had invested heavily in a venture that he hoped would lead to the invention of powered flight. | |
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| On the windy isthmuses of York, his engineers struggled to send their spindly contraptions aloft. As Lord Roy despaired, his brother sent him a message of hope... | |
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| “May Ore Days see Mary Anne Bright..." | |
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| "...and may all York isthmuses breed flight.†| |
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