20th Century 1900-1999
Leadenhall Market an historic marketplace dating back to the 1st century
Leadenhall a place of gathering and social connection since the first century…still going today with the distinctive wrought ironwork and glass building designed by Sir Horace Jones…
Read MorePals Battalions WWI
Pals Battalions in WW1. The devastating consequences of the decision to raise ‘Pals’ Battalions, was realised after the Battle of the Somme, when whole communities suffered the terrible shock that a generation of their young men would not be coming home
Read MoreIntriguing Relationships Presidents and Prime Ministers
An intriguing snippet from David Reynolds (Professor of History at Cambridge University ) and No 10 on the special relationships between prime Ministers and Presidents
Read MoreHedy Lamarr Actress and Intriguing Inventor
What is the intriguing connection between actress Hedy Lamarr and the cell phone, you won’t believe it…
Read MoreScotsmen Thomas Blake Glover, Mitsubishi and Kirin Beer
Outstanding Scotsmen and the Far East seem to go together in the 19th and early 20th centuries, being responsible for business and trading companies that are still thriving today. Thomas Blake Glover was one such man, arguably responsible for much of the success of the Meiji Restoration and the overthrow of the Shogun and forming the basis of the new and open Japan and it’s industrial success that continues to this day…
Read MoreThe Territorial Force of British Army
When was the Territorial Force of the British Army established?
Read MoreRoyal Observer Corps Cap Badge
The Royal Observation Corps were responsible for identifying and locating enemy aircraft in the skies over Britain. The cap badge is part of the intriguing collection of military cap badges
Read More‘Warrior’ The Story of a Real War Horse
Read ‘Warrior’ by General Jack Seely, a truly amazing account of a real life war horse. A brilliant book
Read MoreFirst Kodak Box Brownie
The first Kodak Box Brownie was manufactured in 1900, how many of us started to take photographs with a Kodak camera?
Read MoreCap Badge King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
The cap badge of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, as worn on the pagri
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