Monthly Archives: June 2022
Trivia Trail: Y.M.C.A.
Question: Who started the Y.M.C.A. (Young Men’s Christian Association)? Answer: George Williams in London, England in 1844. The first Y.W. C.A. (Young Women’s Christian Association) was started in 1855. https://www.ymca.org/who-we-are/our-history https://www.ymca.ca/Who-We-Are/YMCA-History https://www.britannica.com/topic/Young-Womens-Christian-Association
HISTORIC ENTERTAINMENT: EARLY TELEVISION
We didn’t have a television when my mother took one of my brothers and me to visit relatives who did. As we arrived, my aunt said, “Come on in and watch Wot Urp.” (At least, that’s what it sounded like with her London accent. She meant Wyatt Earp. an American programme.) After we got our […]
HISTORY SHARE: THE REAL POCAHONTAS AND GERONIMO
Books and movies about well-known Native Americans don’t always get it right. The real Pocahontas: https://tinyurl.com/3jv488ee https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pocahontas-180962649/ The real Geronimo: https://tinyurl.com/7yhnwsmd https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/geronimo-the-warrior
BLATANT SELF-PROMOTION: THE ROYAL YOT DEBUT
This is time travel into the future, and therefore still, technically, a time thing. As well as blatant self-promotion for my latest novel. (So now you know what all those UFO & royal posts were about – a shameless lead-up.) The book was launched on May 15th, of this year. Due to the Russian invasion […]
HISTORY SHARE: HOW ROYAL LIFE HAS CHANGED
Even though all the celebratory stuff happened last weekend to work in with the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the festivities for the official birthday of the British Monarch are usually held on the second Saturday in June, the June birthday custom having been brought in by King George II in 1748. The real […]
Time Travelling With Kids 