Tag: History
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Number 73
Many, many years ago, Saturday morning TV used to be really good for us kids. I couldn’t tell you how it is nowadays, but I suppose the kids of today will say it is great too. But it can not be as great as it was in my day. Number 73 was a Saturday morning…
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Legends, mysteries and me
I’ve been interested in – no! fascinated by – legends, mysteries and the unknown or unexplained for as long as I can remember. I remember when I was very little first hearing about the Bermuda Triangle, and although I couldn’t understand why it was a mystery, I was fascinated by this triangle in the middle…
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Just January…
I’m sure that there are some fun facts about January that I could include in this blog if I had the time to find them. Only I don’t have the time to look in any great depth, and of the facts that I did find I wouldn’t really say they were ‘fun’. In 1642, for…
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England’s Earthquakes
We’ve experienced a couple of earthquakes over the last few weeks, one a couple of days ago in Yorkshire, and another last month in Cumbria. I didn’t feel the earth move with these most recent ones, and, for that matter, I’ve not really noticed any of the others that have affected us for some time.…
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Counting down to nothing
As 2010 draws to a close plans are being made. Plans for the future, with dreams coming true, ideas bursting into fruition and expectant excitement for things to be better. Or for things to be no worse than they are now. If we want to improve ourselves and our situation, only we can do it.…
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