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Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46
…stonbury Festival" width="400" }} Glastonbury covers a huge** 900 acres**, the equivalent of over 500 football pitches. There are least** 60 stages **on site and eight miles of security fencing. Glastonbury costs **£22m** to put on every year. …
Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
…n farmer of that parish, and his wife, Dorothy, the daughter of Thomas Buckeridge. He was baptised in the parish church there on 30th March. At the age of seventeen, Tull matriculated at **Oxford**, to St. John's College, on 7th July 1691, but a…
…e at a proper depth. The seed would be dropped in. The hole would be covered over by a harrow (a trailing bar), which gathered soil and evenly deposited it over the seeds. The machine, horse or ox drawn would then move to the next position and s…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…e dome was depressed, the rubber would wash rainwater across the glass beads to clear away any dust or grime that had gathered there, just as the human eye can be cleansed by tears, simple and effective. {{Image url="Catseye.jpg" title="thumb" …
Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
…and cylinder at the temperature of the steam. Gainsborough believed that Watt had used his ideas for the invention, but there is no proof of this. ::c:: == Enter James Watt == {{Image url="Watt.jpg" class="right" width="" title="James Watt" }} …
…nes the piston is usually connected to a balanced beam, rather than directly to a connecting rod, and these engines are therefore known as beam engines. Boulton soon realised the potential of Watts engine. With the piston movement converted to …
…ssure came much danger as engines and boilers were now likely to fail mechanically by a violent outwards explosion, and there were many early disasters. The most important refinement to the high pressure engine at this point was the safety valve…
Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
… London. One of these stations was to be located on the coast near Orfordness, and Bawdsey Research Station was set up there to become the main centre for all radar research. They soon conducted "full scale" tests of a system that would soon be…
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
…e was a modern wonder at the time. He attempted to interest the Admiralty in this device but after the Napoleonic wars there was little enthusiasm. ::cl:: === Charles Wheatstone === {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="CharlesWheatstone.jpg" Wh…
PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
…rom="1966"}} years later all around the world though USA were slower to realise the benefits of this simple invention. There are now millions of ATMs around the world, , as well as in ‘point of sale’ (Chip & PIN) terminals, facilitating mor…
LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…he Royal Radar Establishment developed a new type of **cyanobiphenyl**. This resulting liquid crystal was less viscous, thereby providing faster response times and more transparent, which produced a pure-white colour display for the first time. …
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
…resulting concoction was not very appetizing. Disappointed with their efforts, they banished their brew to the cellar. There, the sauce lay forgotten until the pair stumbled upon it two years later. Before they discarded their concoction for…
Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
…nvented both a valve at the bottom of the water tank, and a wash-down system. However it was not widely adopted because there was no supply of running water to flush it. === JF Brondel 1738 === In 1738, JF Brondel introduced the valve type flu…
… the cess-pit or sewer. The metal rusted and the seals between the components leaked. Because the valve was unreliable, there had to be an overflow. Although the parts were in a wooden case, the toilet did smell. The 'U-bend', or the water-seale…
Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
…y Electric Taxi == {{Image url="BerseyHummingbirdTaxi.jpg" class="left" title="Bersey Hummingbird Taxi" width="400" }} There was plenty of competition for electric vehicles with Bersey producing taxis. With a top speed of 9-12 mph, Walter Berse…
YMCA — 2022-05-17 05:19:39
…pers organized the first YMCA. The idea was to substitute Bible study and prayer for life on the streets. By '''1851''' there were 24 YMCAs in Great Britain, with a combined membership of 2,700. Today there are more than 14,000 local YMCAs wi…
…ed to Sir George and the YMCA work during the first World War. == New Sports == Because of the popularity of the YMCA there was a need to develop activities and games that would amuse the young men but were not aggressive and physical like foo…
Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
…quatic plesiosaurs were thought to have died off with the rest of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. == In History == There are many references to “Nessie” in Scottish history, dating back to around** A.D. 500**. When local Picts carved a …
Loudspeaker — 2021-11-07 21:26:37
…th nonmagnetic spacers to keep the air gap between the inner and outer poles of a moving coil transducer. At this time there was little need to amplify recorded music, that was still in its infancy, but telephone communication was pushing the n…
