This Week in History Series!

This Week in History: Week 21

May 18^th: 1868, Birth of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia, who ruled from 1894 to 1917. He was the Cousin of King George V of England and Cousin to Kaiser Bill through Marriage, as well as bring Grandson-in-law to Queen Victoria.

Tsar Nicholas II

 

May 19^th: 1568, Queen Elizabeth I arrests Mary, Queen of Scots.

 

May 20^th: 685, Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria.

May 21^st: 1553, Lady Jane Grey (age 16 or 17), later became queen for 9 days, married Lord Guildford Dudley.

 

May 22^nd: 1859, Birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Born in Edinburgh, the author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

 

May 23^rd: 1945, Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader & Gestapo leader, committed suicide in prison at the age of 44. He was taken for examination at the British 31st Civilian Interrogation Camp near Lüneburg. Doctor Wells to examine the inside of Himmler's mouth, but the prisoner was reluctant to open it and jerked his head away. Himmler then bit into a hidden cyanide pill and collapsed onto the floor. He was dead within fifteen minutes. Shortly afterward, Himmler's body was buried in an unmarked grave near Lüneburg. The precise location of the grave remains unknown.

 

May 24^th: 1543, Nicolas Copernicus, the astronomer, died in Poland aged 70.

 

 

Thanks for Reading!

Claire

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Speedway Saturday!

Speedway: Meeting the Bandits!

In the world of Berwick Bandits Speedway we have had our first meeting on the 28th March!

It was a great night and there was some amazing riding from all riders!

Our first meeting was against Newcastle Diamonds!

Bandits line up! (Taken by

Sarah)

Sarah and Me ready for it to start!

The meeting was great and was a fab start by us winning!

(Unfortunately, our No.1 rider Ben Barker had an accident during the meeting and was taken away to the hospital! It was discovered that he had broken the Carpal bones in his left hand!)

Bandits after victory!

Bandits having a natter haha!

Ok, so me and Sarah, after the meeting went to meet the Bandits and have a few photos, as well as a chit chat with the riders!

Time to Meet some of the Berwick Bandits!


Firstly, Our Captain and No.3, Kevin Doolan!
(Australian!)

Sarah and Kevin Doolan.


Our No.1 Is Ben Barker, who is British!

Next up, No.2 Matic Voldrih! (Who is no unfortunately out with a broken leg and has had to have surgery on it!)
(Slovenian!)

Sarah and Matic Voldrih.

Me with Matic Voldrih.


Now Our No.2 is  Hynek Stichauer.
(Czech.)


Here's our No.4 Thomas Jorgensen!
(Dutch!)

Me with Thomas Jorgensen.


Our No.5, Claus Vissing!
(Dutch!)

Me with Claus Vissing!


At No.6 is, Alex Edberg!
(Swedish!)

Me with Alex Edberg!

Last, but not least is No.7 Luke Crang!
(British!)

Since I started this post a few weeks back, our no.7 is now Richard Hall.

Me with Luke Crang!


So that is our Bandits!

However, I have added an extra photo, as for our meeting on the 4th April, he was an honorary Bandit, is Lasse Bierre!

Me with Lasse Bierre!


Thank you for reading!

Claire
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Throwback Thursday!

Throwback Thursday!

This week I'm going back to April 8th 2015, and this is probably one of the best days of mine and my Dad's lives, well in the top 20 at least!

 

We went to the Sage, in Gateshead to see MIKE AND THE MECHANICS!!!!

 

The concert was absolutely fantastic and I would gladly go see them again!

 

 



Me and Mum waiting for the support act!

 

Family Selfie!


The Support Act was James Walsh from Starsailor, he was rather good, although I only knew one song haha!

 

James Walsh.

 

And again!

After this act, there was a half hour interval, which was appreciated haha!

Once we were back in the Hall, I couldn't contain my excitement and I will gladly and proudly admit that I sang for the whole concert haha!

 

Opening with Silent Running!

 

Mike is on the right!

 

Singing Nobody's Perfect.

 

 

 

 They sang so many of my favourites, such as Over my Shoulder, Word of Mouth and Beggar on a beach of Gold!

 

End of the show!

 

Best show ever!!!



Thanks for Stopping by!

Claire
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BFF Tag!

BFF Tag: Claire!

I asked Tanya to answer a tag about me, which is a BFF tag and I'm making a mini series of Tags with these same questions, so here goes with the first one!

I have been asked by Claire over at Genius Vs. Beauty to answer some questions, I have to admit these had me thinking!

