York Castle Museum: Victorian and Georgian Shops (1)

One of the major displays within York Castle Museum is a serious of reconstructed streets made up from shopfronts of…

History of York

I am not around to blog for the next two weeks so I thought we would use the opportunity to…

Reposting this post connected to Edith Cavell which I originally published last year Van 132, known as the Cavell Van…

Reposting the story of Edith Cavell to accompany Wednesday’s post. Edith Cavell was born near Norwich in 1865. As…

Edith Cavell was buried outside Norwich Cathedral following the return of her body from Belgium in 1919. To mark the centenary…

I have worked from home for nearly 6 years now and have discovered many new aspects to the wildlife of…

William Tyndale was born in Gloucestershire in 1494. He attended Oxford University and obtained a first degree in 1512 and…

This is one area that is on ‘my want to visit’ list. I have read some great reports of what…

As well as their excellent collection of tombstones and sarcophagi, the GNM has more everyday artefacts found in the local…