1. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   … by a boy, '''Humphrey Potter''', charged with opening the valves; when he grew bored and wanted to play with the other children he set up ropes to automate the process.) '''Humphrey Gainsborough''' produced a model condensing steam engine in the …

2. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51

   …red on stage with, at the age of five. But this did not provide enough income. Their father provided no support for his children causing Chaplin to be sent to the workhouse at the age of seven. {{image url="Charles_Chaplin_young.jpg" class="right" …

3. IVF — 2021-08-16 10:02:09

   … just before she died, my mum realised that every blood relative she had in the world - me, my sister Natalie, her grandchildren - had all been due to science and IVF. Without the biologists, she would have been alone in the world.” {{image url=…

4. Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10

   …his 'discovery'. Thomas Hancock (1786-1865) was born at Marlborough in [[Wiltshire]], [[England]], the third of twelve children of a lumber merchant and cabinet maker. Around 1815 Hancock went into the stagecoach business with one of his brothers …

5. Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40

   …t" title="ZSL Logo" width="" }} [[Elevator | Decimus Burton]] (1800-1881 whose name derives from being the tenth of ten children) was asked to lay out the grounds and housing for the animals in London Zoo. == Bristol Zoo == {{Image url="BristolZ…

6. Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39

   …��dissections’ began to be known as ‘**jigsaw puzzles**’ when manufacturers started producing cheaper puzzles for children made from cardboard. Jigsaw puzzles are still very popular {{datediff from="1766"}} years later providing an education…

7. Sunday School — 2021-08-08 18:39:06

   … a short time several more schools opened in [[Gloucestershire]]. Soon Robert Raikes and Reverend Thomas Stock had 100 children ages 6 to 14 attending their Sunday schools. Even though the children were taught only one day a week, their behavior b…
   …copies of the Scriptures for the Sunday schools. By 1831, Sunday schools in Great Britain were teaching **1.25 million children** every week, approximately 25 percent of the population. They were the forerunners of the current English state schoo…
   …class="left" title="Robert Raikes house Gloucester, now a Public House" width="400" }} == World wide == Within a decade children were attending schools on a Sunday all over England. Soon the idea spread abroad to Ireland and the Commonwealth, into…

8. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23

   …d the mild disease of cowpox never contracted smallpox, one of the greatest killers of the period, particularly amongst children. A farmer named Jesty from Yetminster in 1774 gave his wife Elizabeth and two eldest sons immunity by infecting them …
   …ld that his ideas were too revolutionary and that he needed more proof. Undaunted, Jenner experimented on several other children, including his own 11-month-old son. In 1798 the results were finally published and Jenner coined the word **vaccine** …
   … heart disease in the twentieth century but with the difference that the majority of its victims were infants and young children. **In 1980, as a result of Jenner's discovery, the World Health Assembly officially declared "the world and its peoples…

9. Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16

   …atable for humans. By putting their initials together and adding a Z they created Zalo. But Alfred had a wife and five children at nearby Walton-on-Trent and because money wasn't plentiful, he devoted much of his time to his family and failed to r…

10. Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39

    …s Evelyn Bell Crompton** was born at Sion Hill, near Thirsk in [[Yorkshire]] , [[England]] on 31 May 1845 , one of five children. His passion for engineering began early. In his autobiography, Reminiscences, Crompton tells of a trip to London 's Gr…

11. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10

    …s Tring Pearce, director of the Priday Metford and Co flour milling company, Charlotte Mary in 1903. The couple had two children, Francis and Edward. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wheel | Earl Court Great Wheel]] …

12. Slavery Abolition — 2020-08-17 15:00:36

    …Italy, Spain, France, England, Netherlands** even as far north as **Iceland**, capturing **European** men, women and **children** to be used in their slave trade. Some villages like Baltimore, Ireland had to be abandoned following persistent raid…

13. Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30

    …tmas Eve in the hope that it will be filled with presents the next morning started about 400 years ago in Holland where children placed clogs next to the hearth. In Britain stockings were used instead of the clogs.|| == Yule Log == ||{{Image url="…
    …s 25th November 1882.|| == Christmas Eve == ||{{Image url="ForSanta.jpg" width="200" title="Mince Pie" }}||In Britain children leave out whisky or sherry and for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph and the other reindeer in front of the fire.|| == C…
    …as time.|| == Pantomime == ||{{Image url="CinderellaCast_sm.jpg" width="200" title="Pantomime cast" }}||Popular among children at Christmas time are pantomimes: song and dance dramatisations of well-known fairy tales like '''Jack and the Beanstal…

14. Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53

    …e built with the help of engineer **Clive Gallop** in the 1920s. They inspired [[James_bond| Ian Fleming]] to write the children's book that became a film and stage musical **Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang**. {{Image url="Chitty1.jpg" class="left" title="…

15. Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25

    …atent 1901 == On advice, he patented his invention in January 1901 as "**Improvements in Toy or Educational Devices for Children and Young People**", but not without first having to borrow five pounds from his employer, David Elliot, to cover the c…

16. Beatrix Potter — 2016-07-23 14:22:52

    … December 1943" death_place="Sawrey" }} {{toc}} Beatrix Potter is still one of the world's best-selling and best-loved children's authors. She wrote and illustrated 28 books that have been translated into more than 35 languages and sold over **100…
    …" items="0723247722" }}>> A story about a group of mice who help a tailor by sewing clothes for him at night has been a children's favourite for generations since its publication. It is based on the true story of a Gloucester tailor, **John Pritch…

17. Mary Poppins — 2016-05-05 17:16:51

    …. She is blown by the East wind to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, and into the Banks's household to care for their children. {{image url="mary_poppins.jpg" class="left" }} == Disney Film == The books were adapted by Walt Disney in 1964 into a…

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