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Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46
…s" width="" birth_date="17 October 1935" birth_place="Pilton" death_date="now" death_place="" }} {{amazon type="menu" items="Rock Festival " }} == Glastonbury Festival == ~- [[Music]]: [[Entertainment]]: [[1900s]] {{toc}} Glastonbury is the *…
…in 1954, Eavis inherited the family farm of 150 acres with 60 cows, so he became dairy farmer. <<{{amazon type="book" items="0091897637" }}<< In 1969, Eavis and his wife Jean visited the //Bath Festival of Blues//. He was inspired by the perf…
Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
… design allowed for grass and weeds to be pulled from the ground and left on the surface to die. <<{{amazon type="book" items="1166260496" }}<< Jethro Tull wrote a book “**Horse hoeing husbandry**” for farmers but it would take almost a hun…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…No. 436,290 and 457,536), and on **March 15, 1935**, founded Reflecting Roadstuds Limited in Halifax to manufacture the items. The name //Catseye// was their trademark. == Improved Safety == He founded the company with £500 of capital and open…
English Bible — 2023-09-25 23:57:13
…d control. {{Image url="Tyndale_Monument.jpg" class="left" title="Tyndale Monument" width="" }} >>{{Amazon type="book" items="0300065809" }}>> Translating the Bible into English made Tyndale very unpopular, he was forced into hiding in Europe.…
…illiam Tyndale is remembered as an “Architect of the English Language”. == Links == [[http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/william-tyndales-new-testament| British Library]]…
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
…ck-like machines, each with a moving index or hand, with the alphabet engraved around the dial. >>{{amazon type="book" items="1145411770" }}>> The device was a modern wonder at the time. He attempted to interest the Admiralty in this device b…
Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
…the government that they needed to help fight Hitler or Germany would take over all of Europe. <<{{amazon type="book" items="0857501461" }}<<Churchill said of appeasement: "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.…
…the patent holders. P.S. Oppenheimer had been a student of Rutherford at Cambridge University. >>{{amazon type="book" items="1594161631" }}>> His British Bulldog virtues pulled the country behind him. Of the Battle of Britain he said //**"Nev…
Plastic — 2022-09-01 08:57:23
… {{Image url="Plastic-box.jpg" class="right" width="200" }} Today plastic is everywhere we look. Every house is full of items made from some form of plastic. Celluloid film was the basis of the movie industry. Some of the thousands of items mad…
…bcams, cameras, cars, iPods, MP3 players, vacuum cleaners, Stereos, TVs etc. == Too Durable == <<{{amazon type="book" items="1526301164" }}<< In the quest for a material that is highly durable this invention has grown into a modern environment…
…ecompose and modern industry has replaced many recyclable materials 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 Bu…
Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45
…gland]] first produced **'Cambridge 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 l…
Concorde — 2021-08-20 11:08:12
…rl="ConcordeCliftonBridge.jpg" class="right" title="Concorde over Clifton Bridge" width="400" }} <<{{amazon type="book" items="075093980X" }}<< ::c:: {{Tag ids="Flight jet mach supersonic "}} ~- {{color c="#999" text="Espionage is the highest f…
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
… them. It was soon realised that some form of organisation was required to support these Scouts. >>{{amazon type="book" items="0192802461" }}>> == Worldwide network == {{Image url="Scout50p.jpg" class="right" width="200" title="Centenary year …
Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38
…"grow growhide left" title="Marshall's patent freezer" width="300" }} == Cornets with Cream == >>{{amazon type="book" items="B0010PANVU" }}>> Marshall's cookery book included a recipe for **"Cornets with Cream"**. After making the ice cream a…
Clouds — 2021-08-14 20:16:00
…twenties, he wrote the //Essay on the Modification of Clouds,// which was published in **1803**. >>{{amazon type="book" items="033039195X" }}>> {{Image url="CloudNames.jpg" class="left" alt="Met Office guide to cloud types and pronunciations" t…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