Microphone — 2021-11-07 21:26:04
…e demonstrated his apparatus to the Royal Society by magnifying the sound of insects scratching through a sound box and there were many other witnesses to his microphone's efficiency. Hughes decided not to patent his innovation; instead giving i…
Postage Stamp — 2021-11-06 16:32:56
…="250" }} /* event_date="1516" The Royal Mail is created */ The Royal Mail had existed in Britain since **'1516'** but there were concerns it had become old and chaotic. Rowland Hill's radical answer was that a uniform charge be introduced that…
Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03
… The first successful Total hip arthroplasty (THA) was carried out by John Charnley in 1963. Before Sir John's work, there had been partial hip replacements, known as hemiarthroplasties. Sir John Charnley, tested materials in his own legs to…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…** – 25 December **1977**) he was born at **East Street, Walworth, in South [[London]]** [[England]] {{footnote note='There is growing evidence that Chaplin was born in a gypsy caravan on a travellers site known as The Black Patch, in Smethwic…
Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24
…ld always be doubtful.//' == Overseas == As early as 1952 he would fly to New York or Washington at weekends, operate there, and return to his London practice by Monday morning. While Americans welcomed a new idea with such enthusiasm, it was …
Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
…true roundabout is as near to maintenance free as you can get. No traffic light bulbs to replace or traffic chaos when there is a power cut. New research in America has shown that where a roundabout has been installed, savings of up to 40% on …
…hat roundabouts result in 90% reduction in fatalities, 76% reduction in injuries and 35% reduction in all crashes. When there is a collision on a roundabout they tend to be sideswipes as opposed to a head on crash. You can always shoot a red lig…
Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16
…covered that eating unpolished rice prevented Beriberi and eating polished rice did not. William Fletcher believed that there were special nutrients contained in the husk of the rice. == Naming == However, it wasn't until 1912 that Polish scien…
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
… Worldwide network == {{Image url="Scout50p.jpg" class="right" width="200" title="Centenary year commemorative coin" }} There are now '''**155 countries**''' with internationally recognised National Scout Organizations. The scouts number more th…
Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
…ld so well that he opened a second shop and a factory in Holyrood. In 1871, he emigrated to Canada and set up business there. **Napoleon III** had a large army and in 1870 he needed one million cans of beef to feed his troops. The person best…
Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18
…ve this. Using various chemicals he was able to capture images with long exposures. But by accident, he discovered that there was an image after a very short exposure. Although it could not be seen, he found he could chemically speed up the pro…
Football — 2021-08-14 19:52:33
…th="100"}} In south and Central America a game called "Tlatchi" once flourished. == Set the Rules == In Britain too, there are records of Football being played for hundreds of years. But it was in England that the modern game of football real…
…ns pub. Great place for a meeting." width="400" }}It was realised that the game needed a set of rules, so being British there's no better place to do this than the 'Local' [[pub]] over a pint. In the **Freemasons' Tavern** in Great Queen Street…
Procter Gamble — 2021-08-12 20:35:23
… was educated at Portora Royal School. His family emigrated to Canada in 1819. Eventually settling in Cincinnati, Ohio. There he apprenticed to a soap-maker before setting up his own business in the late 1828. == Chance Meeting == {{Image url=…
Steel — 2021-08-12 20:31:45
…width="300" }} It was then worked with a forge hammer by the puddler before being rolled into sheets or rails. By 1860, there were over 3000 puddling furnaces in Britain, but the process was slow. == The Process == The Bessemer converter is a c…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…icksAdvert.jpg" class="right" title="Horlicks Advert" width="" }} In 1890 James went back to London to set up an office there to manage importing their product from the States. By 1906 the UK demand was large enough to justify Horlicks establish…
Rubber — 2021-08-12 20:24:10
… purposes of being used in the manufacture of such articles, as the same may be applicable to'. But again Hancock got there first, in 1846 he had already patented his suggestion that his hardened rubber could be used for making moulds for soft…
Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29
…his charge was. An official register of Gibbet executions was not commenced until 1541; but between that year and 1650 there were //only// 54 people sentenced to death, perhaps indicating the effectiveness of the device as a deterrent. == Ci…
USA anthem — 2021-08-09 22:14:22
…* (1744–1778). The song became popular in Britain and America following the establishment of the Anacreontic Society there. {{Image url="JohnStaffordSmith01.jpg" class="left" title="John Stafford Smith memorial in Gloucester cathedral" width=…
