Monday, 3 December 2018

Boyes Anti Tank Rifle #WW2

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Stumbled across this excellent cartoon film, made with Disney, about the Boyes anti-tank rifle, used by Allied forces early in Second World ...
Wednesday, 28 November 2018

How To Make A Posset...

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Ellen played by Helen Fraser serving a posset in BBC adaptation The Box Of Delights Re. The Box Of Delights  I stumbled on someone'...
Tuesday, 27 November 2018

The Box Of Delights Was First Broadcast on BBC1 In 1984

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Kay Harker, played by Devin Stanfield One of my favourite children's TV serials was first broadcast in November 1984 in 6 weekl...
Monday, 26 November 2018

Lost In The Woods Aged 6 - The Boy Who Lived To Tell The Tale

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Usually I'm not one for a word-for-word re-telling of a story, but I don't want this one to vanish into thin air like some go...
Thursday, 22 November 2018

Happy Thanksgiving #USA

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Artist's depiction of the first Thanksgiving, Plymouth, North America Happy Thanksgiving to friends over the water. Since 1621 peop...
Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Letters To Father Christmas? Here Is The Official Address For Him

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Father Christmas, found at: https://thegraphicsfairy.com/100-free-christmas-images/ It's that time of year when children are ask...
Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Rover Scouting

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Rover Scouting began in August 1918 when it was mentioned in The Scouting Gazette by Baden Powell, and was properly established by...

Carrying Fire: September 3, 1917-2017This date, September 3, 201...

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Carrying Fire: September 3, 1917-2017 This date, September 3, 201... : September 3, 1917-2017 This date, September 3, 2017,  marks the ...

Carrying Fire: Media coverage

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Carrying Fire: Media coverage : My father's story has been carried in Utah's  The Deseret News  as well as  KSL News Radio .

There Is FAR Too Much Sensationalist News Nowadays

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Floods In Austria, courtesy of Daily Telegraph Sensationalist news. It's everywhere. TV, radio, newspapers, internet. The BBC is ch...