He arranged for the Midland Counties Railway to charge one shilling per person for a group of campaigners .travelling .. from Leicester to a rally in Loughborough, eleven miles away.
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He organised the first package ... in history.
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He founded the ... agency Thomas Cook & Son (popularly nicknamed Cook's Tours), which became Thomas AG before eventually becoming Thomas Cook Group in 2007.
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Cook was paid a share of the fares charged to the passengers, as the railway tickets couldn't ... issued at his own price.
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There ... been railway excursions before, but this one included entrance to an entertainment held on private grounds, rail tickets, and food during the train ...
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There had been railway excursions before, but this one included entrance to an entertainment held on private grounds, rail tickets, and food during the train ... .
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Cook immediately saw the potential of a convenient "off-the-peg" holiday product in which everything was ... in one cost.
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Thomas Cook (1808-1892) is ... considered to be the father of modern mass tourism.
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In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing-boats (1) ________ been caught in the storm (2) ________ had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour people stood (3) ________ their door, (4) ________ worried to talk.
The rest of the fishing fleet had (5) ________the harbour before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of (6) ________ missing men. Some had (7) ________ thick blankets and some flasks to hot drinks, knowing that the men (8) ________ be cold and tried. As dawn began to break over (9) ________ the east, a small point if light was (10) ________ in the darkness of the water and a (11) ________ minutes later, (12) ________ was a shout. Before long, the two boats (13) ________ turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbour. The men (14) ________ helped out of their boats, and although they were stiff (15) ________ cold and tiredness, they were all safe.
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MY HOME TOWN
I was born in one of the most interesting cities in Malaysia. It has a rich, colourful history and many parts of the city have hardly changed at (1) .......................... during the last five centuries. However, nowadays, it is (2) ......................... longer the trade centre that it once (3) ....................... . It is difficult to imagine that at one time its harbour (4) ....................... to be visited by over 2,000 ships a week, and that the huge warehouses along the quayside would have (5) ......................... full of spices and silks, jewels and tea.
The old city centre is small, which (6) ......... it very easy to explore (7) ....................... foot. A river neatly divides the town, (8) ....................... only physically but in spirit, too. On one side, you find many grand houses, but on crossing the river, you find yourself in ancient Chinatown, where you really take a step back into the past.
It is great fun to wander through the colourful, noisy backstreets. As well as having shops that sell a wide range of clothes and shoes, some of these streets are also famous (9) ............................ high quality antiques. Unfortunately, most of the bargains disappeared many years ago. However, (10) ........................ you look around carefully, you can still come across an interesting souvenvir.
