Bank Raid at Comanche, Texas
This is an interesting article about a bank robbery in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas which neighbors Brown County to the west. “M.E. “Boss” Greene Chases Outlaw Joe HornerPosted on June…
Crown and Anchor
An Army gambling game I came across in the John Masters book ‘Now God be Thanked’ was Crown and Anchor. After some investigation I found that Crown and Anchor was…
Bank Raid at Comanche, Texas
This is an interesting article about a bank robbery in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas which neighbors Brown County to the west. “M.E. “Boss” Greene Chases Outlaw Joe HornerPosted on June…
Crown and Anchor
An Army gambling game I came across in the John Masters book ‘Now God be Thanked’ was Crown and Anchor. After some investigation I found that Crown and Anchor was…
The Wrong Letter
Sometimes in the chaos of war, sad mistakes were made. This article published in the Eastbourne Gazette on 18th September 1918, highlights this. It was fortunate for Mr and Mrs…
Two-up
The Australian Oxford Dictionary defines two-up (or swy) as “a gambling game in which coins are spun in the air and bets placed on a showing of two heads or…
The Wrong Letter
Sometimes in the chaos of war, sad mistakes were made. This article published in the Eastbourne Gazette on 18th September 1918, highlights this. It was fortunate for Mr and Mrs…
Two-up
The Australian Oxford Dictionary defines two-up (or swy) as “a gambling game in which coins are spun in the air and bets placed on a showing of two heads or…
The Bentley Boys
The Bentley Boys were a group of gentlemen racers who drove Bentley sports cars to victory in the 1920s. In 1925, as the marque foundered, Bentley Boy Woolf Barnato bought…
The Niespulver Shell
A bizarre episode took place at the battle of Neuve Chapelle in October 1914, it was in fact the first ‘gas’ attack of the war, but not the deadly ‘mustard’…