This statue of General Gordon is located in the riverside park at Gravesend in Kent, close to Gordon Promenade and … More
Author: Pete
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
Barbarians at Twickenham
On Saturday Keith and I went to see The Barbarians (an invitational international side) play Argentina at Twickenham. The Barbarians … More
A fistful of A4
Any regular reader will not be surprised that before very long in my look back to my early days on … More
Naturelog: 27th November
Keith and I were in Gravesend for an RSPB meeting and so we decided to make a day of it … More
The famous farting lamp of London
Originally posted on Stephen Liddell:
Last week I wrote on The Great Stink of 1868. By chance todays post is on…
Statues and Monuments: Sir John Franklin
John Franklin was born in Lincolnshire in 1786. He went to sea in a merchantman at the age of 12 … More
Gladstone
Gladstone was built at Brighton works in 1882 and saw service on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway until … More
A mixed up goose family
I first came across this pair of geese back in the winter of 2013 and they have bred on the … More
Statues and Monuments: Frederick Winsor
Frederick Winsor was born in 1763 in the German principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. In his 30s, he relocated to London to … More
Roman Emporers: Gaius Caesar
In this case a nearly Emporer. Gaius was the Grandson of Augustus Caesar and the son of Marcus Agrippa and … More
