Take these bands off. Yes, that’s right. Take the bands off now and then lift the molds straight up. OK. (That's it.)Oh, that's not bad, is it? So what do I do? Just ease it out. Gently ease it out...
But it found that the theater spell danger, Christmas joy for rich kids meant misery for other children. Toy makers were the poorest of the poor, and the hardest life of all was that of the doll maker...
Well, that's limelight. What exactly was it? Well it was the burning of calcium oxide in a very intense flame. And when did the job of a limelighter begin? Oh, famously, the first recorded instance in...
By the 19th century, the festive season was getting much closer to our modern Christmas. Victorians had Christmas trees, Christmas cards and panto. In fact, panto dates back at least 200 years. Most o...
Here is a Christmas riddle for you: what's the connection between Jane Austen, Christmas dinner and Northern Ireland? Well by the 18th century, the Georgians had developed their own refined and tastef...
Medieval Christmas was a weird mixture of Christianity and Pagan customs. Along with the boar's head no Christmas feast was complete without the giant Yule Log. If you've ever enjoyed a slice of choco...
Hither, page, and stand by me, If thou know'st it, telling, yonder...) By the ninth century, the Christian version of Christmas is spreading across Northern Europe. In the Czech Republic, a Christian...
27, 28, now this is a strange job. Someone has had to do this every Christmas Eve here in Dewsbury since the Middle Ages. And it gets harder every year, 'cause this isn't ordinary bell ringing. In ord...
Here's a room full of ravin reveler s, looking remarkably a lot of people in the pub next door. Roman wine was deadly stuff when the party really got going, the slaves, who I'm calling Puke Collectors...
Our history and our culture have come about because a lot of ordinary people have done some really terrible jobs. And our traditional Christmas is no exception. However dreadful it's been, having to d...
