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Top Ten Things Not to Do entering King Tutankhamen’s Tomb in 1922
Originally posted on Fiction Favorites:
? This post is a continuation of the Top Ten Things Not to Do with a historical background. In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in Egypt. Top Ten Things Not to Do if You Are Entering King Tut’s Tomb. 10 If you are entering King Tut’s tomb, do…
…1950s back court tenements in Docklands Govan in Glasgow were awesome places…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
……it was a different landscape back in the 1950s in the big cities of the UK… Docklands Govan in Glasgow, where Master Gallacher spent his infancy, had more than its share of rented tenement housing… up to three-storeys-high, grey, austere, stone buildings, sum’times red, depending on the material available when…
Happy birthday, Charles
Originally posted on bluebird of bitterness:
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) was born in Dublin and attended Queen’s College Cambridge on an organ scholarship. In 1882 he helped to found the Royal College of Music in London, where he taught composition for the rest of his life. Among his students were Arthur Bliss, John Ireland, Samuel…
Me Too!
Originally posted on The Magic of Stories:
I picked this up from Facebook this morning and followed the blog link, it’s a really interesting article about sexual harassment and some close encounters. Elizabeth is brave sharing her own experiences and it made me think of mine. I’m five years younger that she is, and the…
