Month: November 2017

In the early 18th century Francis Waring was vicar of Heybridge in Essex. He liked to get through a service as quickly as possible. Having set up a small clock…

In Preston Park there is a tank. Relic of the Battle of Cambrai. Its rusty treads loom over, Threatening. I play with Army buttons, Unwind some tattered puttees. On corners…

Mrs Hillman of Lyng in Somerset remembered celebrating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 when she was nine years old. She went to tea in the schoolroom at Lyng where…

Mr Hamblin was born in Chedzoy, Somerset in 1891, he recalls life growing up: – Most people had to rely on the carrier’s van to take them to Bridgewater to…

Mrs Hillman of Lyng in Somerset remembered celebrating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 when she was nine years old. She went to tea in the schoolroom at Lyng where…

Mr Hamblin was born in Chedzoy, Somerset in 1891, he recalls life growing up: – Most people had to rely on the carrier’s van to take them to Bridgewater to…

Charles Wells was a very dubious inventor.  Wells born sometime around 1860 duped people into investing in far-fetched inventions, among them a musical skipping rope. He was successful enough to…

The invention of the Motor Car brought with it many difficulties for the Edwardian’s, as Sir Henry Thompson, noted in his 1902 publication ‘Motors and Motor Driving’ one was the…

Charles Wells was a very dubious inventor.  Wells born sometime around 1860 duped people into investing in far-fetched inventions, among them a musical skipping rope. He was successful enough to…

The invention of the Motor Car brought with it many difficulties for the Edwardian’s, as Sir Henry Thompson, noted in his 1902 publication ‘Motors and Motor Driving’ one was the…