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Monthly Archives: January 2021
Coronavirus Diary 72: Being a Good Samaritan to the living and having a hot drink with the dead.
One of the things I really miss about being Excluded and not able to work as well as Shielding alone is being able to help people. I really really miss it. I know I still help lots of people from … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged charity, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, Covid19, Diary, Good Samaritan, Lockdown
1 Comment
The story of how a Tyneside ship ended up as the Resolute desk of the President of the United States Part Two
Following on from last weeks post on HMS Resolute, we pick up the account in this second blog post. On 10 September 1855, the abandoned HMS Resolute was found adrift by the American whaler George Henry, captained by James Budington … Continue reading
Posted in geography, history
Tagged Henry Grinnell, HMS Resolute, Northwest Passage, Prince Charles, Queen Victoria, Resolute Desk, Royal Navy, The White House, USA, Washington
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The story of how a Tyneside ship ended up as the Resolute desk of the President of the United States Part One
It’s hard to say much about the desk of the Prime Minister outside the Corona virus, it is almost unheard of him or her to address the nation or indeed The Queen outside her customary Christmas message of goodwill and … Continue reading
Posted in geography, history
Tagged HMS Resolute, Inauguration, Newcastle, Northwest Passage, Resolute Desk, Royal Navy, Sir Edward Belcher, Sir John Franklin, WhiteHouse
2 Comments
Map of world Religions
Following on from last weeks post on a map of ancient reads routes I thought I would post up this great world map which I came across last summer which displays the major religions of the world. Hopefully you can click … Continue reading
Meeting James Bond in his London apartment!
On Thursday and Friday last week I did interviews for the Metro and Daily Telegraphs newspapers and so I had to spend a little time going through 2019 photos as the newspaper wants me to send some so as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Life, London, Movies and Films, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged 007, James Bond, James Bond Walking Tour of London, Ye Olde England Tours
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A Map of Trade Routes in the 11th and 12th Century in the Old World
I once posted a really wonderful map of all the main roads in the Roman Empire Fantastic Map of The Roman Empire and as I love maps I am always on the lookout for something similar and if you do a search … Continue reading
Having an Excluded Christmas and a Shielding New Year
Today marks the 11 month anniversary since I last had a full days work. It’s hard to believe that almost a year has gone by and as almost everyone has Well I’ve had a worse Christmas than this year but … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Christmas, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, CoronavirusUK, Diary, Life, New Year, Shielding
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Remembering the Siege of Sidney Street 110 years today
Even if many don’t know the precise events, the Siege of Sidney Street is something that most Londoners have heard of due to its tragic events and dramatic ending, On the 3rd January 1911 two Latvian anarchists held out in … Continue reading
Posted in history, London
Tagged Battle of Bethnal Green, East End, Police, Siege of Sidney Street, Winston Churchill
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