Posts by Amanda Moore INW
Health of the population 1904
In 1904, the Interdepartmental Committee on Physical Deterioration, wrote a report to look at the overall health of the UK population, particularly in respect of nutrition. The report was written following a document from the Director General of the Army Medical Services, in which he states his concern, that recruitment for troops for the Boer…
Read MoreFirst Lyons tea shop opens 1894
Lyons Tea Shops
Read MoreMarks and Spencers opens 1894
Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer open the first of their ‘Penny Bazaars’, at Cheetham Hill, Manchester. Marks arrived in Britain from Poland, penniless, illiterate and did not speak English. Spencer befriended him and lent him £5, which he used to start selling from market stalls. Their stores sold a range of household goods ‘don’t ask…
Read MoreDiamonds discovered South Africa 1869
Discovery South African diamonds 1869
Read MoreFirst and Second Opium Wars 1856-1860
First Opium War Britain defeats China (1839-1842 and Second Opium War 1856-1860 British and French occupy the forbidden city Beijing.
Read MoreWhat is the point of history?
materials to work with: Churchill quotation cited in (David Cannadine’s inaugural lecture as Director of the Institute of Historical Research, 1999) ” ‘History’, Churchill observed, ‘with its flickering lamp, stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passions of former days.’…
Read MoreMacau reverts to Chinese rule from the Portuguese 1999
Macau reverts to Chinese rule in 1999
Read MoreRussian occupation of Manchuria 1900
Russians occupy Southern Manchuria China
Read MoreQueen Victoria Dies 22nd January 1901
Queen Victoria died in 1901 and is succeeded be her son Edward VII
Read MoreKhaki uniforms for British troops 1848
British colonial troops in India in 1848, were issued with khaki uniforms to give them camouflage in the arid dusty conditions they found themselves in. Khaki is the Hindi word meaning ‘dust covered’. Take a look at old military photos, the type of uniform could give you a hint if your ancestor served overseas and…
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