My Grandma lived on one of the steepest streets in Britain, the sort that makes you wonder if you car will make it to the top or if you slip on the pavements, if you will avoid skidding and rolling hundreds of feet to the bottom. So as a person with interest in such oddball… Continue reading The Welsh street that’s been newly crowned the steepest in the world!
Month: July 2019
Remembering a local disaster – The 75th anniversary of the Sandringham Road V1 attack, Watford.
To commemorate the 75th year anniversary of the 37 people killed in Sandringham Road by a German bomb during World War Two, Watford Borough Council is hosting a service of remembrance at North Watford Cemetery for those who died in worst loss of life in Watford during the Blitz. On Sunday 30 July 1944, a… Continue reading Remembering a local disaster – The 75th anniversary of the Sandringham Road V1 attack, Watford.
London named the first National Park City in the World
When you think of a national park, images of sweeping landscapes and rolling hills likely spring to mind. So it may come as a surprise to learn that London has officially been crowned as the world’s first National Park City. In doing so perhaps finally shunning its its reputation as a pea-soup smog-filled metropolis to become… Continue reading London named the first National Park City in the World
The Ice Cream Index of Happiness
It turns out it really is the simple things in life that do the most to uplift you’re feelings, at least if you’re British and it’s summer time. Chocolate and donating to charity give British people the most happiness per £1 during the summer months. Buying a bar of chocolate makes us happiest relative to… Continue reading The Ice Cream Index of Happiness
The West Brompton Time Machine in the heart of London
You can find most things in London but it might not be your first guess as to be the location of what is currently thought to be the most likely candidate for a Time-Machine in the world, if such a thing can really be. And I don’t mean the Tardis from Doctor Who which… Continue reading The West Brompton Time Machine in the heart of London
Brompton Cemetery – Part of The Magnificent Seven
I always love visiting Brompton Cemetery which doubles up as a Royal Park. There is so much to see with the architecture, gothic style tombs and just a vast array of wildlife in this huge open space in the middle of West London. If you want to do some wildlife photography then it offers some… Continue reading Brompton Cemetery – Part of The Magnificent Seven
New York Yankees V Boston Red Sox – Going to my first Baseball game in London
I have long been a fan of Baseball having watched it on TV since 1984 (and currently semi watch 5 or 6 games a week in the evening UK time) when I was only little and so got premium seats for the game as I knew I would enjoy it. Some have said it is the… Continue reading New York Yankees V Boston Red Sox – Going to my first Baseball game in London
The Strasbourg Dancing Plague of 1518
We’re fast approaching mid-summer and in the UK the next few months are marked in amongst other ways, masses of music and folk festivals with the most famous of which being Glastonbury. Well before the hundreds of thousands spent their summers dancing under the gaze of King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathea, there was an… Continue reading The Strasbourg Dancing Plague of 1518
The Shortest War in History
No body wants a war, at least not many right-minded people. If there has to be a war then it is best for all involved if it is as short and painless as possible. History is full of lengthy, bloody wars so if you’ve never heard of the 1896 British-Zanzibar war then it is probably… Continue reading The Shortest War in History
Putting the stone into Harrow Wealdstone – London’s Neolithic Standing Stone?
I was feeling pleased that I had managed to find the first two little known ancient and even neolithic spots with out any maps and so decided to see one more if I could find it. I had considered Grim’s Dyke which was both the boundary of Mercia (was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon… Continue reading Putting the stone into Harrow Wealdstone – London’s Neolithic Standing Stone?
Stephen Liddell 