Square dancing teams, c1950 CaliforniaAmericans loved square dancing in the 1930s which grew out of traditional folk dance in the American West and out of folk dances in Scotland. American servicemen took the dance back to the UK la...
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London's fire station architecture - still functioning, re-purposed or demolished
on Jun 15, 2021 in: architecture, London
Belsize Fire Station Individual sleeping spaces for fire fighters below groundAfter London’s Great Fire 1666, insurance emerged. Families and businesses paid a fee to an insurance company to insure their property. The first compan...
Emily Roebling, heroic engineer on the Brooklyn Bridge, New York
on Jun 15, 2021 in: architecture, family, history, women
one tower of Brooklyn Bridge under construction,1875photo: Amazing Photos of the Brooklyn Bridge Emily Warren (1843-1903) was born in New York to Sylvanus Warren, a New York State assemblyman and his wife Phebe. Teenage Emily moved intersta...
Strahan Western Tasmania - from brutal convict colony to beautiful port
on Jun 11, 2021 in: architecture, Australia, Britain, history
Strahan Visitor Centre, front of the wharf and Huon Pine Sawmill behindHells Gates and Cape Sorell Lighthouse The area around Macquarie Harbour in SW Tasmania was home to the Toogee Aboriginal people for thousands of year...
Best history book read in 2020-1: readers' choices
on Jun 8, 2021 in: history, literature
The Library: A World History, 2013by James Campbell and Will PryceThis book was not selected by my readers, but I enjoyed itFrom fast-paced spy thrillers and moving family sagas to dramatic historical imaginings, BBC History Magazine (Dec 2020) asked...
history of Belarus until 1995 - unifications, divisions and changing loyalties
on Jun 4, 2021 in: Christian
Belarus and its 5 neighbouring countriesI knew the history of Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia very well, from school, university and family. But I knew precious little about Belarus (pop 9.5m). So thank you Andrew Wilson. In 862 the Slavic...
Henry Clay Frick - greedy industrialist but stunning art collector
on Jun 1, 2021 in: architecture, paintings
Frick home in Pittsburghlater the Frick Art & Historical CentreHenry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was born to comfortable Mennonites, in West Overton, a rural community in SW Pennsylvania. He was the second of 6 children of an immigrant farmer who marr...
