Word: ak
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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Their inception was obscure, ak most accidental. In 1841 Thomas Cook, a British lecturer and writen on temperance, decided to lead a large party from Leicester to a temperance society convention at Loughborough not far away. Coaching would be difficult and confusing. Travel on the new Midland Railway was considered audacious. Yet daring, enterprising Thomas Cook chartered a train, the first "public" excursion train in history, persuaded 570 temperance members to trust to his guidance, and appeared triumphantly at Loughborough. The fare was one shilling (24 cents) the round trip...