The Royal Jubilee Exhibition 1887. To celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was held at Trafford Park, Manchester. I was reading about this the other day whilst sorting out a post for Old Hyndburn. Howard & Bullough of Accrington…
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Royal Jubilee Exhibition 1887
Tagged with: Flickr, Howard & Bullough, Manchester, Queen Victoria, Royal Jubilee Exhibition 1887, Trafford Park
Posted in History, Interesting, Photography
Posted in History, Interesting, Photography
Dr Lovelace
No nothing to do with films of a certain genre…. Dr Lovelace was a soap brand back in Victorian times. It was manufactured in Clayton le Moors, just up the road from Accrington. The firm, led by James Hacking, supposedly…
Tagged with: Clayton le Moors, Dr Lovelace soap, Ephemera, Floating soap, Masonic Lodge, Procter & Gamble, Victorian advertising
Posted in Interesting, Local
Posted in Interesting, Local
Pareidolia
We’ve all done it. Looked at images and seen what appears to be a face. I didn’t know until recently that there was a name for that phenomenon…. although the fact that it is a phenomenon should have told me…
Tagged with: Carl Sagan, Clouds, Holtzman Ink-blot Test, Milner's blog, Pareidolia, Rorschach Ink-blot Test, The man in the moon
Posted in Funny, Interesting, Science
Posted in Funny, Interesting, Science
Contemplating Your Navel
Belly Button Biodiversity Project. Wildlife Of Your Body 1,458 Bacteria Species ‘New to Science’ Found in Our Belly Buttons – James Hamblin – The Atlantic. From the article Last month, the group published the results of their first of many experiments, in which they…
Tagged with: Bacteria, Belly button, Belly Button Biodiversity Project, National Geographic, Navel, The Atlantic, Tortellini, Venus
Posted in Funny, Health, Interesting, Science
Posted in Funny, Health, Interesting, Science
Recycling Text
I came across this interesting article yesterday. Secret Lives of Readers It deals mainly with the habits of readers. The what, how and where of readers from the past. It also looks into what was done with the printed word afterwards.…
Tagged with: Books, Brian Dettmer, Charity shop, E-book, Fish & chips, magazines, Newspaper, Papier-mâché, Recycling, Second-hand bookshops, Toilet paper
Posted in Art, Books, Interesting, Memories
Posted in Art, Books, Interesting, Memories
Frank Churchill
Possibly many people will have watched one or a few Disney classics over the holidays. We may know the classic films, and some may know who composed music for the more recent ones. Elton John and Tim Rice for example,…
Tagged with: Baby Mine, Bambi, Disney, Frank Churchill, Heigh Ho, Lion King, Little April Shower, Music, Some Day My Prince Will Come, Whistle While You Work
Posted in Famous People, Interesting, Memories, Video
Posted in Famous People, Interesting, Memories, Video
Incorrect Predictions
Everyone seems to be talking, (either jokingly or otherwise) about December 21st and the Mayan prediction for the end of the world. It got me thinking of things people had predicted years ago, which turned out to be false. Ridiculously…
Tagged with: Alan Sugar, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, computers, Ford Motor Company, Lord Kelvin, Science
Posted in Funny, Interesting, Photography, Quotes, Science
Posted in Funny, Interesting, Photography, Quotes, Science
The Passing Of An Icon: R.I.P Sir Patrick Moore
Probably one of the first people I can remember on television, back in the fifties. Sir Patrick Moore presenter of The Sky At Night passed away today aged 89. He had always seemed old to me even when I was tiny…
Tagged with: 1950s, Astronomy, CBE, FRAS, Knighthood, Mare Crisium, OBE, Sir Patrick Moore, The Sky At Night
Posted in Famous People, Interesting, Memories, Science, TV
Posted in Famous People, Interesting, Memories, Science, TV
