This Week In History Series!

This Week In History: Week 3!

 

January 12^th: 1836 – The ship, HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Sydney, Australia. Darwin stayed in Sydney a few days before continuing his voyage.

HMS Beagle.

January 13^th: 1559 - Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, following the death of her Sister Mary I.

January 14^th: 83 BC - Mark Antony was born in Rome. [Born Marcus Antonius] He was a Roman Politician and General in the Battle of Actium. He was also the Husband of Cleopatra.

Mark Antony.

January 15^th: 1535 - Henry VIII declared himself as the head of the Church in England, leaving the Catholic Church and the Pope.

January 16^th: 1948 - John Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York State, USA.  He is a very famous film director, best known for Halloween, The Thing, Ghosts of Mars and Village of the Damned.

January 17^th: 1882 - Arnold Rothstein was in New York City, New York State. He was an American gambler and mobster, he also fixed the 1919 World Series. (For any Boardwalk Empire fans, you’ll know exactly who he is! He is one of my favourite people in the show.)

 

 

Rothstein in Real life and The character of him in Boardwalk Empire!

 January 18^th: 1486 - King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV joining the two houses, York and Lancaster finally stopping the feud between the two!
   Also on this day in 1893 - British Poet and writer Rudyard Kipling, aged 26 married Carrie Balestier, aged 29 in London.

That's it for this week!
See you next time
For
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY!

My London Adventure!

My London Adventure!

 

Part 2:Camden and The Dungeons!

 

Hi again! Firstly, This series was going to be fortnightly, as I have so many places to share with you, I have decided to make it weekly!

So this is my second instalment of my adventures in the big city! In this week's post I am taking you to Camden Town!

 

When I was visiting it was a Sunday! Best day for visiting the market, which is amazing! They have anything and everything you could be wanting to look for! Me and My cousin also found a lovely cake stall with the most beautiful homemade cakes and traybakes, which we just had to try!

You could spend hours there, which we did! but alas we had to move on by 12pm to get to my next destination!

 

Taken when arriving into the underground station!

On my whole journey, if it wasn't in walking distance I used the underground, which is probably the best and quickest way to get around London! At first I was a bit nervous about using it and getting lost, but after 2 days, I was blending in!

My next destination was to the London Dungeons! For those who know me very well; will know I can't walk past a dungeon ha! So this was on my list!

It wasn't just a scary place to visit, but its also funny and you learn about certain pieces of history as well!

Inside the Dungeons was history starting from Henry the 8th right though to Jack the Ripper!

I think the scariest part of the Dungeons for me was in the pub with a bar maid, where all our party had to stand or sit around the room, by this point I had been split away from my cousin Penny and made to sit at a table in the middle of the room!
The lights then started to flicker and the effects of lightening started too, the maid told us the story of Jack the Ripper! At this point I knew something was gonna jump out from somewhere!
I was right! The lights flickered on fro just a few seconds in time for me to see a man, Jack! Standing in front of me grinning while holding a knife in front of my face! Never in my life have I screamed so loud! (I am also aware, that all actors will not harm you, but that is beside the point ha!)

There are also some fun/funny parts to going around the dungeons, and for me that is rides inside and the photos you can have taken!

Penny & Me on Drop Dead!

Me beheading Penny!

After our time in the dungeons, we thought it best to head off for food before our next destination!

The Dungeons and Sea Life from a distance! 

See you in a week's time for my next instalment!

Bye!

Claire
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Throwback Thursday!

Throwback Thursday!

This week I'm going back to January 2013!

In this post, I went to see Strictly Come Dancing on Tour!

It was a Fab-u-lous evening!

All the glitz and glam of the show, and to top it off I went to see it with my parents, who bought me the tickets for my Christmas!

 

My Wonderful Mum!

My Amazing Dad!

The dancing was tremendous and actually seeing the dancers with my own eyes was an experience I'll never forget!

 

Group Photo of all the Celebrities on Tour!

(L-R): Lisa Riley & Robin Windsor, Dani Harmer & Pasha Kovalev,
Fern Britton & Artem Chigvintsev,
Louis Smith & Ola Jordan.

Natalie Lowe & Michael Vaughan.

Karen Hauer & Phil Tufnell.

Denise Van Outen & James Jordan.

I was even excited to see the judges as well!

The Judges!

(L-R): Craig, Len and Bruno.

The Whole experience is one I won't forget and would one day like to see again.

I would love to learn how to dance like all of them, especially to dance the Jive and the Charleston!

Thank you for reading!

Claire
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Bucket List!

Bucket List!

Hi again everyone! Welcome to my newest series: My bucket list!

Over time I'm going to be posting about my Bucket List that I made and started last year (2014) So far I have 90 things I'd love to do on my list!

The plus side is so far I have achieved 15 out of the 90!

 

Anyway....each week I'll be posting five off my list and explaining why I have chosen to put them on my list!

 

 Here goes!

 

1.) To Climb Arthur's seat in Edinburgh! This one I have completed, I achieved this in July when I competed the race for life with my Mum and my Auntie. I wanted to climb this because of the beautiful views when you reach the top, but also because I wanted to challenge myself.

 

 

View of Edinburgh, from Arthur's Seat!

