Thursday, 28 December 2023

Victorian myth

 Another myth about 19th century women: they were not allowed to raise their arms above their heads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DHn0VOwYVQ 

Abbotsbury

 I wrote a brief history of the charming village of Abbotsbury 

The Bog

 In Britain, a cesspit was once called a bog. The toilet was the bog room. When people stopped using cesspits and had flushing toilets they kept calling the toilet room the bog room. Soon it shortened to bog. Apparently the Australian word dunny comes from an old English word meaning a store of dung. There is a lot more to the history of toilets than you might think.

Wednesday, 27 December 2023

Swindon

 I wrote a history of the Wiltshire town of Swindon 

Louis Pasteur

 Louis Pasteur the great doctor who invented the germ theory of disease was born on 27 December 1822. His work saved countless lives.