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15th July 2014
Today, we celebrate our 300th blog post on FWL! Good heavens …. how is that possible?! And on St Swithin’s Day as well. He was a […]
14th July 2014
Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called Fête nationale. […]
13th July 2014
Michael Day was the younger brother of my grandfather, David Day. [Thank heaven David did the family tree for his surname before I came along!] Sons […]
12th July 2014
This is Orangemen’s Day – no, not the fruit…. It’s the day when Irish Protestants in Northern Ireland (and elsewhere) march with banners and regalia, celebrating […]
11th July 2014
Don’t panic! I am not about to make any major announcements…. but yesterday marked an anniversary for me personally. This time last year, I left a […]
10th July 2014
…. and Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England in 1553. Born in the autumn of 1537, her mother – Lady Frances Brandon – was the […]
9th July 2014
To some degree, everyone feels that they are ‘above the crowd’ on occasion. Come on, admit it! You know you’ve complained about that motorist who didn’t […]
8th July 2014
The US industrialist John D Rockefeller was born in New York on this day in 1839. He was the co-founder and president of the first major […]
7th July 2014
Sometimes history can take many forms and this weekend, I decided to take in some motoring history at the Atwell Wilson Motor Museum in Calne. I […]