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Old 17-01-2018, 13:16   #14
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Re: France to loan Britain the Bayeux Tapestry

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Originally Posted by Mick View Post
Where is it actually going on display ?

I spent hours in the British Museum, there must have been a group of about 50 people around The Rosetta Stone (Which the Egyptians are said to want back but we have had it since 1802), was very difficult to get near it up close.
Don't know yet. Apparently there will be bun fight for it:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...b0cb50d2972d88

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Huw Merriman, a Conservative, asks May to ensure the Bayeux Tapestry goes to Battle Abbey in his constituency.

May says Hastings, Amber Rudd’s constituency, also wants it. The government will look at where it can be seen by most people.
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