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1 | 1870 | - GPO takes over the privately-owned Telegraph Companies (nationalised)
- Dr Thomas Barnardo opens his first home for destitute children
- Water closets come into wide use
- Diamonds discovered in Kimberley, South Africa
- 1 Oct 1870: First British postcard – halfpenny post
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2 | 1871 | - 27 Mar 1871: First Rugby Football international, England v Scotland, played in Edinburgh
- 29 Mar 1871: Opening of Royal Albert Hall, London
- 29 Jun 1871: Trades Unions legalised in Britain, but picketing made illegal
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3 | 1872 | - Licensing hours introduced
- Penalties introduced for failing to register births, marriages & deaths (Eng & Wales)
- 4 Dec 1872: American ship "Mary Celeste" is found abandoned by the British brig "Dei Gratia" in the Atlantic Ocean
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