- Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…ly he did give the method and ingredients to [[Australia | Captain James Cook]] on his second voyage to the Pacific, in hope of its ability to alleviate scurvy. Unfortunately this didn't work. == Mass Production == {{Image url="SodaDrink.jpg"…
- Bob Hope — 2023-09-26 16:57:28
…rried in April 1891 and lived at 12 Greenwood Street, Barry Wales. Then moving to Bristol and London. {{Image url="BobHopeHome.jpg" class="left" title="Bob Hope Home" width="" }} == Emigrated == The Hope family emigrated to the United States…
- Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
… resources were at a low from the **Great War**. So Churchill agreed to share Britain's technology with the USA in the hope that Roosevelt could be persuaded to join the war. The **Tizard Mission** as it was known, involved //giving// the USA …
- Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
…en-Powell created the **Scout** movement in August 1907. He was born **Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell** at 9 Stanhope Street, Paddington in [[London]], was a decorated soldier, talented artist and actor. {{{toc}}} == War Hero == '''Bade…
- Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29
…Halifax Gibbet was used on market days. This would ensure many people were in the town to witness the execution and the hope was that the fearsome sight of the Gibbet would act as a deterrent to those who might have considered a life of crime. …
- Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06
…tshops 5 or 6 days a week. Raikes knew that the future was grim for these children who had to work all the time with no hope of an education. And with no one to teach them the good news of the Lord. Several individuals had started the principa…
- Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
…leaning machine for railway carriages. This machine had a bunch of high-pressure jets that blew air into carpets in the hope of getting the dust to fly from one side of the carriage into a dustbox on the other side. '''Booth''' asked the '''Am…
- Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
…g" width="200" title="Stocking" }}||The custom of hanging a stocking on the hearth or bed post on Christmas Eve in the hope that it will be filled with presents the next morning started about 400 years ago in Holland where children placed clog…
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This month 28 years ago the world lost P. L. Travers - 19 April 1882.
This month 142 years ago the world lost Charles Darwin - 23 April 1616.
This month 408 years ago the world lost William Shakespeare - 05 April 1811.
This month 213 years ago the world lost Robert Raikes - 30 April 1792.
This month 231 years ago the world lost John Montagu - 11 April 2008.
This month 16 years ago the world lost Peter Hobbs - 10 April 2013.
This month 11 years ago the world lost Robert Geoffrey Edwards - 25 April 2001.
This month 23 years ago the world lost Harold Ridley - Trouser Press. 100 years ago July 8 1924 Peter Corby was born
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This month 79 years ago the world lost John Ambrose Fleming - 05 April 2012.
This month 12 years ago the world lost Jim Marshall - 200 years ago in 1824 Portland cement is patented
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