I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb to read my very brief history of Lord William Armstrong who was an inspiring scientist, innovator and philanthropist.
Archive for the tag 'History'
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A Family History Mystery
I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb to explore a family history mystery with me.
10 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2013
The Daily Mail has an interesting article that shows several of these structures as captured by earth observing satellites. The article points out that many of the worlds ancient structures appear to be built along astronomical alignments.
I will share two photos from the article with you, to see them all you will have to click [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2013
Filed under Holidays, York 2010
Bess of Hardwick
I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb to learn about Bess of Hardwick who was a friend and confidant of Queen Elizabeth I.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2013
The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology reports of a submerged monumental structure underneath the sea of Galilee, Israel.
From News.Com.au:
The mysterious rock pile is 10 metres high and 70 metres in diameter – about twice the diameter of Stonehenge. The basalt boulders weigh a total of about 60,000 tons.
Researchers believe the structure is a giant cairn, or rock [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 13th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Grey Street
Unfortunately Grey Street wasn’t at its best when I visited. It was shrouded with scaffolding!
The inscription on the base of Grey’s monument reads as follows:
THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED IN 1838
TO COMMEMORATE
THE SERVICES RENDERED TO HIS COUNTRY BY
CHARLES EARL GREY K.G.
WHO, DURING AN ACTIVE POLITICAL CAREER OF
NEARLY HALF A CENTURY
WAS THE CONSTANT ADVOCATE OF PEACE
AND [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 11th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
Regional Government Headquarters
Hack Green, SECRET nuclear bunker:
In 1941 Hack Green, a site previously used as a bombing decoy site for the main railway centre at Crewe was chosen to become RAF Hack Green, to protect the land between Birmingham and Liverpool from hostile attack. Thus began the service of Hack Green and the airmen and women of [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 4th 2013
