The Leicester Balloon Riot of 1864
During the latter part of the 18th century and most of the 19th century, there was a notable surge in public fascination with ballooning. Th...
During the latter part of the 18th century and most of the 19th century, there was a notable surge in public fascination with ballooning. Th...
During World War II, German U-boats wrought havoc upon Allied supply lines and commercial shipping inflicting heavy losses on merchant convo...
If there was anyone on board the Titanic that truly deserved the title “unsinkable” it was a coal stoker named Arthur John Priest, who surv...
No one who has been touched by war has emerged from the experience unchanged. In the case of Adrian Carton de Wiart, who had participated in...
The Fylde coast in western Lancashire have seen some of the foulest weather in England’s northwest coast. The area around Blackpool is in pa...
One of the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain was created not by accident, but by the deliberate sinking of tens of old trawler and ...
On the coast of northeast England, lies the town of Hartlepool, and from this large town in County Durham comes a humorous legend about a mo...
The year was 1845 and the Cooke's Royal Circus was in town. All of Great Yarmouth was brimming with excitement. The Cooke’s Royal Circus...
For more than seven hundred years, British monarchs have sat on a large block of rectangular sandstone during their coronations. This block ...
Quackery in dentistry has existed as far back as the earliest days when sufferers from dental problems sought treatment at the hands of some...