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We owe the invention of the Hideawy Bed to inventor William Lawrence Murphy
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In November 1889 the celebrated coloratura soprano, Adelina Patti, the most popular and highest-paid singer of her day, took up residence at The Savoy of theatre impressario Richard D’Oyly Carte, ...
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