Thursday, 3 July 2025

Quebec Founded

 Happy birthday Quebec. The city was founded on 3 July 1608.

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

The condemned Cell

 I found an interesting video about the condemned cell of a Welsh prison 

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Friday, 20 June 2025

Gussie Moran

 On 20 June American tennis player Gertrude 'Gussie' Moran caused a sensation at Wimbledon when she wore a short skirt that revealed her frilly panties. Very daring in 1949! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbNg1v9cuqk

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Tudor Watches

 19 June is National Watch Day. The first watch was made in Germany c. 1504. In Elizabethan England, they were popular with the nobility. In 1571, Queen Elizabeth I was given a wristwatch as a gift. (At the time, it was called an arm watch). This is my history of clocks