…es of clothing such as gloves and '''suspenders'''. The Hancock brothers then started an "elastic works" to manufacture items using the rubber springs. == Mastication == In 1820 Hancock invented his most important device: the '''rubber mastica…
…e in 1825 to use Macintosh's naphtha process. The two men eventually became partners in the manufacture of waterproofed items. == Patent == {{Image url="ThomasHancockPlaque.jpg" class="left" title="Thomas Hancock Plaque for the vulcanisation o…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…lth drink. {{Image src="fryschocolatecream.jpeg" class="left" title="Fry's Chocolate Cream" }} >>{{amazon type="book" items="1492275085" }}>> ::cl:: Fry used a Watts steam engine to help grind the cocoa beans to a much finer powder than had p…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…r step forward in the production of iron as a raw material for the Industrial Revolution. {{{toc}}}{{amazon type="menu" items="Darby, Industrial Revolution" }} == Abraham Darby II (1711 – 1763) == Was the second Abraham Darby in three ge…
Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
…*Fourth Earl of Sandwich**, was too busy gambling to stop for a meal even though he was hungry. <<{{amazon type="book" items="B01K3KF4YS" }}<< He ordered a waiter to bring him roast-beef between two slices of bread. The Earl was able to continu…
…Saxon word for a port. Later old English 'wic' from Latin ''vicus'', which also gives us the word vicinity. >>{{amazon items="English Place-names" }}>> The word sandwich has since taken on many uses. When something or someone is stuck between t…
Silicone — 2020-09-22 23:25:26
…nd]]. he pioneered the study of the organic compounds of silicon and invented the term silicone. <<{{amazon type="book" items="B00B65Q1HY" }}<< He published 54 papers on the subject between 1899 and 1940. In 1901 he coined the term silicone. Two…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
… could be until the Bramah Press. The hydraulic press is still known as the Bramah Press after its inventor. {{amazon items="Joseph Bramah, Hydraulics"}} ::c:: == Hydraulic Crane == {{Image url="WilliamArmstrong.jpg" class="right" title="Willi…
Hydroelectric Power — 2020-08-17 09:05:43
…ragside. First house lit by hydroelectricity." width="400" }} ::c:: == Cragside built in 1863 == <<{{amazon type="book" items="1904794491" }}<< Water from one of the estate's lakes was used to drive a Siemens dynamo in what was the **world's fir…
Banksy — 2017-06-19 21:04:17
…Banksy :: [[Arts]] == Banksy == {{amazon type="menu" items="Banksy, Wall and Piece" }} {{Image url="Head.jpg" class="right" title="Banksy?" width="150" }} Banksy whose identity …
Thriller — 2017-05-19 15:12:25
…ael Jackson, 2/26/1983. He also wrote 'Rock With You' and 'Off the Wall'. ::c:: == Career == >>{{amazon type="book" items="075098256X" }}>> Rod's career started as keyboard player with **Heatwave** also writing their hits including 'Boogie N…
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
…], [[England]] and was the son of John Oswald Hornby, and his wife Martha Thomlinson. ||{{{toc}}}||{{amazon type="book" items="1410107922" }}|| On 15 January 1887 he married a schoolteacher Clara Walker Godefroy, they had two sons, Roland and D…
Beatrix Potter — 2016-07-23 14:22:52
…Beatrix Potter :: [[Arts]][[Literature]] {{amazon type="menu" items="Beatrix Potter, Tailor of Gloucester" }} == Beatrix Potter 1866 - 1943 == {{Databox Image="Beatrix_Potter.jpg" Who="…
…ter Rabbit 1902 === {{Image url="PeterRabbit.jpg" class="left" title="Peter Rabbit" width="" }} >>{{amazon type="book" items="1414506414" }}>> The 'real' Peter Rabbit was a Belgian buck rabbit called Peter Piper that was //'bought at a very ten…
…er 1903 == {{Image url="TailorGloucester.gif" class="left" title="Tailor Gloucester" width="" }} >>{{amazon type="book" items="0723247722" }}>> A story about a group of mice who help a tailor by sewing clothes for him at night has been a childre…
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…Tank :: [[CategoryIndustry]]>[[CategoryTransport]] {{amazon type="menu" items="Model Tank, Mark IV Tank" }} === Military Tank 1916 === {{Datetext event_date="15 September 1916" text="The British …

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