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    Perkin Warbeck, an imposter and pretender to the English throne, being humiliated in the stocks before his execution in 1499. Warbeck was used by Henry VII’s Yorkist enemies in an unsuccessful plot to threaten the new Tudor dynasty. (Getty Images)
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    2nd July 1940:  A village 'jam depot' organised by the Women's Institute on behalf of the government to use up all excess home grown fruit. Villagers at Lewes in Sussex are busy making jam from redcurrants, raspberries and strawberries.  (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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