With the surprise Argentine invasion of the remote Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982, the United Kingdom found itself at war. Due to the resolve of … [Read more...]
Military Low-Flying Aircraft – The Men Who Fly and the Skill of the Photographers that Capture Them
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March 12, 2012 By
Mainland UK has some of the most dramatic landscapes for RAF, RN, British Army, USAF and NATO pilots to train in the important skill of low … [Read more...]
South Yorkshire Pits
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March 1, 2012 By
The last 150 years has been the most tumultuous in the industrial history of South Yorkshire, and at the heart of this has always been mining and its … [Read more...]
The 1984/85 Miners Strike in Nottinghamshire – ‘If Spirit Alone Won Battles’: The Diary of John Lowe
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January 20, 2012 By
The dirty war fought by the Thatcher Government to defeat the formidable National Union of Mineworkers transformed him from passive family man into … [Read more...]
Captain Scott’s South Pole images saved for nation
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Photographs taken by Captain Scott on his final expedition to the South Pole have been saved for the nation thanks to £704,000 lottery … [Read more...]
Blue Plaque for Dame Gracie Fields in Islington
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December 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
Dame Gracie Fields (1898-1979), one of Britain’s most successful and best loved performers, is honoured with a blue plaque at 72a Upper Street, … [Read more...]
Lancelot ‘Capability‘ Brown remembered with Blue Plaque
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Lancelot ‘Capability‘ Brown, is to be commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at Wilderness House, Hampton Court Palace, his home from … [Read more...]
Women Wartime Spies
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December 21, 2011 By
From Mata Hari through to Noor Inayat Khan, women spies have rarely received the recognition they deserve. They have often been trivialised and, in … [Read more...]
Carlisle link to 111 year-old Christmas pudding
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A letter to the Editor of the Carlisle Journal has become key to the history of a recently discovered 111 year-old Christmas pudding. Headed, … [Read more...]
Artist’s Reaction by Derek Eland opens
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An intimate and powerful installation called, In Our Own Words: Soldiers’ thoughts from Afghanistan, has been created by the Cumbrian artist … [Read more...]
