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Nineteenth-Century Britain (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Gladstone’s second administration was elected in April 1880. He was then 70 and until 1882 he was also Chancellor of the Exchequer as well as Prime Minister. The cult of the ‘Grand Old Man’ was now in full force. Biographies were written and statuettes, plates, jugs and engravings made (as well as chamber pots for Tory households!) and visitors travelled to Hawarden to see him fell...
Maria's Race Diary (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The highest profile female racer in the UK was forced to resort to her favourite mode of transport in the rush to get to Buckingham Palace on time. Maria Costello got stuck in traffic being driven to receive her MBE from the Prince of Wales, so jumped on a motorbike - despite being dressed up for the royal occasion. Costello, who held the world record for being the fastest woman around the famous Isle...
Libertylondongirl (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I am safely ensconced in the family home in deepest, darkest Northamptonshire. It's the perfect location: a scant hour and a half drive from London, yet still in proper, rolling fields countryside. I'm writing this in my new quarters, a converted stable on the end of the house which had been used as an office. It's always had a sofa bed, wall-mounted TV and a basin, so my mother thought it might be...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Afghan police are being sent Northamptonshire Police's old hi-visibility jackets so they can patrol at night.
workinproperty (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that the end of the Government's stamp duty holiday on properties costing up to £175,000 ,will hit the housing market hardest in regions that are already failing to benefit from the recovery. RICS said surveyors in the West Midlands, East Midlands, Wales and Scotland were all expecting there to be a drop in activity in the market...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Spinner expected to move from Northamptonshire to Sussex but needs to revert to his former methods.
Slovak Yankee (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The Mayflower Compact was signed on 11 November 1620. The document with its signatories can be viewed here. Most genealogists note that if someone signed the compact he must have been 21 years old. Thus, this document is used to extrapolate ages on several Mayflower passengers. Is that statement true? Using three known ages, we can say this: Gilbert Winslow was baptized at Droitwich, Worcestershire...
nb_Abigail_Jenna (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Having removed the spare bike off the roof I needed to turn around and head of out of Lincoln and up through the Glory Hole and the Brayford Pool. I am sure I heard some cheering as I left Lincoln. British Waterways has now begun essential engineering works in Lincoln city centre to ensure that a 200 year old lock on the River Witham can continue to be enjoyed by the thousands of people that visit...
Surface Gallery (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Arts and Crafts Fair 2009 Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 10am – 5pm Surface Gallery opens its doors for a weekend of art and craft. Expect an eclectic mix of hand made goods and original artworks; with over 20 stalls there will be something for everyone – a perfect opportunity for a spot of Christmas shopping. The fair will promote a range of goods from unique artworks, jewellery...
John's Labour blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
This week I am taking part in the UNISON Leadership School course which is taking place in Stoke Rochford, Grantham. There are about 50 of us participating in the course. Lay activists from all over the union as well as UNISON employed staff (regional and Head office). This is the first such course ever run by UNISON (and I have not heard of any other union in the UK running anything similar). It is...
Worcester Pen Company (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Just a few words to let everyone know where we can be found at various gift shows around and about before Christmas. Worcester Pen Company will be at the Christmas fair held at Coventry Transport Museum, Millenium Place, Hales Street, Coventry, West Midlands,CV1 1JD on 14th & 15th November 2009.We were at the fair at the Festival of Transport organised by the Museum last September, and we are looking...
Reluctant Scooper (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sometimes, I get back home (after a hard day slaving in front of disaggregated statistics detailing the takeup of business support services in deprived areas of the East Midlands) and know exactly the beer that I want to open. Tonight, not a schoolnight, I fancied a full-fat lip-curling imperial stout. But not just any old impy... The great thing about the Springbank Paradox is that is doesn't actually...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
If only walls had ears ... these historic pubs have overheard secrets from the Gunpowder Plot to Karl Marx's proletarian revolution and the birth of modern cricket 1. Olde Coach House, Northamptonshire There'll be fireworks and a bonfire at this pub tonight. It's a fitting celebration as the Olde Coach House stands where a gatehouse on the Catesby estate played a central role in the Gunpowder Plot....
Dog Without A Bone (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The closing date for the Round Britain Rally , in which participants are challenged to find and photograph one or more landmarks for every county in England, Wales and Scotland, has passed and I have dispatched a CD of photos to the committee. This means that I can actually reveal the places I visited! At last! Google Map here . Green bikes are ones I've ticked off, red blobs I didn't manage. There's...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
An eight-year-old girl from Northamptonshire suspected of having swine flu is quarantined in an Egyptian hospital she called "horrible".
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