These pages are dedicated to all of the unusual, secret, little-known wonders of the metropolis. From the remains of the largest Roman building north of the Alps to the world’s first “tube” railway, ...
V.E. Day celebrations in Scotland became a full two or three day extravaganza, with street parties, bonfires, and mass gatherings. Pubs in Glasgow and Edinburgh were drunk dry, people partied all day ...
Our green and pleasant land has played host to many notable wordsmiths through the centuries. Names like Shakespeare, Chaucer, Wordsworth and Keats automatically spring to mind when we talk about ...
2021 marked the 180th anniversary of Thomas Cook’s first step towards building the package holiday phenomenon. But ironically, wealth and social standing was the last thing on Thomas’ mind throughout ...
Princess Elizabeth's 'secret night out'. Desperate to join in the V.E. Day celebrations, Elizabeth and her sister Margaret ...
Legend has it that during the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century, a shipwrecked monkey was hanged by the people of Hartlepool, believing him to be a French spy! To this day, people from ...
Mention ‘The Great Fire of London’ and most people think of the 1666 disaster when, although a great many buildings were destroyed and the fire raged for days, relatively few people died. The Tooley ...
Welcome to our new section of articles about Post War Britain; everyday life and events in the 1950s and 1960s. For those of you who remember these days, we hope you will enjoy reminiscing! Please ...
In the 1950s and early 60s, entertaining at home had meant a cocktail party with nibbles rather than a sit down meal. A ...
The Championships, Wimbledon, or just Wimbledon as it is more commonly referred to, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and arguably the most famous. Since the first tournament 125 years ago ...
The first queen of Edward I would perhaps have been completely forgotten had it not been for her husband’s beautiful memorials to her, erected following her death in 1290. The first queen of Edward I ...
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