Category Archives: history

Posts predominantly history related.

Visiting the home of Joseph Hedley whose murder in 1826 shook the world!

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

A few weeks ago whilst out on a 11 day tour of Newcastle. Northumbria, Durham and the Lake District, with the lovely Lorraine from Tasmania, I had the opportunity to revisit the Beamish Open Air Museum. The working and living … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Beamish Open Air Museum, Durham, Joe The Quilter, Joseph Hedley, Murder, Newcastle, Northumberland | Leave a comment

The Bridge of Sighs in Oxford

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

There are so many beautiful sights to see in Oxford, the famous old university city known as the City of Dreaming Spires due to the wonderful architecture of Oxford which is prone to take the breath away of even the … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, television, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Hertford Bridge, Hertford College, Oxford, The Bridge of Sighs, Ye Olde England Tours | 1 Comment

Electing a new Speaker to the House of Commons

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Following the often delayed departure of the previous Mr. Speaker John Bercow, this week sees the election of the next speaker of the House of Commons. How does one become a Speaker? Firstly one has to already be a sitting … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, News, Politics | Tagged Democracy, House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, John Bercow, Mr. Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House | 2 Comments

A close look at a grave of a Pirate or is it?

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Huddled on the the battered coast of Northumberland you’ll come across many an ancient ruin, castle or church. There is more than enough to spend an hour or so at St Aidan, so named after the saint who died on … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Northumberland and Durham, Religion and Faith, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bamburgh, Cemetery, church, Grace Darling, Northumberland, Pirate Grave, Pirates, St Aidans Church | Leave a comment

An eerie journey along old Corpse Roads

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Can anyone believe that I have written Halloween (related posts for 7 years now. When I started this blog I thought I’d be lucky to still be going in a month. As with everything else, I always try to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Cumbria & The Lake District, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Corpse Road, Death, Funeral, halloween, outdoors, Stonehenge, Superstition, walks | 7 Comments

A piss-poor history of urine

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

I’m going to try not to use the P word too much in this post, as tempting as it is as that would be taking the Pee but urine has actually had a long history of practical uses especially in … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny & Humour, history, Life, WW1 | Tagged Idioms, Medicine, Piss Poor, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, The Plague, Urine | 8 Comments

Paying homage at the tomb of the Venerable Bede

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

If like myself you have anything like a passing history in old Anglo-Saxon history or even history itself, the works of Bede are something to behold. I always find it a bit boring I suppose that so many people think … Continue reading →