 

2.) Visit Holyrood Palace! Again this is in Edinburgh, I want to visit the palace so I can finally complete my whole walk of the Royal Mile. I have visited Edinburgh Castle, situated at the top of the Royal Mile, therefore it makes sense to visit the palace at the bottom!

 

3.) Climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge! Again this is something I have chosen to do; to challenge myself physically! As I am terrified of heights, I will need an incentive to complete this! So....I have chosen; when the time comes; to do this climb for charity. By doing this, I will be raising money for a good cause and it will make me push myself more to actually complete it! (When the time comes, the charity will be one I have helped for many years, it will be half for Cancer Research UK and half for Berwick Cancer Care!)

 

4.)To help elephants in Africa. Elephants are one of my favourite animals and I would like to do something physical to help them, rather than just sending money to help them. I would actually like to give something back to the world!

 

5.) Visit Switzerland. As most people will know, this was a neutral country during the second world war, therefore I want to visit it. I know they have some of the best cheese and chocolate in the world, but I want to visit for its peace!

 

 

That's all for this week!

If you have a bucket list, feel free to comment some of yours below :)

 

Claire

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This Week In History Series!

This Week In History: Week 2!

 

January 5^th: 1836 - Davy Crockett arrived in Texas, joining the Texas Revolution. Crockett arrived just in time for the Battle of the Alamo, which he was later killed in, in the March 1836. He was known as the ‘King of the Wild Frontier.’

January 6^th: 1903 - Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein, aged 23, married Mileva Maric. This was Einstein’s first wife, the following year they had a son.

Albert Einstein and his Wife, Mileva.

January 7^th: 1536 - Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of King Henry VIII; died at the age of 50. Catherine died at Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire. Catherine was buried in Peterborough Cathedral with the ceremony due to a Dowager Princess of Wales, not a queen. Henry did not attend the funeral and forbade Mary, her own daughter, to attend.

January 8^th: 1935 -   On this day, Elvis Aaron Presley was born. The King of Rock and Roll. Along with his twin brother Jesse Garon Presley, who was unfortunately stillborn.

Elvis Presley

January 9^th: 1982 - Kate Middleton was born on this day in Reading, England. Our future Queen, the Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William.

January 10^th: 1870 - Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Earp, aged 21, weds Urilla Sutherland in Lamar, Texas. Unfortunately Urilla died of Typhoid Fever, she was Pregnant at the time.

January 11^th: 1787 - Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel. They were named by his son John in 1847 and 1852, respectively, after his death.

All the Moons of Uranus.



That's it for this week!
See you next time
For
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY!

 

My London Adventure!

My London Adventure!

Part 1: Harry Potter!

 

During the summer of 2014 I took my first holiday adventure on my own to London, I travelled down from my small hometown Berwick to the Big City London!

 

I spent six days exploring as much as I could in the little time that I had. So instead of doing this day by day, I'm going to posting place by place, as I managed to squeeze so much in, I practically needed another holiday to recover ha!

 

The first place on my list was The Warner Bros Studio Tour: The Making of Harry Potter!

To not give too much away I'll only post a few pictures.

 

I went to this wonderful place accompanied by my Cousin Penny who lives down in the London area! (Thanks to Penny and My Cousin Dave for letting me stay with them!)

Me and Penny were lucky enough to visit during the Bludgers and Broomsticks event!

Badge I was given for free!

Some of the displays we saw may or may not still be there, so fingers crossed if you decide to visit, you'll be lucky enough to see them!

My first bit of excitement when visiting was just the outside of the building! Seeing all the signs made me super hyper!

 

The queues to get in seemed long but they go down very quickly!

Plus while your waiting you get to see where it mostly began!

 

Me & My very own new room haha!

There is everything any Harry Potter Fan would want to see inside! Even a hidden secret! (But that would be telling!)

Not to ramble on any longer and again to not ruin it for those who wish to visit, I'll leave you with MY 2 favourite pictures from my visit!

Me With a Wizard's Chess Piece! (IT MOVED!!)

Me on the back of The Knight Bus!

See you in a week's time for my next instalment!

Bye!

Claire
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Throwback Thursday!

Throwback Thursday!

 

Before I Begin, I wish all my readers A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

November/December 2011!

 

In this series I'll be posting photos and telling tales about events from my past!

 

I thought the first appropriate one to do would be November/ December 2011!

 

This was while I was living in my own shared house in Lancaster, while I was at university!

 

However, My first lot of photos were taken here in my home town Berwick upon Tweed!

I brought my best friend Cat up to visit this beautiful town! These photos were taken around the historic walls of the town in the November 2011!

Cat on the Cannon around Berwick Walls! 

Being Posh in Thistle Do Nicely!


The Irony behind this photo is we loved visiting this café and now I work there! Haha!



Me and Cat around the Walls!

As you can see by the photo it gets very windy!

While on this visit, we also travelled to Newcastle for a it of retail therapy!


This next lot of photos were taken in my house! It was December 2011 and all of us in the house were Christmas mad! So we decorated the house top to bottom! 

Bob the Cactus!

As you can see we even decorated Cat's cactus Bob! Haha! The whole house was covered in Baubles and miniature trees. Bob was decorated as we didn't have an actual tree!

Cat, Pippa & Me with our Advent Calendars!

Anyway Thank you for reading this!

If there are any specific stories or events of my life you'd like to read about,
please comment below!

Claire
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