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The oceans on this planet are vast and can also be mysterious. From time to time, ships and aircraft go missing and a few are never found again. But this is a story in which the ship is found safe and sound but the crew and passengers have disappeared. The ship in question is theContinue reading “The Most Famous Ghost Ship in History”

One of the early airlines to operate scheduled European flights from North-East London and on the borders of Essex (Stapleford Aerodrome to be exact) flourished from 1934 to 1939. It was known as Hillman Airways and was started by a bus and coach operator in the region, Edward Henry Hillman. They operated twin-engine DH RapidesContinue reading “The Girls who Fell to Earth”

Most people have some knowledge of the giant meteor which hit the Earth some 66 million years ago and wiping out the dinosaurs as well as many other species. Researchers have discovered the impact zone in Central America and scientists have provided us with much information about its effect on the planet. But because itContinue reading “Fire in the Sky”

This is the first in a new series of Blog Articles which I have been researching for a few weeks. The themes are the mainly unsolved mysteries of people, places and events in history. Over the years we have become used to hearing about “lost tribes” in the Amazon Jungle. They have been able toContinue reading “The Remotest Place of Earth”

Apologies for the gap in blog articles. I have been in Jamaica for a holiday. It has been a long time in coming. Astley’s Amphitheatre has a claim to fame – it boasts that it is the site of the first circus. The Romans might wish to argue this point with their gladiatorial contests butContinue reading “London’s Other Amphitheatre”

Jenny’s Whim couldn’t really be described as an inn although it did sell ale and other alcoholic beverages. Officially it was a teahouse but that doesn’t tell even half the story. Some might have said it had more connections to a brothel but that didn’t quite fit either. But, however it is described, it wasContinue reading “Jenny’s Whim”

In the sixteenth century there were a number of taverns situated in Fleet Street. In fact, the parish of St Dunstan was said to have been home to twenty-six inns. But one of the more famous was The Devil’s Tavern located at number 1 Fleet Street. The inn has an association which makes it veryContinue reading “A Devil of a Tavern”

Another of London’s not quite lost rivers but more of a hidden one is situated in south London. It is the River Effra and it rises in Upper Norwood, not far from Crystal Palace. Like many of these rivers, it still exists but is mostly underground and has often been incorporated into the various sewageContinue reading “The River that Stole a Coffin”

One of the leading figures to bring the world closer to the modern scientific age was Sir Francis bacon. He was born in London in 1561 and became Lord Chancellor of England in 1618. But then he fell into debt and had to leave politics. However, science became the winner. The “scientific method” which wasContinue reading “A Frozen Chicken has its Bacon”

Another of London’s now hidden rivers also rises in the Hampstead area. It is the River Westbourne and it is believed its source is situated at Whitestone Pond on Hampstead Heath. It has not always been called by its present name. In fact, over the years, it has been known by up to ten otherContinue reading “Where a River Flows Over a London Tube Station”