Tag: britain
member name: Ishbel R.
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December 18, 2007 06:46 AM EST --
Sticky Toffee Pudding
This pudding originated in the Lake District of England - and just about every pub in the Lake District claims the recipe originated there! However, it can now be found . . .
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February 19, 2009 05:37 AM EST --
This is a updated version of an article I wrote last year all about the British custom of Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday. Next Tuesday will be Shrove Tuesday.
Traditionally in the UK, the . . .
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October 31, 2007 08:21 AM EDT --
Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes' Night is fast approaching, so I decided to republish this article.
The title of this post uses the opening words of a rhyme known to all British children . . .
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June 19, 2007 09:21 AM EDT --
Salman Rushdie, the novelist was awarded a knighthood in the recent Queen's Birthday Honour's list. The award was for his 'services to literature'.
I am someone . . .
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November 08, 2007 09:29 AM EST --
I posted this last year - but feel it has relevance to us all in light of our troops still being deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
'Lest we forget'.
Every year, . . .
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July 25, 2007 04:25 AM EDT --
The website Ancestry.co.uk has launched a comprehensive collection of convict transportation records online. The originals, spanning 80 years of transportations, are kept in the National Archives . . .
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