By Tim Lambert Britain changed hugely during the 20th century. Life for ordinary people was transformed and became much more comfortable. Life was hard for the working class at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1900 surveys showed that between 15% and 20% of the population were living at subsistence (bare survival) level. Worse… Continue reading Britain in the 20th Century
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Anglo-Saxon Women
By Tim Lambert In Anglo-Saxon England, women had considerable rights and freedom (unless they were slaves! Both men and women were slaves). Married women could own and inherit property. Some women were landowners. If a man married a woman he had to give her either money or land. After they married it was her property… Continue reading Anglo-Saxon Women
Life in Ancient Egypt
By Tim Lambert Egypt was said to be the gift of the Nile. Each summer the Nile flooded and provided water to grow crops. For irrigation Egyptians used a device called shaduf. it was a ‘see-saw’ with a leather container at one end, which was filled with water, and a counterweight at the other. When… Continue reading Life in Ancient Egypt
The Logbook of Lyndhurst School North End, Portsmouth 1920-1955
By Tim Lambert 12/1/1920 Lyndhurst Girls School was opened this morning with an attendance of 236 girls drawn from Drayton Rd, Copnor, St Albans, and George St Schools 4/2/1920 Have tried to organise staff for the better teaching of singing and dancing 13/2/1920 Stormy weather prevails and much rain has caused many colds and 20 girls are sick… Continue reading The Logbook of Lyndhurst School North End, Portsmouth 1920-1955
A Dictionary of Ancient Greek Mythology
By Tim Lambert The Ancient Greeks were polytheists (they worshipped many gods). The Greeks imagined that gods and goddesses were like human beings. A Acamas Acamas was the son of the hero Theseus. He fought in the Trojan War. Achilles Achilles was a Greek warrior who fought in the Trojan War. His mother was a… Continue reading A Dictionary of Ancient Greek Mythology
A Historical Dictionary
By Tim Lambert This is a dictionary of terms used in history A ABRAHAM MAN In Tudor times an Abraham man begged alms by pretending to be mad. The name comes from Abraham Ward in Bedlam. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY This is a political system where the monarch has unlimited power. It was summed up by the… Continue reading A Historical Dictionary
Famous British Women
By Tim Lambert There have been many famous women in British history. Below is a list of some of them. Boudicca In 61 AD she led the Iceni tribe of what is now East Anglia in a rebellion against the Romans Berta or Bertha 539-612 In the 6th century AD England was divided into small… Continue reading Famous British Women
A Brief Biography of Winston Churchill
By Tim Lambert His Early Life Winston Churchill was a 20th-century British prime minister. He was born on 30 November 1874 in Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. His father was Lord Randolph Churchill and his mother, Jeanette was an American woman. Winston had a brother called John, born in 1880. When he was a child… Continue reading A Brief Biography of Winston Churchill
Life in Rome
By Tim Lambert Roman Society At its height, the population of the city of Rome was probably over one million. However, the Roman Empire was an agricultural society where most people made their living from farming (although there were many craftsmen). Only a small minority of the population lived in towns. In the Roman Empire… Continue reading Life in Rome
The Aztecs
By Tim Lambert The ancestors of the Aztecs settled on a marshy island in Lake Texcoco in either 1325 or 1345. According to legend, the Aztecs settled at a place where they saw an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth. They took this as a sign from their god that… Continue reading The Aztecs