On 11 October 1982 Henry VIII's warship The Mary Rose was raised from the sea bed. (It sank in 1545). I remember hearing all about it and even reading about it in a local newspaper but I cannot remember seeing it being raised on TV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XhbXKE6aTc
Sunday, 11 October 2020
Friday, 9 October 2020
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Edgar Allan Poe
Sadly, Edgar Allan Poe died on 7 October 1849. I love his short story, The Masque of the Red Death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKPlapqoRwk&fbclid=IwAR3AhsN7JY11pL7LFmss0AMlFFuqlHJV6M7s82ypLyBi0Dugv5VphGiBtNE
Lepanto
On 7 October 1571, a Christian fleet totally defeated the Turkish fleet at the naval battle of Lepanto in the eastern Mediterranean. After the battle 12,000 Christian galley slaves were set free.
Thursday, 1 October 2020
Pierre Curie
I wrote a brief bio of Pierre Curie. He was one of the great scientists of the late 19th century www.localhistories.org/pierre.html
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
The origins of surnames
Six years ago I made a video about the origins of English surnames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3eLf6rXKLw&fbclid=IwAR3rTBUs9XoysvHv0BNueyEE9QNcqPEO10Up6WFD_rdsUKsFs1oYuFpiwOM
Monday, 21 September 2020
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