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I’m not a fabrics or a security expert by any means. I know this has been on the cards for a little while and hasn’t been e...
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13 September 1828 was the day Sydney’s, and Australia’s, first bank robbery took place when the Bank of Australia strongroom was breached...
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Lake Superior, November 10, 1975 they left fully loaded for Cleveland. That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of ...
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Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen 4th November 1922.
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October 26th 1881 at around 3pm Tombstone Arizona.
Bothers Virgil, Wyatt, & Morgan Earp. Togther with Wyatt’s close friend John Henr...
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I know today is Friday, but back in 1929. October 24th was a Thursday & the Dow Jones dropped 12.8% marking the start of the stock ma...
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The two Roman coin hoards discovered by metal-detectorists in the Conwy Valley have been declared treasure by the Assistant Coroner for N...
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09:13 October 21st 1966.
144 dead, including 116 children.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Aberfan-disaster
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Henry John Heinz, the founder of the Heinz food company, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this day, 11 October, back in 1844.
Henry ...
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As it is currently black history month, I thought that for a change, I’d actually read up on matters an...
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I’m not a fabrics or a security expert by any means. I know this has been on the cards for a little while and hasn’t been e...
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Yes, in a perfect world there would be little or no distinction between the sexes, certainly no bias on one side or the other, but sadly ...
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For the Shield or for the Cash?
Trollheart Investigates the History of Television Crime Drama
Crime drama has been with us for a while ...
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So, I hear you all moan, he’s lost it at last. After vampires, serial killers, histories of this country and that country, animation and ...
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Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen 4th November 1922.
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Hope this is in the right place.
As it is currently black history month, I thought that for a change, I’d actually read up on matters an...
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I am, of course, a total nerd, as anyone knows, and while I never quite sunk to the level of being a trainspotter (freaks!) I was, for s...
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Henry John Heinz, the founder of the Heinz food company, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this day, 11 October, back in 1844.
Henry ...
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09:13 October 21st 1966.
144 dead, including 116 children.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Aberfan-disaster
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October 26th 1881 at around 3pm Tombstone Arizona.
Bothers Virgil, Wyatt, & Morgan Earp. Togther with Wyatt’s close friend John Henr...
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The two Roman coin hoards discovered by metal-detectorists in the Conwy Valley have been declared treasure by the Assistant Coroner for N...
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Lake Superior, November 10, 1975 they left fully loaded for Cleveland. That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of ...
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I know today is Friday, but back in 1929. October 24th was a Thursday & the Dow Jones dropped 12.8% marking the start of the stock ma...
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13 September 1828 was the day Sydney’s, and Australia’s, first bank robbery took place when the Bank of Australia strongroom was breached...
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Cowboys. The word conjures up so many images, from playing cowboys and indians as kids, to western movies, cowboy play suits, and cowboy-...
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I thought I might share this link. It’s a terrific resource that allows you to delve into the past and check out the loca history of your...
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What makes someone kill? I’ll be damned if I know, and in this journal this is something we will not be investigating. I’m no psychiatris...
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Note before I begin: when I started this some years ago I was somewhat ignorant that there were also women explorers, given the times we’...
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Very condensed History of Australia in 100 words
Aborigines arrive 60,000 years ago, had place to themselves until 1770, Captain Cook la...
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Classical music tends to get a bad rap, especially among the younger generations often, but the truth is that without it our music today ...
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Part three coming soon…and a fourth!
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Snapshot answer
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Introduction: Don’t mention the war!
I’m sure many of those who see this are thinking, what? Another account of the Second World War? Wh...
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A new ancient British king has been discovered after an amateur detectorist found a coin bearing his name in a field in Hampshire. Dating...
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Courtesy of the census
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A few years ago, I tried to get something going on the music forum I frequented which I called “Cartoon Survivor”. Basically, this was to...
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I have just been watching the first episode of “Stuff the British Stole”, it is based on a podcast of the same name (I have bookmarked it...
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Continuing the discussion from Songs that make you cry:
When I saw the lyrics of Ebony Eyes, I had to look up the history to see if this...
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I suppose it only seems fair really, if I’m going to badmouth the English in my History of Ireland journal, to give them a chance to talk...
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A acquaintance of mine writes about History mainly.
Anyone who wants to read would be welcomed by him. He has dedicated most of his life...
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[i]Opening note: When I wrote this in 2022 things looked bad, and there wasn’t a whole of hope for the future. Now, I see advertisements ...
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A 900-year-old sword believed to have belonged to a crusader who sailed to the Holy Land has been found at the bottom of the Mediterranea...
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The History Colorado, The Center for Colorado Women’s History, and another project later. Here are some test shots I took. On the floor i...
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The young and the old had a high proportion of deaths. Suicide looked low. Tuberculosis (consumption) was high at the time. Lots of pe...
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On October 16th 1908, the American Samuel Cody made the first airplane flight in Britain. Samuel came to the UK as part of a wild west s...
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A new series starts tonight on BBC 2 at 9pm.
Ive enjoyed watching all of these Series this is series 4.
Looking into the people who hav...
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On October 14th 1066 King Harold Godwinson was defeated by the invading army of William, duke of Normandy, establishing the Normans as r...
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For anyone interested in history of England, at the time of Arch-Bishop Thomas Beckett,
I strong recommend Ken Follett’s “Pillars of the...
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