Category: history

Fancy starting the year with a treasure hunt?

January 16, 2014

Treasure Hunts In London offer a range of treasure hunts in the Greater London area. During the summer these tend to be outside, but during the colder months, they move inside and explore some of London’s amazing galleries. In October they held a “Trick or Treat Treasure Hunt” at the British Museum. It included a… More Fancy starting the year with a treasure hunt?

“It’s Enough To Wake The Dead!” says Waltham Abbey Resident….

October 23, 2012

British Pathe News recorded an explosion at the Royal Gunpodwer Mills in Waltham Abbey in 1940. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/gunpowder-factory-explosion On that fateful morning, 6000lbs of Nitro Glycerine accidentally exploded. Windows were blown out across London as debris rained on Waltham Abbey. Shudder and Shiver A rip in time has now opened to that night in 1940. It… More “It’s Enough To Wake The Dead!” says Waltham Abbey Resident….