New Years’ Eve Traditions
Around the world we celebrate the end of the year with parties and fireworks leading up to the midnight countdown. In London Big Ben chimes out, in New York the […]
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Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management Published
Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management published Having originally been serialised in 24 monthly parts in ‘The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine, published by Samuel Orchart Beeton, beginning in 1859. Isabella Beeton’s […]
Battle of Flamborough Head
Battle of Flamborough Head On 23 September 1779, during the American Revolutionary War, the naval battle of Flamborough took place. An evening battle, it lasted for three hours. The Franco-American […]
Queen Victoria in York
Queen Victoria in York Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1843 – Wikipedia It is often said that Queen Victoria came to York only once and hated the city, vowing never […]
Disorder in the Theatre
In the 18th century audiences at ‘country theatres’ did not always sit quietly and allow the actors to perform, and in the mid 18th century the ‘mania with theatre audiences’ […]
Fires of York Minster
1829 – February 1st, Jonathan Martin attended the evening mass, during which he was disturbed by a buzzing sound coming from the organ, he was able to hide and later […]