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A Glass Souvenir

Tutbury Glass I'd like to share a glass souvenir with you -- a piece of Tutbury glass probably from the turn of the 1900s or earlier....

Historic Pageants

A Souvenir This piece of 'souvenir ware', dated 1908, commemorates the Gloucestershire Historical Pageant of 1908 held at Cheltenham. I...

Danes Dyke. Another strange day out.

Thursday 7th June 2018 found Gill (the trusty navigator and chip eater) and I on our first foray of 2018. The terrible Spring weather,...

BEES AND US

OUR HONEY BEE Bees and Humans Humans have been involved with honey-bees for over 8,000 years. In early times men climbed cliffs and trees...

The last one sailed from Hull

Garthpool -- The last British Deep Water Square Rigger. by Chris Coulson For millennia humans have used boats and rafts to explore their...

Slavery

African slavery and the sea Written and illustrated by Chris Coulson in 'A celebration of Wilberforce and Company' (2007). It has been...

An Odd Day Out

An odd day out! The Thursday 15th March 2018 was only odd because Gill (the navigator) and myself (Chris) had a 'bits and pieces' day...

The Ancient Kipling Cotes Derby

The Kipling Cotes Derby The oldest annual horse race in England Doing so much research on the Kipling Cotes Cross (ex Molescroft Cross?...

A Cross unravelled?

Part 2 On the trail of the 'Molescroft Cross' (Kipling Cotes'Cross?) 12/9/17- 17/11/17 Part 2 looks at the results of the researches by...

A new angle on the Molescroft Cross

On the trail of the 'Molescroft Cross' (Kipling Cotes'Cross?) Part 1 The Facts A most complex investigation 12/9/17 - 17/11/17 On August...

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