Monthly Archives: August 2024
TRIVIA TRAIL: QUEEN MARY’S DOLL HOUSE
Question: Who designed the Queen Mary’s Doll House that has been on display in Windsor Castle since 1924? Answer: British architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens. https://kids.kiddle.co/Queen_Mary%27s_Dolls%27_House https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/Trails/queen-marys-dolls-house
HISTORY TIDBIT: PABLO PICASSO
Many people do not find the works of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso all that easy to interpret, and his full name is a bit of a challenge too. It must have taken a long time to call Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr […]
HISTORIC FOOTWEAR: KLOMPEN
The ones my nephew tried on in at a klompen factory in Holland were a bit big for him. And would still be now, forty years on.
HISTORIC ANIMAL: SIBERIAN UNICORN
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/last-siberian-unicorns-what-happened-mammoth-sized-one-horned-beasts-legend-021239 https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/november/the-siberian-unicorn-lived-at-the-same-time-as-modern-humans.html
HANDS-ON HISTORY: ANGLO SAXON ROUNDHOUSE
Looking for an educational, or even a just-for-fun, end of summer project? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-52737762?fbclid=IwAR3q3RPtej_orO_gkaA87qtmSykddnNoC2m_MHCqJOc71JsQ29mC540Ebqc But, if you’re not quite that ambitions: https://www.twinkl.ca/resource/t-t-26271-3d-anglo-saxon-round-house-paper-model
HISTORIC TRADITION: CHALKING THE UFFINGTON WHITE HORSE
Pitching in on Chalking Day is the only way to get to be on the actual horse nowadays, but not when I was little. Back then, you could stand or sit in the eye to make a wish. (And if you didn’t make one, the witches would get you.) https://www.slow-travel.uk/post/chalking-the-uffington-white-horse https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/3000-year-old-uffington-horse-looms-over-english-countryside-180963968/ So, if you’re going […]
HISTORIC RE-ENACTORS: THE GLASGOW VIKINGS
Think the days of Vikings are gone? Not in Glasgow, Scotland. The Glasgow Vikings are a group of re-enactors who relish bringing the past to life. http://www.glasgowvikings.co.uk/ https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/education/the-viking-age-geography/the-vikings-in-the-west/scotland One of the events the Glasgow Vikings will be attending this summer is listed below, so if you’re going to be in the area, drop on by. […]
HISTORY INVASION: VIKING RULE IN RUSSIA
Before natural disasters swept over lands, these guys did. https://www.history.com/news/vikings-in-russia-kiev-rus-varangians-prince-oleg
Time Travelling With Kids 