Sunday School Outing
A woman from Enmore, Somerset, remembers a Sunday School Outing to the Quantocks. They set off in a horse drawn wagon prettily decorated by the children towards Will’s Neck Quarry,…
Cricket and Whisky Don't Mix.
Mr A.K. Grabham of Bickenhall, recalls that between 1920 and 1939 Bickenhall had a very good cricket team at staple Fitzpaine, Curland and Bickenhall. The Rector, Rev. Cooke, played himself…
Harrods Escalator
Harrods, one of the smartest shops in London, has always prided itself on caring well for its customers – pandering to their every need. In 1898, Harrods installed the very…
Gillette's Blades
In 1895 King C. Gillette had a wonderful idea. He was fed up with having to use a cut razor every morning so he set about designing a wafer thin,…
Zeppelin Destroyed
These photographs and text were published in ‘The Illustrated War News, on November 18th 1914. It was no doubt comforting reading for the ‘Home Front’ to see pictures of the…
Harrods Escalator
Harrods, one of the smartest shops in London, has always prided itself on caring well for its customers – pandering to their every need. In 1898, Harrods installed the very…
Gillette's Blades
In 1895 King C. Gillette had a wonderful idea. He was fed up with having to use a cut razor every morning so he set about designing a wafer thin,…
Zeppelin Destroyed
These photographs and text were published in ‘The Illustrated War News, on November 18th 1914. It was no doubt comforting reading for the ‘Home Front’ to see pictures of the…
Forgotten Heroes – Private Joergen Christian Jensen, V.C.
Private Joergen Christian Jensen, 50th Battalion, AIF, Victoria Cross action at Noreuil, France. Joergen (Jorgan) Jensen was born in Denmark. He came to Australia as a young man and was naturalised in 1914. He enlisted…
Farm Life In The Civil War
In his excellent short book “A Life Went On” Joe Jeffrey outlines the effect the Civil War had on the small town of Montevallo, Missouri. This extract describes how the…