Liverpool Slavery Tour “Use your eyes, look up and all around you – there are traces of the city’s history all around you.” These were the words of our guide on the Liverpool Slavery History Tour, a fascinating snapshot of a bygone era that some might rather forget … There are so very many things...
So what is Seattle famous for, apart from a cracker of a place to be sleepless in? Well there is the legacy of the great fire of 1889, which devastated downtown Seattle but furnished civic leaders an opportunity to make good out of the bad planning that had gone before...
Take a winter break in Prague… It’s a perfect time to visit – not too many tourists, wintry weather which fits with the scenery, lots of cultural things to go to ie opera, ballet, concerts and theatre – and you can get a table at any bar or restaurant with...
Leighton Hall Classic Vehicle Rally It was love at first sight – that gorgeous purple and white VW Camper Van, with its shiny strong body, sturdy wheels & plush leather interior. We were at Leighton Hall’s annual Classic Car Rally and my son was trying to convince me that I should...
Carnforth is a small Lancashire town on the Cumbria border, famous for its Railway Station which was used in the classic movie ‘Brief Encounter‘. Filmed at the end of WWII in 1945, the Ministry of Transport chose Carnforth Station as it was deemed safe from enemy fire – why would anyone...
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