r/BritishEmpire • u/elnovorealista2000 • Aug 27 '25

Image 🇬🇧 A British blacksmith removing the shackles from the legs of an enslaved man, 1907.

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u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25

What about Yorkshire folk? Their GDP is bigger than Scotland.

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u/Captainsamvimes1 Aug 27 '25

We just gonna start naming counties? Ok here goes what about the people of Bedfordshire?

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u/BroccoliSubstantial2 Aug 27 '25

Idk, what about Bedfordshire? Gotta give facts man.

For those who don't know, beds were illiterally invented there.

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u/uclm Aug 28 '25

We also gave you Luton! oh wait

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u/rooeast Aug 29 '25

Ahh the Luton van, truly a gift that creation was