Tag: History
Fort Drum – The Concrete Battleship
Fort Drum, nicknamed the "Concrete Battleship", is a fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines.
The Halifax Explosion
Halifax Nova Scotia, on Canada’s Atlantic coast, was a bustling harbour city during the Great War.
The Great Molasses Flood
The North End of Boston, Massachusetts was the sight of one of the strangest and most unbelievable tragedies in modern history.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a subterranean network of man-made tunnels up to 327 metres in depth for extracting salt, located beneath the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland.
The passing of “Mr Northampton History”
Mike Ingram was the Chair and founder of the Northamptonshire Battlefields Society, and a tireless advocate for the history of Northampton and the county, who has sadly passed away.
Father Christmas Vs Santa Claus
Father Christmas and Santa Claus have become synonymous over time, with American culture seeping into aspects of many English traditions and folklore.