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British Comics

30/11/2012 22:43

Please click on above underlined title to open article British Comic Publications and Their History Growing up in the 1960's and 1970's in England one of my favourite things was buying and reading comics. My favourite comic's were ones with War Stories,Horror stories or...

A to Z British Comics

30/11/2012 22:34

Please click on underlined Link to open article British Comic Publications and Their History Growing up in the 1960's and 1970's in England one of my favourite things was buying and reading comics. My favourite comic's were ones with War Stories,Horror stories or Science fiction...

The Dickin’s Medal – For Animal Bravery

25/10/2012 14:05

Please click on above underlined title and then scroll down page to read article. As a great fan of animals of all kind I thought it would be interesting to write about the ‘Dickens Medal’ which is awarded in recognition for acts of animal bravery or exceptional devotion to duty. The...

An Englishman's Favourite Bits of London

19/10/2012 12:37

Please click on underlined above link to visit my London Articles Contents Dick Whittington - Lord Mayor of London 1397 History of Roman London Part 1 (43...

History of Cat Shows from 1871 and Supreme Cat Shows

01/10/2012 09:43

Please click on above underlined link for article Imbued in English culture is a love of animals of all kinds. British Cat Breeds have been bred over the centuries and shown at Cat shows up and down the British Isles. Below is the history of British Cat Shows and when they first...

Crufts and History of British Dog Breeds from 63 BC to 1886 AD

01/10/2012 09:18

Please click on above underlined link for articles History of British Dog Breeds from 63 BC to 1886 AD Imbued in English culture is a love of animals of all kinds. I have a website of funny animals on art prints. British Dog Breeds have been bred over the centuries and shown at dog...

History of English Nursery Rhymes

01/10/2012 09:07

Please click on above link to visit my article Growing up in 1960's England one of the traditions we all learnt were the various nursery rhymes which to this day I still have fond memories off. The history and origins of most nursery rhymes reflect events in history and where available we have...

British Radar – It's History 1936

01/10/2012 08:52

Please click on above underlined Link to my article In 1934 a large-scale Air Defence exercise was held to test the defences of Great Britain and mock raids were carried out on London. Even though the routes and targets were known in advance, well over half the bombers reached their targets...

Inventor of the Pea Whistle by Englishman Joseph Hudson ( 1848-1930 )

01/10/2012 08:32

Please click on above underlined link to read my article As a fan of most sports I thought I would write about how the first referee's Pea Whistle was invented and by whom. Way back in the 1860s, Joseph Hudson, who was originally a Farm Worker from Derbyshire who moved to Birmingham...

Samuel Fox – English Inventor of The Metal Ribbed Umbrella

30/09/2012 16:18

Please click on above underlined link to read my wet and windy Umbrella article As the Umbrella is associated with England and It's weather I thought it would be interesting to write about the inventor of the Metal Ribbed collapsible umbrella invented in England In 1852 by Samuel Fox. He...

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