December 22: On this day in history
December 22: We look back at the last 100 years, 50 years and 25 years and bring you what happened on this day in history.
Little Britain won two gongs at the British Comedy Awards
December 22:
1914 – Sisters-in-law Elizabeth Watts, 34, and Rose Garner, 32, offer the ‘extraordinary defence’ of being ‘fascinated’ by shoplifting at Marylebone Police Court
1939 – The so-called ‘Spinster Express’ steam train arrives at Paddington carrying a thousand unmarried women and girls heading home to London for Christmas
1964 – ‘Babes in the wood’ killer Frederick Alfred Smith is captured at Guilford bypass trying to reach his mother by bicycle, after escaping from Wormwood Scrubs
1989 – Teen bride Mandy Smith, 19, is finally reunited with rock star husband Bill Wyman having been confined to bed with a wasting disease
2004 – Little Britain stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas enjoy a double celebration after the show picks up two gongs at the British Comedy Awards
2009 – Prince Charles’ former harpist Jemima Phillips is spared a jail sentence and handed a 12-month community service order for attempted fraud and handling stolen goods