Sunday, 17 December 2023

Bhutan

 17 December 2023 is Bhutan National Day 

Amesbury

 I wrote about the Wiltshire village of Amesbury 


Saturday, 16 December 2023

Salisbury

 I wrote a history of the English cathedral city of Salisbury  

Boston Tea Party

 The Boston Tea Party took place on 16 December 1773. In the late 18th century the British imposed a tax on tea in the North American colonies, which was bitterly resented by the colonists. Then in 1773, three ships were sent to Boston with 298 chests of tea. On 16 December 1773 men dressed as Indians boarded the ships and threw the tea into the sea.

Poole

 I wrote a history of Poole. It has been a flourishing town since the Middle Ages.

Friday, 15 December 2023

Eastleigh

 I wrote a history of the old railway town of Eastleigh in Hampshire 


Suffragette Bomb

 On 15 December 1913 suffragettes used dynamite to try and blow up the wall of Holloway prison. They did not succeed but the prison wall was badly damaged. (Suffragettes were held in Holloway for arson, smashing windows etc.)