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• King Henry 9th?

  King Henry 9th - England didn't have a King Henry the 9th, as everyone knows, but it very nearly happened, as Henry the 8th was trying desperately to have his illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy recognised as his heir. Henry... - 2 years ago

• The Tower Part 3.

  The priceless jewels which make up Great Britain's Crown Jewels are safely guarded in The Tower of London. The term Crown Jewels refers to the regalia and vestments worn by monarchs at their coronations and on other state occasions. In the collection there are crowns, sceptres, orbs, swords, rings and golden spurs. The Royal Robe, worn at ceremonies is also in the collection, along with the Royal banqueting plate, church plate and even christening fonts which are still used by the Royal Family. - 7 months ago

• Fletcher Christian-Did he return to England?

  Fletcher Christian was the leader of the mutiny against the tyrant Captain William Bligh on H.M.S. Bounty in the Pacific Ocean, in 1789. The mutineers settled on Pitcairn Island with their native wives. Did he return to England or was he killed on Pitcairn? - 8 months ago

• Highwaymen

  Highwaymen-The legend of Dick Turpin,and other Highwaymen has been romanticised by poets and writers of folk lore, who love to dress up the exploits of criminals as daring highwaymen. He is labelled a gentleman who held women in... - 2 years ago

• Using bread dough for pastry

  Lately I've been following the trend to make no - knead bread dough and I've had very good results. The bread comes up with nice air pockets in it and is always a gorgeous colour. There are plenty of videos on You Tube on bread making and I've put one on here so you can see how easy it is. But I thought, well if the bread is so easy to make and there is no fat in it, why not use the same dough to make a pie? So I did. I made a batch of bread dough to the same recipe, used a half of it for a re - 2 months ago

• Beef Pies Recipe

  For these spicy beef pies I used chuck steak. This is from the fore quarter of the animal and needs a long, slow cook to make it tender, succulent and delicious. I first made a marinade and let the chunks of beef soak up the tastes for two hours in the refrigerator. Once that was done I added water to it and covered it before cooking for three hours on a low gas. - 3 months ago

• Fast Food Furniture

  Fast Food. No, I'm not talking about the stuff you get from restaurants, I'm talking about furniture, a table of food that has a motor attached and does 130m.p.h. Think I'm kidding? Perry Watkins of Buckinghamshire, England set a new world record for the fastest piece of furniture in September 2010. First he bought a 1994 Reliant Scimitar Sabre sports car with a three point five litre V8 engine, then he took the body off it and built a metal frame around the chassis. The frame was hinged upward - 3 months ago

• Flatmobile- world's lowest car

  The worlds lowest street legal car is a jet - powered reproduction of 'The Bat Mobile.' Perry Watkins of Buckinghamshire started the project in October 2006 after his success with two other world record flattened cars, 'Impressed' at only 26 inches high which gained the Guinness Book of records in 1990 as the lowest legal car, and 'Lowlife' at 24 inches high, his flattened and elongated Mini which held the record from 2000 to 2008. - 4 months ago

• World's smallest car

  The world's smallest car has been built by an English engineer. The body of the car started life as a kiddies toy car with Postman Pat and his black and white cat still in situ. Perry Watkins from Buckinghamshire wanted to build the tiny car after his tremendous success with the 'Flatmobile,' a car only 19inches high which could do 100 miles an hour, and the racing table, a table complete with cutlery and crockery, named Fast Food, which can do 113m.p.h. The world's smallest car at the time of P - 4 months ago

• Small House

  At one time, new houses in Britain were the smallest in Europe, and the reason? The lack of building regulations regarding living space at that time, according to experts. In Denmark, homes built to regulation had twice the floor space as the small houses that were built here. In Essex a company had built flats so small that they had only a 34 square metre floor area with a living room measuring three metres by 3.6 metres. In comparison, the average new home in France was 112 square metres. - 4 months ago

• Obesity and Edward Bright

  They say that obesity can kill, and this man from Essex in the UK was a testament to that fact. He lived for only 29 years and on his death he weighed 42stones and 6 pounds, or 594 pounds. He was 5feet 9 inches tall. Edward Bright lived in Maldon, Essex from 1721 to 1750, and he was said to be the fattest man in Britain. At the age of 12years Edward weighed 12 stone or 168pounds and he had to give up his job as mail boy because he was too heavy to ride the pony that was supplied. This was not a - 4 months ago

• King George 5th

  George Frederick Ernest Albert was born on 3rd of June 1865. He was the second son of Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales and Alexandra Princess of Wales. His father, Prince Edward would later become King Edward 7th on the death of his mother, Queen Victoria. George's elder brother, Albert Victor was seventeen months older than George and they were raised together, taught their lessons together and joined the Royal Navy together when George was twelve years old. They were sent to H.M.S Brittania - 5 months ago