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In the USA, today is Constitution Day, commemorating the signing of the constitution on 17 September 1787. The document was drawn up by the Constitutional Convention, an […]

Away from the trials and tribulations of recent events, this week we have decided to look into some unusual regional words, located in research documents of […]

Together with several others built to the same design, the Rocket – a steam locomotive produced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) and his son, Robert (1803-1859) – took part […]

Imagine my delight when I discovered a Baker line in my ancestry and to make it even better, Sarah Alice Baker was born of Thomas Baker […]

Taking some time out of the office, a visit to Poole and Sandbanks, I was almost so relaxed that I forgot to blog today…. good heavens! […]

Blogging every day means we often learn something new. And today, we certainly have! On 12 September 1940, four boys went searching for their dog which […]

                                               

On this day in 1897, London taxi driver George Smith, an employee of the Electric Cab Company, drove into the frontage of a building on Bond […]

In 1987, the headlines reported ‘Liverpool fans to stand trial in Belgium‘. Twenty-five English football fans involved in the Heysel stadium disaster were extradited to Belgium, following […]