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19th and 20th July at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, Hackmans Lane, Purleigh, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6RN Over a thousand years of history brought to life at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome! At this ...
Scroll down the page to browse through our selection of unusual and quirky self catering holiday cottages to rent. From lighthouses by the sea to windmills, railway cottages and oast houses, our ...
We have compiled an alphabetical listing of the more ‘interesting’ destinations that you may wish to visit within the UK. The more sinister sites are denoted with a reddish shade, whilst those ...
Uniting the kingdoms of Scotland and England had been proposed for a hundred years before it actually happened in 1707. Suspicion and mistrust between the two countries had prevented the union ...
From the World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall to the lesser known villas and amphitheatres that once dotted the land, Britain has a surprisingly large amount of Roman ruins that can still be visited ...
The British Empire is remembered for its extensive, long-lasting and far-reaching imperial activities that ushered in an era of globalisation and connectivity. The British Empire began in its ...
On Tuesday 29th October 1929 the Wall Street Crash caused a cataclysmic chain of events which affected nearly every country across the globe. The Great Depression, also known as ‘The Slump’ ...
The term ‘hangover’ is universally understood to mean the disproportionate suffering that comes after a night of over-indulgence. But where does the term actually come from? One possible explanation ...
The year was 1888 and the location Bow in the East End of London, a place where some of the most poverty stricken in society lived and worked. The Match Girls’ Strike was industrial action taken up by ...
Cotton, a valuable raw material and a mainstay of the textile industry, has been around for centuries and remains one of the most crucial resources to this day. Cotton has been used by humans as far ...
“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as a good tavern or inn.” So wrote Samuel Johnson and for many, this remains true today. Think of an ...
The Victorian Workhouse was an institution that was intended to provide work and shelter for poverty stricken people who had no means to support themselves. With the advent of the Poor Law system, ...