 

 

1.  When and how did we first meet?

    In Spittal first school, when I first moved to Berwick Upon Tweed, was 1998. Claire was one of the first friends I made and we stayed friends ever since :)

 

   

2. Who is your best friend's hero?

  I feel like I should know this!!! Buffy?

 

3. What is our favourite food?

 Malteasers and garlic mushrooms

 

    4. What is your best friend’s biggest fear?

   Losing a loved one.

 

    5. If your best friend were deserted on an island, what are the three things she/he could not live without?

 Irn Bru, Mortal instruments book, Chocolate

 

 6. What three movies does your best friend love the most?

 One of the twilight films, The avengers, The Mortal instruments

 

 7. Which is your best friend’s favourite season and why?

Winter, because its beautiful and not too hot.

 

 8.If you were out together, what would your best friend eat?

 Macaroni cheese. oh and Garlic mushrooms!

 

 9.Would your best friend watch a chick-flick, action, comedy or a horror movie?

I’m gonna go with comedy…

 

10. What is your favourite inside joke?

We used to have so many!

 

. 11.What favourite memory do you have of your BFF?

. Role playing Buffy The Vampire Slayer after school at her house xD

 

 12. Does your best friend have any nicknames?

 Claire Bear

 

13. Can you describe your best friend in one word?

 Awesome

 

 

 

 

Tanya and Claire.(Me!)

 

 

Ok, so I didn’t do too well with this quiz :(. Although we don’t see each other as much as we used to, when we do meet, its like the old days :). Now we live in the same town, we can hang out all the time!

 

Many Thanks to Tanya for doing this (http://tanyasteaparty.blogspot.co.uk/)

 

This Week in History Series!

This Week in History: Week 20

 

May 11^th: 1981, Bob Marley, the reggae singer, died of brain & lung cancer at the age of 36.

 

May 12^th: 1820, Birth of Florence Nightingale. Born in Florence, Italy. She was a nurse during the Crimean War.

 

May 13^th: 1607, English colonists that were led by John Smith, landed near James River in Virginia, USA.

 

May 14^th: 1643, Louis XIV (14^th) became King of France at the age of 4.

 

Louis XIV, aged 4.

 

May 15^th: 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots married James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell.

 

May 16^th: 1920, Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'arc) was canonized as a saint.

 

Joan of Arc.

 

May 17^th: 1536, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, the English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded after being tried and convicted for high treason and incest at the age of 32.

 

 

 

Thank you for Reading!

 

Claire

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Tynemouth Aquarium!

Tynemouth Aquarium!

Back in January, I took a wonderful trip to Tynemouth Aquarium, which I was invited to go by one of the Teachers I have my placement with, so off we went with a coach load of pupils!

 

(Clarification, NO Pictures of my Pupils' faces appear here!)

 

First off when we arrived, we walked through past a few tanks and some rock pool style tanks.

 

Tortoises.

Mr Starfish!

The pupils had been set a task to find and draw the most colourful fish they find and draw ones that had fancy patterns on their scales for their art project.

I walked back with some of my pupils to the Piranha tank and was immediately freaked out when the piranhas all stopped swimming and were looking at me..... 

Piranhas.

A Plec.

Sign about the Piranhas.

Unfortunately my camera didn't get a clear shot of what the sin above all said...
But it was fun learning about all the different types of fish.
 

Eel!

At this point, walking past the massive Eel, my pupils found it funny as I quickly took the photo then ran off past! (I don't do eels!)
 

Degus!

I was surprised when I saw that they had Degus, I think they are just so adorable.

Degu or Degus originate from Central Chile, they tend to live in burrows and like to live in communities.
 

Ray!


In the Aquarium tunnel I had a bit of a stalker that happened to be a stingray!
 

 

 

After having an hour walking around in the aquarium, we got to go up to a special room where they tell you all about Rock pooling.  We got to touch a crab and a starfish, which was strange as neither felt like I thought they would.

 

While up in the room, I decided to have a peek out the window along to the Beach!

 



Tynemouth.

Also, within the aquarium, they have a couple of Otters, who were nice enough to say hello!

 

We were also lucky enough to see the Sea lions showing off their tricks and learning about their diet and their habitat.

After a quick lunch, which was lovely! I had another quick look along at the Tunnel, which i managed to capture a quick photo of the Puffer Fish!

Puffer Fish!

 

All in all it was a fab day with my pupils and yet very educational, not just for them but me also!

 

 

Thanks for Reading!

 

Claire

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