Monthly Archives: June 2016

The Battle of The Somme 100 Years On

Posted on June 29, 2016 by

Friday July 1st 2016 marks the centerniary of the commencement of The Battle Of The Somme.  It is fair to say that July 1st 1916 might possibly the most horrific day in British history and most likely in the top … Continue reading →

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Jo Cox, Brexit & Haters – Oh My!

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

This is an unusual post, but then it has been an unusual week.  They say that a week is a long time in politics but recently event hours have been a long time in Politics.   I haven’t been able … Continue reading →

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Visualising the spread of cities throughout time

Posted on June 20, 2016 by

As I’m really busy with my tours this week and don’t have a great deal of time to do a lot of writing, instead I found neat little video that I found that conveys a fascinating subject.  The creation and … Continue reading →

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More photos from the old and the new

Posted on June 17, 2016 by

Today I finish my series of three posts looking at how particular locations have changed in appearance between some old photos that I found and which date from the 1880’s and 1890’s and how they look today using Google Steet … Continue reading →

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The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace – Benedictus

Posted on June 14, 2016 by

Do you ever have a situation where you hear a piece of music and don’t know what it is?  Perhaps you hear a new song on the radio that you like the sound of but miss the introduction at the … Continue reading →

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Mass Shootings in the USA are not news, it’s a chosen way of life

Posted on June 13, 2016 by

It’s not often that I write anything that even vaguely touches on an opinion piece but following the news of the latest in the endless stream of mass-shootings, let alone individual shootings then I thought now would be as good … Continue reading →

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Why does the Queen have 2 birthdays?

Posted on June 11, 2016 by

Today  Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday.   Reaching 90 years of age is reason enough to celebrate for any of us but this is the second time the Queen has reached 90 as she also had … Continue reading →

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The more things change – Photos of then and now

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

Following from my popular post earlier in the week  Then and now – How sights have changed in 130 years I have collated some more of the old colour photographs from the 1890s cataloging interesting sights around England and then using … Continue reading →

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Then and now – How sights have changed in 130 years

Posted on June 6, 2016 by

Last week the Daily Telegraph newspaper printed some old photos from across England and taken in the 1890’s but rare because they were in colour. The photos were created using the Photochrom technique pioneered by Photoglob Zürich AG, which sees … Continue reading →

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Roman treasures found under the streets of London

Posted on June 2, 2016 by

Oldest ever manuscripts discovered 20 feet under London streets Continue reading →

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