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…l in Bishopwearmouth (now Sunderland) [[Northumberland]], [[England]] and he served an apprenticeship with a pharmacist there. === Let there be Light === One of the first to produce electric light was made in the 18th century by E.Kinnersley a…
…hat Edison’s US Patent was invalid due to prior art by William Sawyer and others. By 1889, 10 years after the patent, there were only 710 customers. The problem was that electricity and its support infrastructure cost too much and, of course, …
…had to be installed. Ten more years later, after electricity costs had come down, there were 3 million customers and all the basic light bulb patents had expired. (...) Seven years, and more than $100,000 in…
Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…from the nearby furnaces to cover up the mess. Hooley noticed this unintentional resurfacing had solidified the road - there was no rutting and no dust. By 1902 Hooley had patented the process of heating **tar**, adding **slag** to the mix and…
Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
…ding an educational challenge and pastime hobby for millions of people for a very small outlay. == Spilsbury Award == There is now a **Spilsbury Award** that is presented by the [[http://agpc.org | AGPI ]] to renowned individuals who have prov…
Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
…ritain they left behind the beginnings of the modern pub. In **965 King Edgar** the then ruler of England, decreed that there should be one **Ale House** per village (a very popular ruler). By this time the use of pub signs was also well establi…
…; Inns and taverns have evolved into hotels the ale house into 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 numbe…
…r grew so did the number of breweries and by **1800** there were **twenty four thousand**. == Pub names == {{Image url="Pubsign1.jpg" title="Typical Pub sign" class="left" widt…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…eyard"}} The first mention of '''Sparkling Champagne''' was in English, not French. This was in '''1676 by Sir George Etherege''' who found 'The Elixir of Life'. This was decades before Dom Pérignon who is traditionally considered to have inv…
Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
…e name Aspirin from Spiraea for the plant group. == Worldwide == Today it is probably the most widely used drug. ^^"There are no countries in which it is unknown, unappreciated, or unavailable" Berton Roueché 1955^^ The drug works as a pai…
Cider — 2021-08-01 19:30:49
…t least 1000 years. {{Image url="CiderApples.jpg" class="left" title="Cider Apples ready for processing" width="300" }} There is evidence of Brits making a fermented apple drink several millenia B.C. The native apple in Britain is the crab appl…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…xation of man to want to //fly like a bird// eluded mankind until the Wright brothers flight of 59 seconds in 1903. But there were many men before this event who all contributed to achieve this goal, notably Frenchman **Chanute**, German **Otto…
…influence an aircraft: thrust, lift, drag, and gravity. He successfully flew a gliding aircraft in **1804** and later there are reports that he transported his butler across his land on his glider. ::cl:: ^^ "About 100 years ago, an Englishman…
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
…e' offer them a '**Twiglet**', most people quite happily eat a Twiglet even though they are coated in a yeast extract. There are now many imitators but Marmite is the original. ===External Link === [[http://www.marmite.co.uk Marmite]] === HP …
…**Houses of Parliament**, as it was rumoured that the sauce had been seen gracing the tables of one of the dining rooms there. …
Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
…"FloatGlass.jpg" class="left" title="Float Glass being produced" width="390" }}Alistair joined the Pilkington Brothers (there was no family connection) as a technical officer in 1947. At this time quality plate glass could only be made by a cos…
…tly and wasteful plate process that the Pilkington Brothers had also innovated. Because there was glass-to-roller contact, surfaces were marked. The glass then had to be ground and polished to produce the parallel…
Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
…g started at Sharow, near Ripon in Yorkshire, along with 19 other boys, aged between 7 and 15. One of his fellow pupils there was Charles Dodgson, better known as **Lewis Carroll**, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Cromptons many inv…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…right" title="Trevithick Puffing Devil" width="300" }}No one person is said to have invented railway transportation but there are several people that helped move the early wagonways, that were used to [[CategoryTransport]] coal out of the mines,…
…d then the World == The potential was evident for all to see how the '''train''' was going to transform life. In 1847 there were a quarter of a million navvies digging and blasting their way over the British landscape. The amount of track laid…
Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
…h Army Officers stationed there brought the game back to England in the 1860's. The army men introduced the game to friends, but the new sport was defi…
