Category: Records and research Records and researchWhat was rail travel like in 1830?Tuesday 24 November 2015Today we tend to take the railways for granted. If we talk about them...Records and research‘Death by hanging’: the Nuremberg TrialsFriday 20 November 2015‘Nicht schuldig.’ (Not guilty.) These two German words pronounced somewhat defiantly, and almost flippantly,...Records and researchCoventry ‘Can Take It’: surviving the BlitzFriday 13 November 2015Shortly before the bombing raid on Coventry in October 1940, the film London Can...Records and researchSouthern Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI)Wednesday 11 November 2015On 11 November 1965, Southern Rhodesia’s prime minister, Ian Smith, unilaterally declared his territory’s...Records and researchCelebrating 350 years of historyFriday 6 November 2015On 7 November 2015 The London Gazette celebrates its 350 year anniversary as the...Behind the scenesSecond World War home front heroesFriday 6 November 2015Records of over 5,000 Second World War civilian gallantry awards have just been published...Records and researchSinking the SMS Konigsberg: part 2Thursday 5 November 2015My recent post on the sinking of the Konigsberg gave an overview of the...Records and researchRailway accident reports: unseen victimsTuesday 3 November 2015Indian Philosopher Swami Sivananda once said: A mountain is composed of tiny grains of...Records and researchNational Registration – what happened next?Monday 2 November 2015On the night of 29 September 1939 details of civilians in England and Wales...Records and researchThe Electric Seashore Tramroad: a forgotten carriage on stiltsThursday 29 October 2015This summer saw a slew of articles regarding the build of Brighton’s newest tourist...Records and researchWar cries and clashing steel: the Battle of AgincourtTuesday 27 October 2015A bedraggled and weary English army of over 9,000 men made its way across the river...Records and researchBurgess and Maclean: RevelationsFriday 23 October 2015Burgess and Maclean. The names have been etched into postwar Britain history, synonymous with... « 1 … 72 73 74 75 76 … 115 »