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"Henry" would have been a decent guess, I think. Plenty of Henrys around then.
History in the Making?
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"Henry" would have been a decent guess, I think. Plenty of Henrys around then.
I had to choose between Geography and History at the age of 15. I'd been Topp at history, but chose Geography because I thought it was the modern thing. And....twentyfive years later, studying Architecture, I realised what I'd missed. I devour history books now. It's the best guide that we have to the present, and, possibly, the future.
My favourite history teacher line is a standard. In the first year of Architecture one of us was asked by our History tutor when the Tudors were on the thrown 'to within a hundred years or so.....no....so within five hundred years........no........well put it this way - were they in the past, the present or the future?'
My favourite history teacher line is a standard. In the first year of Architecture one of us was asked by our History tutor when the Tudors were on the thrown 'to within a hundred years or so.....no....so within five hundred years........no........well put it this way - were they in the past, the present or the future?'
Hilldodger
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I run a cycling history roadshow for schools and I love doing them because the kids are always great. Although, the bit they seem to enjoy most is learning when toilet papaer was invented 
asterix
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I run a cycling history roadshow for schools and I love doing them because the kids are always great. Although, the bit they seem to enjoy most is learning when toilet papaer was invented
..and when was it?
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Married to Night Train
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Shortly after the first fast penny farthing descent....
Fnaar
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I've just watched the rest of the Yeoman warder chap(there are 4 clips on youtube) ... he's brilliant! Give hime a prize!
I loved history at school, and had good teachers for it, but I failed my O level, due to being a tw@t
My knowledge of history now is a bit woeful, if I'm honest.
I loved history at school, and had good teachers for it, but I failed my O level, due to being a tw@t
My knowledge of history now is a bit woeful, if I'm honest.
Hilldodger
Guru
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- sunny Leicester
Superb delivery!
I think I was lucky at school with history. We had a priest who taught us for a few years and he brought it to life, just like that bloke did. You could see into the minds of those he was teaching about. There was no messing in his lesson, he bore himself in a way which brooked no nonsense.
I turned out to be good at history, two O levels, an O-A level and an A-level in it. I didn't take it to degree level though, which is probably a shame as there is no better subject for teaching you about the world we live in today. It's true what they say about looking to the past to learn the lessons of tomorrow.
I think I was lucky at school with history. We had a priest who taught us for a few years and he brought it to life, just like that bloke did. You could see into the minds of those he was teaching about. There was no messing in his lesson, he bore himself in a way which brooked no nonsense.
I turned out to be good at history, two O levels, an O-A level and an A-level in it. I didn't take it to degree level though, which is probably a shame as there is no better subject for teaching you about the world we live in today. It's true what they say about looking to the past to learn the lessons of tomorrow.
skudupnorth
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Love history especially from the WW1 to the present.Went to Belgium with school to look at trenches ect,amazing ! Just cannot wait to see what my kids will be learning in their history lessons so i can help them.I guess later stuff like the Falklands,Yugoslavia and the Gulf will be among it all which i remember from my own time line of either from the news or from actually sitting at the side of an airbase watching bombs being loaded into aircraft or telling them the night we camped near RAF Fairford when the B.1's took off in the middle of the night on missions.
As for maths,english ect...totally pants at that and Mrs Skud can do the honours !
As for maths,english ect...totally pants at that and Mrs Skud can do the honours !
I like history, but didn't think that much of it at school (got on fine). The British system seems to suffer from the same list of extremely limited topics repeated over and over again - the normans, tudors, WW1, WW2 and local history with WW2 and local history repeated multiple times throughout the school life. It's only at A-level or specialist modules at undergraduate level that you do anything beyond this - european history, what's that? It's a similar situation on tv where in the 90s and early 00s where endless series on WW2 crowded everything else out. Then again you can say the same for a number of other subjects at school particularly Maths where the teaching of it is appalling.
byegad
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At school we did British Economic History 1760 to 1830. (Not sure on the dates but they're about right.) We managed to avoid hearing any mention whatsoever about a chap called Napoleon Bonaparte! Who had a fair effect on British policy at the time.
Turned me off history until I started reading about Military History on my own. I'm currently reading about Iraq' invasion of Kuwait which started with the Ottoman Empire's presence in the area. My other hobbies include Railway History and Ancient History.
Turned me off history until I started reading about Military History on my own. I'm currently reading about Iraq' invasion of Kuwait which started with the Ottoman Empire's presence in the area. My other hobbies include Railway History and Ancient History.
Night Train
Maker of Things
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I didn't really answer the question in my earlier reply.
History at school was ok, basically 20th century history that was WW1 to the cold war. We touched briefly on ancient British history covering the Kings and Queens from King Alfred onwards.
I enjoyed reading all the other stuff surrounding the curriculum and chose to do my History project on Changes in Women's Fashion from the 1700 to 1950s. It meant I had lots of time off classes to spend at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Being honest I didn't spend all my time there when I said I would, I spent as much time in the other museums in Kensington as I did in the V&A.
History at school was ok, basically 20th century history that was WW1 to the cold war. We touched briefly on ancient British history covering the Kings and Queens from King Alfred onwards.
I enjoyed reading all the other stuff surrounding the curriculum and chose to do my History project on Changes in Women's Fashion from the 1700 to 1950s. It meant I had lots of time off classes to spend at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Being honest I didn't spend all my time there when I said I would, I spent as much time in the other museums in Kensington as I did in the V&A.
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Pressing all the little buttons in the Science Museum eh NT? Me too!
Night Train
Maker of Things
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Definately!
It is one of the things I miss having moved North.
I used to spend sometime nearly every weekend in the museums.
It is one of the things I miss having moved North.
I used to spend sometime nearly every weekend in the museums.
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