Historical
BOSHAM CHURCH – West Sussex
Bosham is one of the earliest places of Christian worship in West Sussex and perhaps the most well-known. The church is represented in the Bayeux Tapestry, which features the events leading to the Duke William of Normandy’s conquest of England in 1066.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
William Whipple - One of America's Founding Fathers
Windsor Moffat, for his father-in-law Williams, was another signer. Whipple, one of three men from New Hampshire who signed the famous document (the others were Josiah Bartlett and Matthew Thornton), had no direct descendants.
By Ranju rana5 years ago in FYI
Laughter Is the Best Medicine — Until the Joke Becomes a Medical Problem
You might be giggling after reading the headline. Laughter? Surely nothing terrible can happen when you laugh? And an epidemic? That sounds a little extreme, especially given the realities of living in a pandemic.
By Sandi Parsons5 years ago in FYI
Paintball History
Paintball has become an engaging sports. However, very few people know that Paintball was never started as an actual sport. Rather, it was just a modus operandi for marking of trees by Forest Department. For couple of years, it was used for marking the trees and from there, Paintball Guns acquired their name of "Markers"
By philip kevin5 years ago in FYI
LONDON BRIDGE AND THE IMPALED HEADS
Erected in 1999, most days, hundreds if not thousands of travellers and tourists pass an eighty-foot high, slanted grey stone spike at the southern end of London Bridge. Most people walk past it, but the feature has a great deal of historical meaning as it remembers a dark era of over three hundred years, when traitors’ heads were put on spikes for all of London to see. This cheery London ritual began around 1300 A.D.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
Of Gargoyles, Chimeras and Grotesques
Who knew decorative water drains could be so fascinating? Originally crafted to prevent eroding and corrosion of cathedrals and religious buildings, Gargoyles are surrounded by myth and legacy. The idea is to gather the rainwater and throw it out, clear of the structure's wall through the snarling, gaping mouth onto the street - often on the pedestrians below.
By Kamna Kirti5 years ago in FYI
Winston Churchill: hero or villain?
The defacement of a statue of Winston Churchill during a Black Lives Matter protest in London has put the legacy of the wartime prime minister back under the spotlight. So is the man once voted the greatest Briton in a BBC poll still a hero or have the evolving views of society changed his legacy?
By T.P.Bloomfield5 years ago in FYI
COSTERMONGERS IN VICTORIAN LONDON
Queen Victoria’s reign was the costermonger’s pinnacle, even though the word had been devised in the early sixteenth century. Costers were far from well-off; there were over thirty thousand of them, quite a big number in London, which was just under two and a half million.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
THE CEMETERY HIDING LONDON’S SEEDY PAST
It’s not often you stumble across a medieval burial ground that’s hidden in plain sight a couple of minutes stroll from London Bridge. If it wasn’t for the rows of flowers and ribbons in changing states of deterioration adorning the gate and railings, you might never know you’d come across Cross Bones Cemetery.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
DEADMAN’S ISLAND
Deadman’s Island is perhaps the most haunting places in the UK. Lying opposite Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey. It has long been the topic of grisly folklore with talk of dead bodies, headless skeletons and red-eyed devil dogs. The gruesome place sounds like something from a pirate film.
By Paul Asling5 years ago in FYI
