History

[summerisle]

A bit extreme. lol

 

[degsy]

A bit extreme. lol

Then why has the statue got all its eyes plus 2 on the plate

 

[jaspercabbage]

Then why has the statue got all its eyes plus 2 on the plate

Patron saint of people who wear glasses.

 

[degsy]

Patron saint of people who wear glasses.

Shoulda gone to specsavers then

 

[summerisle]

No woman is complete without a thimble. lol From the El Paso Times, 1895.

 

[summerisle]

Interesting little article about cocaine use in the Victorian era.

Douglas Small, Cream and Cocaine: Hallucination, Obsession, and Sexuality in Victorian Cocaine Addiction – Journal of Victorian Culture Online

jvc.oup.com

 

[anjelikaferrett]

@Curtis Have you seen this thread?

 

[Curtis]

@Curtis Have you seen this thread?

Actually I haven't, thanks for cluing me in. As it pertains to one of my interests I'm definitely inclined to explore the thread. Cheers

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Actually I haven't, thanks for cluing me in. As it pertains to one of my interests I'm definitely inclined to explore the thread. Cheers

Thought you might like it

 

[summerisle]

 

[magicjuan]

The old WMD ploy eh...?

 

[summerisle]

The old WMD ploy eh...?

Well if you can't trust a poster what can you trust. lol

 

[Methuselah]

I used to hate history at school. Seemed all about trying to remember dates. Love it now though, probably because my early life is part of it! lol

 

[4737carlin]

Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic

Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.

The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was found at the weekend at the bottom of the Weddell Sea.

Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic

What was one of the world's greatest undiscovered shipwrecks is identified on the Antarctic seafloor.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[summerisle]

I have no memory of this whatsoever.