The first official Christmas card debuted in 1843 England with the message, “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You.” The idea of a mailed winter holiday greeting gradually caught on in both Britain and the U.S., with the Kansas City-based Hall Brothers (now Hallmark) creating ...
In England, from the medieval period up until the 1930s, people practiced the Christian custom of souling on Halloween, which involved groups of soulers, going from parish to parish, begging the rich for some cakes in exchange for praying for the souls of the givers and their friends.在英格...
The church and other bells of Kincardineshire : being a complete account of all the bells in the county, their history, uses, and ornaments; with notices of their founders, and an article on the more interesting belfries, to which is ...
Joe Strummer, has been unveiled in North Paddington.The stone was installed in the newly refurbished Maida Hill Market on the corner of Walterton Road, a location where Strummer, who died in 2002, squatted during the 1970s ( in fact, his address of 101 Walterton Road ...
Winston Churchill married Clementine Hozier at the Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom. [Winston Churchill | London, England | CPC]19 May 1909 United Kingdom Nicholas Winton was born in Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom. [Nicholas Winton | Londo...
The building was, for Dronne, a “symbol of Paris’ freedoms.” News of the unit’s arrival at the Hôtel de Ville spread like wildfire throughout Paris — triggering a storm of emotions among the people. Church bells began to ring. But the new liberators remained vigil. All around ...
The church as we see it today was largely built between 1478-1519 and was financed primarily by Richard III and Henry VII. The tower, which is the church's most impressive feature, was not finished until 1608. Before the tower was built, bells were hung on a wooden contraption in the ...
Although “Jingle Bells” is now a Yuletide staple, there is no mention of Christmas or any other holiday in the song. Some historical accounts report that the tune was first performed for a Thanksgiving service at the church of either Pierpont’s father or brother, but the lyrics might hav...
leave men free, and their natural inequalities will multiply almost geometrically, as in england and america in the nineteenth century under laissez-faire. to check the growth of inequality, liberty must be sacrificed, as in russia after 1917. even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man...
In 1964, Italy asked for assistance to stabilise the tower, but keep the lean. A group of experts agreed the best approach was to add an 800 tonne counterweight to the tower. Then in 1990 tower was closed to remove the bells and anchor the structure. It reopened eleven years later in ...