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Thetford Forest ✓
King's Lynn ✓
Gog Magog Downs ✓
Household shopping ✓
Completely clean kitchen ✓ (Many thanks to Dad who spontaneously helped with a lot of things)
Beat dad at pool ✓✓ (✗✗✗)
Know Kings of England ✓ (Henry II ✗ William IV ✗)

ETA: Good vegetarian food at Heydon ✓ (Thanks Mobbsy!)
ETA: Know Kings of England ✓

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[thethirdvoice.livejournal.com]

First names (as learned at primary school - I hope it's right!)

Willie, Willie, Harry, Ste,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry 3,
1, 2, 3 Neds, Richard 2,
Harry 4, 5 ,6, Then who?

Edward 4, 5, Dick the bad,
Harries twain and Ned the lad,
Mary, Bessie, James the Vain,
Charlie, Charlie, James again.

William and Mary, Anna Gloria,
4 Georges, William and Victoria,
Teddy, George, Teddy, George,
Elizabeth the Second, at present no more!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Oh, it is indeed. That's nice. I split between giving them affectionate nicknames, and remembering key important kings -- everyone round Henry VIII for a few monarchs I can remember because I remember what happened.

[stephdairy.livejournal.com]

My memory of that rhyme always gets stuck, rather appositely, after `Then who?'

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