By John O'Farrell
Many folks have been get rid of historical past via the dry and dreary means it used to be taught in school. again then 'The Origins of the economic Revolution' by some means appeared much less compelling than the opportunity to check the daring declare on Timothy Johnson's 'Shatterproof' ruler.But right here eventually is an opportunity to have an excellent giggle and study all that belongings you suppose you actually should understand by means of now... during this 'Horrible background for Grown Ups' you could learn how Anglo-Saxon liberals struggled to be confident approximately immigration; 'Look i believe we need to try to admire the spiritual customs of our new Viking associates -- oi, he's nicked my bloody ox!'Discover how England's odd category procedure used to be proven through a few snobby French nobles whose posh descendents nonetheless have wine cellars and moment houses within the Dordogne this present day. And discover the advanced socio-economic the explanation why Britain's kings have been the 1st in Europe to be dropped at heel; (because the Stuarts have been any such dead bunch of untalented, incompetent, smug, upper-class thickoes that Parliament didn't have a lot choice.) A e-book approximately then that also is incisive and illuminating approximately now, '2000 Years of higher classification Idiots in Charge', is an hilarious, informative and cantankerous trip via Britain' attention-grabbing and weird history.As interesting as a witch burning, and much more laughs.
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Aspx. He spent four years as an officer in the Citizen Military Forces, a volunteer militia, transferring to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in 1914. He was a Captain in the 14th Infantry Battalion (War Diary available on Ancestry), and left Australia on 22 December 1914 and served at Gallipoli between 25 April – when the first men of the battalion went ashore – and 27 April 1915, when he was returned to base, sick. After returning to Australia, he was retired from the AIF in June 1916 through ill health.
However, the Coachmen would have lived in the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, rather than at Hampton Court. The Royal Mews accommodation at Hampton Court Palace (which is different from the well-known ‘grace and favour’ apartments – the latter being within the main palace building and the former in the Mews/Stud area) was used for retired staff and for those employed in the Stud. I regret that there is no list in the Royal Archives of the occupants of this accommodation, and we are obliged, instead, to check our records for each individual member of staff to see if they lived there at any stage.
Peter Towey Can you track down a radio recording my Grandpa made during WW2? My Grandpa, Stanley Wood, was in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. From November 1939, he served onboard the Somali, moving to the Sheaf Don in January 1941. During that time, he recorded a message on national radio for my Grandma. Who would make such a recording and is there a copy of it? Andrew Wood, by email A to and from ports in the Far East and The Somalii spent 1940 sailing mainly India. It’s possible that Stanley sent a message on his travels via the BBC Forces Programme’s Cairo Callingg or Sandy Calling but these weren’t in full swing until after his transfer to the Sheaf Don.