Do you know where the tradition of the bride carrying a bouquet on her wedding day came from? It was because in the 1500’s people got married in June.  They chose June . . . → Continue Reading Facts From The 1500s

London 2012 is going to dominate our lives next year, but how many children know the history of the Olympic Games and that they originated at Olympia in Greece.  To help them . . . → Continue Reading Olympic History – Ancient Olympics

There were five main conspirators.

Guy Fawkes was born in York in 1570. He was born a Protestant, converted to Catholicism and enlisted in the Spanish army. He took the Spanish name “Guido” . . . → Continue Reading Do you know who the Gun Powder Plot conspirators were?

On Christmas 1914 the guns fell silent on the Western Front and for one brief, incredible moment the spirit and glory of Christmas shone across the battlefields of Flanders, touching the hearts . . . → Continue Reading Learn about the extraordinary events on Christmas Eve 1914 when in World War I the guns stopped

The RMS Titanic was one of the largest moving objects ever built by man. She was 269 metres long by 28.2 metres wide, this is the length of 4 Boeing 747s placed . . . → Continue Reading Do you know why the RMS Titanic wasn’t full for her maiden voyage?

This is true, only men, boys and unmarried girls were allowed to attend the Original Olympics, where male athletes competed in the nude.  In fact, married women faced severe punishment . . . → Continue Reading Do you know why married women could not watch the Ancient Greek Olympics?

Every Christmas the peculiarly British tradition of Pantomime is performed to thousands of screaming children and hundreds of laughing parents, at theatres, halls and even barns across the land because, basically, we . . . → Continue Reading Cheesy songs, good triumphing over evil and a good laugh this is Pantomime.

In 1588 England was an uncomfortable place to live if you were a Catholic and Philip II of Spain wished to help English Catholics, while at the same time King Philip . . . → Continue Reading The Spanish Armada was the brainchild of Spain’s King Philip II and he spent two years preparing the fleet.

Did you know that in Roman times a mime show created by a single dancer was known as Pantomimus, the first one was performed in 467 BC and that the Roman Emperor . . . → Continue Reading Emperor Nero, was so jealous of his own pantomime performer he had him put to death for being so talented!

Saint Nicholas, the Christian Bishop of Myra.  Legends tell of his love of children, his kindness, his generosity and the miracles he brought about. However, it is for one story . . . → Continue Reading Who under the cover of darkness threw three bags of gold down a chimney and started a Christmas legend?