On Saturday 12th September I attended the 5th Women’s Chainmakers Festival with friends. The event took place at the Black Country Living Museum, Dudley and is held annually to commemorate the struggle of the women chainmakers to earn a decent living wage. This year’s festival celebrated the 99th anniversary of their success.
In 1910 the women [...]
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Women Chainmakers Festival 2009
13 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2009
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Flodden Field
The photographs in yesterday’s blog post were taken at Flodden Field, which over the years has witnessed many battles between the English and the Scots. One of the most famous battles was the Battle of Braxton Moor which is more commonly known as the Battle of Flodden Field. It is hard to believe that such [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 8th 2009
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Name this Place
This was taken near one of the castles mentioned in my recent castle quiz. Where or what is it?
***Index to my posts on Flodden.***
20 Comments CherryPie on Sep 7th 2009
…Or the Murder at Road Hill House.
Synopsis (from book cover):
It is midnight on 30th June 1860 and all is quiet in the Kent family’s elegant house in Road, Wiltshire. The next morning, however, they wake to find their youngest son has been the victim of an unimaginably gruesome murder. Even worse, the guilty party is [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 3rd 2009
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The Voyage of the Beagle
Photo from from VPRO Beagle on Flickr – click on picture for more photos.
The Clipper Stad Amsterdam set sail from Plymouth harbor today following the steps of Darwin’s famous voyage of discovery. The people involved in the project hope to retrace the route of Darwin’s 5 year voyage on HMS Beagle in a single year.
During [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Sep 1st 2009
…The planet, life & people from the big bang to the present day…
Synopsys (from book cover):
How old is the universe? When did life on earth begin? What happened to dinosaurs? How was the moon created? How did ancient Chinese science shape the modern world? How did Islam trigger globalisation? Are humans really superior to [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2009
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
PhotoHunt – Garbage
I posted a cropped version of Malmesbury Abbey entrance a few weeks ago. I cropped the photo because a garbage can was spoiling the view.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 10th 2009