…nitely 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 Badminton," and, thereupon, Badminton became its official name. In 1887 the modern rules were laid down. The Bath Badminton Club was setup an…
…ructed next to the road in 1902. The sport started as a leisure activity for the rich young daredevils of Europe who gathered for fun on the alpine slopes. It was added to the Winter Olympics as a four-man event at the Winter Olympics in Chamon…
Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
…irths Sep 1871 Booth Hubert Cecil Gloucester 6a 279 http://www.airgale.com.au/booth/d6.htm */ Booth was born in Theresa Place, Gloucester, [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]] moving to Belle Vue House, Spa road at the age of nine. His fathe…
… Advert" width="" }}@@ ::cl:: /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is commented out for reference only Theresa Place, Bristol Road Terminus (1879-97) [SO 82621733] The original terminus in Bristol Road was at the southern end of…
… Theresa Place, an imposing ashlar faced terrace, between Theresa Street and Alma Place. The terrace which dates from 1836 is now numbered 73-91 Bristol Road (Linden Tree pub row of h…
Hydraulics — 2020-08-17 13:24:35
… a scheme to provide piped water from distant reservoirs to the households of **Newcastle**. This worked well, so well there was excess water pressure in the lower part of town. Armstrong convinced the authorities this excess power could be us…
TV Black and White Kiss — 2020-08-17 09:07:45
…fore **Kirk** kissed Uhura in **Star Trek** and that was beaten anyway by the British drama Emergency Ward 10 in 1964. There had been other interracial kisses on TV before this but in days of black and white (monochrome) broadcasting a clinch b…
Sinoatrial Node — 2020-08-15 18:08:00
…l system of the heart, provided an anatomical answer to the baffling mystery: ~&**“Why does the heart beat?”** ^^ There is a remarkable remnant of primitive fibres persisting at the sino‐auricular junction in all the mammalian hearts exa…
Bicycle — 2020-08-15 09:22:15
…me from J. K. Starley and Co. to Rover Cycle Co who were eventually to become **Rover cars.** == Earlier Versions == There were several attempts by others to find a safer cycle amongst them was the Shergold's bicycle. {{Image url="ShergoldSaf…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…n of a mechanic. **Aged just 22** in 1930 Whittle sent his new idea about jet propulsion to the Air Ministry to see if there would be any interest and give Britain the edge in aviation. The RAF returned the idea to Whittle, they referred to the…
…op a flyable version. Nevertheless it was a year before all of the funds were available, greatly delaying development. There were many delays and the lack of funding slowed the project. In Germany, Hans von Ohain had started work on a prototype…
….28/39 for taxi testing when it took to the air for a short hop at Brockworth on '''April 7, 1941'''. == In Honour == There is now a monument to Sir Frank Whittle in the town of Gloucester. Not much of a likeness to the great man, I guess it w…
Disc Brakes — 2020-08-09 19:54:18
…sc brake in 1902. == Car Enthusiast == In 1889.Lanchester joined the "Forward Gas Engine Co" in Birmingham and worked there until 1892. He was fascinated by the Benz automobile that he saw at the 1889 Paris Exhibition. This led onto producing…
Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01
…om the battle fields to establish a facial injury ward at the Cambridge Military Hospital and later in Sidcup in 1917. There he and his colleagues performed around 11,000 operations on more than 5,000 soldiers. == Knighthood == Gillies was kn…
Angus Cattle — 2019-08-31 10:40:52
…16th century. These local cattle were used by breeders. **Hugh Watson** became tenant of Keillor in Angus in 1808. He gathered stock widely and produced cattle of outstanding quality and character. Hugh Watson could be considered the founder of …
Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
…ical **Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang**. {{Image url="Chitty1.jpg" class="left" title="Chitty 1 at Brooklands" width="500" }} There were four Chitty's in all and Louis Zborowski died aged just 29 on the 19th October 1924 when his vehicle hit a tree.…
Emergency Telephone Number — 2017-07-06 10:16:06
…ooters to alert exchange operators to give priority to the emergency call. == Instant success == During the first week there were 1,336 calls made to **999**. That number has grown to around 560,000 calls a week and more than 30 million calls …
Thriller — 2017-05-19 15:12:25
… - 'Sweet Freedom'. ~Patti Austin & James Ingram - 'Baby Come To Me'. ~James Ingram & Michael ""McDonald"" - 'Yah Mo Be There'. ~Quincy Jones - 'Razzamatazz'…
Billiards — 2016-06-23 11:09:55
…h Billiards Association**, was formed in the UK in 1885. Later to become the **Billiards and Snooker Control Council** There are a number of pocket billiard games directly descended from English billiards:** - Snooker - Pool (pocket billiards…
Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
…rced underground and overnight. It was this period when whisky received its famous nickname **"moonshine"**. == Then there's Whiskey == With a licence to distil Irish whiskey from 1608, the **Old Bushmills Distillery** in Northern Ireland is…

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