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A giant’s grave, lost lake, missing castle and misplaced church
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A visit to Borwick Hall
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A bit about VJ Day
The end of the Second World War, history’s most globally shattering event so far, came…
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When Cyn and John got it together
They seemed an unlikely pair. That wise-cracking, aggressive, scruffy teddy-boy Lennon was a world away…
Rough on the frontier
Near the little town of Bonnybridge, west of Falkirk, you will find the largely buried…
Clifton, England’s last battle?
18 December 1745, and a rebel Jacobite army arrives at the tiny village of Clifton,…
Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club
So there it is, then; The Cavern. 10 Matthew Street, Liverpool 2. Where Brian Epstein…
On top of Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters from Seaford Head – the classic view from just above the coastguards’ cottages….
A bit about the East of England
Including the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. A radio disc jockey…
Britain’s superlatives
What is Britain’s longest river, highest mountain, smallest city, oldest pub, longest road, best-selling album, longest-reigning monarch? If you don’t already have this essential knowledge at your finger-tips, look no further. Why? – because the answer to these, and other life-changing questions, will be found on Britain’s superlatives
One for the pub trivia lovers!