BBC at the Ally Pally
Alexandra Palace near where I live in North London was where the first TV broadcasts were made in the 1930s. There was a short interlude when the nasty Nazis had […]
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Turkish Gun in Horse Guards Parade
This magnificent gun was captured by the British after the siege of Alexandria during the Napoleonic Wars, in 1801, and has been here since it was transported to Horse Guards […]
Great day out at Woodhorn Colliery near Newcastle
I had the great pleasure of visiting Woodhorn a couple of weeks ago. It’s an award winning, beautifully preserved colliery that closed in 1981 and is now a great visitor […]
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