tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54786406325469014402024-03-19T03:31:41.825-07:00localhistories.orgA history blog. Facts about history.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger936125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-1628283553662946512024-03-19T03:30:00.000-07:002024-03-19T03:30:50.128-07:00Tolpuddle Martyrs<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">On 19 March 1834, the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to 7 years transportation. They were convicted of making an illegal oath. They tried to form a trade union and they swore an oath of secrecy, which was then illegal and gave the authorities an excuse to arrest them.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-7497751816417915522024-03-15T03:05:00.000-07:002024-03-15T03:05:31.955-07:00Pictures of Frome<p><span style="font-size: large;"> I took some pictures of <a href="https://localhistories.org/my-pictures-of-frome/" target="_blank">Frome in Somerset</a> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-45272291215191950002024-03-14T14:55:00.000-07:002024-03-14T14:55:45.154-07:00History of Menstruation<p><span style="font-size: large;"> I wrote a <a href="https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-menstruation/" target="_blank">history of menstruation</a> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-3166587021344702072024-03-14T09:14:00.000-07:002024-03-14T09:14:36.507-07:00Red Letter Days<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">W</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">hy do we say red-letter days? In the Middle Ages, saint's days were marked in red in calendars. People did not work on some saint's days, which were also called holy days. Our word holiday is derived from a holy day.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-44378589978062811862024-03-13T10:57:00.000-07:002024-03-13T10:57:37.335-07:00Diving Suit<p> I found an interesting video about the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VpUZLov0zk&t=335s" target="_blank">world's oldest diving suit</a> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-67875429943061923502024-03-13T01:54:00.000-07:002024-03-13T01:54:31.699-07:00Uranus<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On 13 March 1781, William Herschel discovered the Planet Uranus, the first new planet discovered since Ancient Times. </span><a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-the-outer-planets/"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-the-outer-planets/</span></a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-83191473555751790062024-03-12T04:31:00.000-07:002024-03-12T04:31:15.451-07:00Let The Cat Out of The Bag<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why do we say let the cat out of the bag? This old saying is probably derived from the days when people who sold piglets in bags sometimes put a cat in the bag instead. If you let the cat out of the bag you exposed the trick. I have heard it said, on certain historical ships I could mention that it comes because a cat o'nine tails was kept in a bag. But the cat o'nine tails was not used by the English </span><span style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">navy till the mid-17th century and the saying is certainly older than that. </span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-45596917189815315032024-03-01T01:22:00.000-08:002024-03-01T01:22:46.013-08:00Myths about witchcraft <p><span style="font-size: large;"> This is an interesting article about <a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/eight-witchcraft-myths/" target="_blank">myths about witchcraft</a> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-34112242719065314292024-02-29T04:15:00.000-08:002024-02-29T04:15:15.835-08:00Blossom Alley<p><span style="font-size: large;"> I wrote about an <a href="https://localhistories.org/an-unsolved-murder-in-portsmouth-1923/" target="_blank">unsolved murder in Portsea</a>, Portsmouth in 1923 </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-59574293159404365152024-02-27T03:20:00.000-08:002024-02-27T03:22:55.929-08:00Gladys Moss<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14033507.blue-plaque-to-be-unveiled-for-sussexs-first-female-police-officer-gladys-moss/" target="_blank">Gladys Moss</a> was the first female police officer in Sussex, in 1919 </span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-67980861896979794612024-02-25T01:51:00.000-08:002024-02-25T01:51:12.477-08:00The End of Corporal Punishment<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">On 25 February 1982, in a case brought by two Scottish mothers, Grace Campbell and Jane Cosans Grace Campbell the European Court of Human Rights ruled that corporal punishment in schools if it was against the parent's wishes was a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was then an untenable situation that teachers could hit certain children but not others so in 1986 the British parliament voted to end corporal punishment in state schools. It became illegal </span><span style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">in 1987. Well done ladies.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-73157123440299192182024-02-24T13:34:00.000-08:002024-02-24T13:34:35.972-08:00Arangela Tarbotti<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arangela Tarbotti was born on 24 February 1604. She was a famous writer who vigorously attacked the condition of women in the 17th century. We don't often hear about her today but in her own time she was highly respected and she corresponded with famous scholars in Europe.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-79870997074090597292024-02-21T01:07:00.000-08:002024-02-21T01:07:59.185-08:00Warrington<p><span style="font-size: large;"> I wrote a brief history of the town of <a href="https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-warrington/" target="_blank">Warrington</a> in Cheshire </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-87684810831124183412024-02-20T01:07:00.000-08:002024-02-20T01:07:37.871-08:00Wrexham<p><span style="font-size: large;"> I wrote a history of the Welsh town of <a href="https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-wrexham/" target="_blank">Wrexham</a> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-88265631968675374922024-02-18T01:06:00.000-08:002024-02-18T01:06:40.867-08:00The Well of Loneliness <p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lesbianism has never been illegal in England. In 1921 an act to make it illegal was introduced into parliament but it was rejected by the House of Lords. But in 1928 a lesbian novel called The Well of Loneliness was banned in Britain on the grounds it was obscene. It was banned in Britain until 1959. In the USA in 1929 the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice tried to have the book banned but they lost the court case.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-33620279910398038452024-02-17T14:01:00.000-08:002024-02-17T14:01:57.162-08:00Quacksalver<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why do we call doctors quacks? A quacksalver was a man who sold potions or salves that he claimed could heal diseases. He 'quacked' or made a loud noise about his salves and potions.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-61520946614019948652024-02-16T13:42:00.000-08:002024-02-16T13:42:02.086-08:00Stafford<p><span style="font-size: large;"> I wrote a history of the old <a href="https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-stafford/" target="_blank">English town of Stafford</a> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-86192658667561834162024-02-15T08:57:00.000-08:002024-02-15T08:57:43.730-08:00Killed by a Tiger<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 1703 Hannah Twynnoy became the first known person in Britain to be killed by a tiger. It was with a travelling fair and it was chained to a staple in the ground. 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It was once thought that touching the bride would bring good luck. People also tried to rip off pieces of her dress to bring them luck. Throwing the bouquet into the air began as a way of distracting the crowd. People thought if you caught the bouquet she carried it would pass on her luck to you. In time that came to mean </span><span style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; transition-property: none !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">that you would be the next to get married.</span> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-56029263939803401262024-02-10T13:48:00.000-08:002024-02-10T13:48:03.636-08:00Petersfield Museum<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">I went to Petersfield Museum. It's very good. <a href="https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-petersfield/" target="_blank">Petersfield</a> was once St Peters Feld an area of open land by St Peters Church. They built a church because there were several villages all too small for their own church so they built one they could share. A market began in the shadow of the church and a town grew up. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-59285615569925895352024-02-09T03:00:00.000-08:002024-02-10T13:38:35.398-08:00The Museum of Farnham<p><span style="font-size: large;">I visited the <a href="https://farnhammaltings.com/museum" target="_blank">Museum of Farnham</a>. It's very good. I recommend it to everyone. </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-86541501771238524342024-02-08T13:59:00.000-08:002024-02-08T13:59:52.850-08:00Pictures of Farnham<p><span style="font-size: large;">I made a new file, <a href="https://localhistories.org/my-pictures-of-farnham/" target="_blank">my pictures of Farnham</a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478640632546901440.post-13187485244302061912024-02-07T02:09:00.000-08:002024-02-07T02:09:22.001-08:00Charles Dickens<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://localhistories.org/a-brief-biography-of-charles-dickens/" target="_blank">Charles Dickens</a> was born in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0