YORKSHIRE EVENING POST 17 MAY 1919 People today just don't know how to behave. There is no discipline. Fighting, swearing, misbehaving on a Corporation tramcar - we didn't act like that when I was young.
Category: Random History
The Good Old Days
1936 - the good, honest, old days when you could buy a "good honest radio" for £7-10. In these dishonest modern days you can buy one from Amazon and have change out of £4.
Random History : 13 February 1961
Today, our random number generated time machine is a rocket. 58 years ago today, the papers were full of the latest Soviet achievements in space. There is evidence that the spaceship - Venera 1 - did manage to fly past Venus, but sadly all communications were lost within a week of the launch, so we … Continue reading Random History : 13 February 1961
Random History : Giving Way To The Enjoyment Of The Conservative Ball
This week, our random-number-driven time machine takes us back to the year 1893 and to Huddersfield, where someone has been giving way to the enjoyment of the Conservative Ball. It resulted in ten bob fine plus expenses! Serves him right is all I can say. OBSTRUCTING A POLICE OFFICER AT THE CONSERVATIVE BALL : Joseph Crow … Continue reading Random History : Giving Way To The Enjoyment Of The Conservative Ball
A Telephone Call Interrupts A Night At Huddersfield’s Microscopical Soiree
My random-driven time machine sends me off to a meeting of the Huddersfield Literary And Scientific Society in 1879, but whilst I am looking at a wood spider through a microscope, a telephone call teaches me a lesson about history.
Random History : The Highly Gratified Poor
Today, our random time machine takes us back to 1873 and up the valley to Heptonstall. Ah, the good old days when Victorian values were paramount and if you gave someone from the poorhouse an orange they would be "highly gratified". "TREAT TO THE POOR - On New Year's Day (through the kindness and liberality … Continue reading Random History : The Highly Gratified Poor
A Mesmeric Tea Party
If you were in Bradford on New Year's Day in 1881 you could have entertained yourself by going to the Mechanic's Institute to a "Mesmeric Tea Party", courtesy of Professor Kershaw, Electrician, of Southport.
Random News : Cameras, Coneys And Champion’s Vinegar
Our random date generating time machine has taken us back to Friday 31st August 1945 and given us a copy of the Yorkshire Post to read. Just over three months ago the war in Europe came to an end, just under three weeks ago the war in the Far East also came to an end, … Continue reading Random News : Cameras, Coneys And Champion’s Vinegar
Random Times :Riding Off Into The Shipley Sunset In A Bentley
"Random History" is what happens when you mix together a newspaper archive, a random number generator and a man with too much time on his hands. Today our random-driven time machine takes us back to SATURDAY 21 JULY 1934, and the West Yorkshire town of Shipley. The front page of the Shipley Times and Express … Continue reading Random Times :Riding Off Into The Shipley Sunset In A Bentley
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