Stuff is being found in archives and attics all the time, so it’s always possible to learn more

It’s just luck really. Though events have a much better chance of being remembered and interpreted if they are widely recorded by contemporary witnesses. For example we know a lot about Egyptian history but barely anything about the Inca or Aztec dynasties - which were far more recent

History is usually just a few pieces at a very big jigsaw puzzle. We can only interpret the pieces we find and the rest is lost

Beautiful

Gargoyle class travel

I will be doing a blog about this once I recover from my 5 year bout of lazy-itus 😀

📖 Words by The Angel and the Cad author Geraldine Roberts

🎻 Music by internationally-renowned Anastasia Nikki Forova

🔥 Culminating in an open-air beneath the stars

Be part of a night where history lives,music soars, and Catherine’s spirit shines again! 🎶

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3/3 Ludgate Prison
This fascinating location map shows precisely where Ludgate Prison was situated, with business preises, stable yards and the Half Moon Public House close by #London 1819

2/3 Ludgate Prison
The old prison, which housed about 30 inmates, was situated close to the back of the London Workhouse in which unfortunate and desperate poor people were crammed like sardines