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Hyde Park

“I never ride in from Hyde Park Corner… but the ghosts of an army of horsemen ride with me,” wrote Roland Collins in 1967. If the ghosts of all those who have ridden or driven in Hyde Park were visible, it would create the ultimate pageant of British history…

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Edward The Black Prince

Edward of Woodstock is perhaps better known as The Black Prince…

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Fighting Jack Churchill

John Churchill, also known as “Mad Jack” or “Fighting Jack” Churchill, fought heroically during World War Two, armed with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword…

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The Admirable Crichton

Most people know of the Admiral Crichton from the play by Scottish writer J.M. Barrie. But who was the original “Admirable Crichton” and what made him admirable?

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Recycling – A Way Of Life In The 1950s And 1960s

Recycling…not a new concept! Discover how ‘green’ everyday life was in the 1950s and 60s…

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