This Day in History

1809: Dartmoor Prison opened in Princetown, Devon, high on the moors to house French prisoners of war captured during the Napoleonic Wars with France.   1844: Samuel Morse, and American painter & inventor tapped out “What hath God wrought” in the world’s first single-wire telegraph message from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore.   He was also a

The Royal Wedding May 19th 2018

Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress: What will she wear? There is much speculation over who will design Meghan’s Wedding Dress.  Well, we bet it won’t be like the Wedding Dress below created by Russian designer Asya Kozina who has crafted this creation out of cardboard and paper! Unique as this is, most brides will wear something

This Day in History

This Day in History Did you know today is the 75th Anniversary of the Dambusters Raid?   Operation Chastise: RAF Unit 617 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, bombed the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in the Ruhr Valley with bouncing bombs!  Two of the dams were breached and a third badly damaged.  

Travel, Export & Postal Boxes!

Travel, Export & Postal Boxes! May 14th 1908 was a memorable day for one Charlie Fumas.  He became the world’s first airline passenger when he flew with Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA. The flight was just a short hop. Later the same day, Furnas flew with Wilbur’s brother, Orville Wright.  They covered