1. Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42

   …01461" }}<<Churchill said of appeasement: "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." The country lost confidence in Chamberlain, he resigned and Winston Churchill was chosen to be his successor as Prime Minister on M…
   …erford at Cambridge University. >>{{amazon type="book" items="1594161631" }}>> His British Bulldog virtues pulled the country behind him. Of the Battle of Britain he said //**"Never was so much owed by so many to so few"**// a pivotal air battle…

2. Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23

   …als with plastic. This is especially so with single use items that are discarded and not reused blotting the oceans and countryside. Things made of Plastic ""<marquee> Bottles Buckets Boxes Cups Toothbrushes Pens Smartphones Computers Televisio…

3. Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45

   …ge Burnt Cream'** dessert no later than **1630**. ||{{{toc}}}||{{amazon type="book" items="1906507317" }}|| Several country's claim the origin of what is now often referred to as ''''crème brulee'''', that literally translates to **Burnt Crea…

4. British Empire — 2022-05-20 08:45:03

   …l="British_Empire_Anachronous.png" class="grow center" title="Map of all colonies of the Empire" width="100%" }} == Country Flags == {{Image url="FlagAnguilla.gif" class="left" title="Flag Anguilla" width="" }} {{Image url="FlagAustralia.gif"…

5. Cheddar cheese — 2022-05-03 17:03:04

   … Origin// but only Cheddar produced from local milk within four counties of south west England may use the name** "West Country Farmhouse Cheddar".** {{Image url="CheddarCaveCheese.jpg" class="left" title="Cheddar Cave Cheese" width="400" }}…

6. Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19

   …ll " class="right" width="300"}} B-P, as he is known, met with various influential people in youth movements across the country, and was persuaded to write a version of Aids to Scouting aimed at teenage boys, '''**Scouting for Boys**''' was publis…

7. Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20

   … public funds. Birkenhead Park was the forerunner of the Parks Movement and its influence was far-reaching both in this country and abroad. New York's '''Central Park''' was directly inspired by it and copied many of its features. It was designed …
   … in '''**1847**'''. It soon became an instant economic and social success. Paxton's concept was to create an idealised countryside landscape of open meadows and naturalistic woodland belts. The lakes are shaped to appear as sinuous rivers with vi…

8. Modern Olympics — 2021-08-14 20:26:14

   …ideas. Brookes himself petitioned the Greek authorities to revive an international games but internal strife within the country led to the government of the day politely declining his overtures. He received support in the Greek newspaper **Clio**,…

9. Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45

   …cheap, durable steel rails allowed pioneers to build over 30,000 miles of railroad and colonise the western part of the country. Sheet steel could now be used in consumer products like washing machines, electric ovens, refrigerators and the car. …

10. Lawn Mower — 2021-08-10 08:19:36

    …of machinery for the purpose of cropping or shearing the vegetable surfaces of lawns, grass-plats and pleasure grounds. Country gentlemen may find in using my machine themselves an amusing, useful and healthy exercise."// >>{{image url="Sumner_mo…

11. Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14

    … what is the modern pub. == Very popular == By **1625** there were over thirteen thousand Inns and Taverns around the country for a population of just **five million**. As the number grew so did the number of breweries and by **1800** there were…

12. Refrigeration — 2021-08-08 18:50:45

    …esting companies would remove ice from frozen lakes and store it in ice-houses. Ice companies would ship ice around the country and throughout the world. The industry was a big employer and Britain was a cold country anyway. == [[Domestic]] Refri…

13. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23

    …ox pustule and inserted it into an incision on the boy's arm. He was testing his theory, drawn from the folklore of the countryside, that milkmaids who suffered the mild disease of cowpox never contracted smallpox, one of the greatest killers of t…

14. Cider — 2021-08-01 19:30:49

    …itle="A pint of cider" width="200" }} The making of cider goes back many centuries and although Britain is not the only country to make it, no other country consumes or produces as much. And the making of cider has remained popular for at least 1…
    …being made the traditional way" width="" }} The love of turning apples into a summer tipple is very much a South & West Country industry. Many orchards around [[Gloucestershire]], [[Herefordshire]] and [[Somerset]] are used to convert selected app…

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

    …s enabled him to take over T.H.P. Dennis & Co's Chelmsford premises to form Crompton and Co in 1878, it soon became the country's leading distributor and manufacturer of electricity generating and lighting systems. <<{{image url="Light_bulb.gif" t…

16. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …ame to friends, but the new sport was definitely launched there at a party given in 1873 by the Duke of Beaufort at his country place, "Badminton" in Gloucestershire. During that time, the game had no name, but it was referred to as "The Game of B…

17. Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53

    …ells, in his short story **The Land Ironclads**, published in December 1903, described the use of large, armoured cross-country vehicles, armed with automatic rifles and moving on pedrail wheels, to break through a system of fortified trenches, di…

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