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Paul Wiltshire

@EnglishTreasure

Writer, speaker and historian based in Nottingham. Studies all things English: keen to make the country's history available to everyone. FB on paul.wiltshire3

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Joined September 2009
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50 years ago today, close to my family home, on 22nd Feb 1972, the IRA planted a bomb, which exploded at the Parachute Brigade HQ in Aldershot, Hampshire, killing 7 people and injuring 19. The IRA claimed that the blast was a revenge attack for 'Bloody Sunday'.
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It is Prince Andrew's birthday today; on this occasion, that is not something to celebrate I think
I have set a quiz on my FB page. See how you get on bit.ly/3uRn9dW
Two Kings were buried on this day, both in St. George's Chapel. 475 years ago it was King Henry VIII who was laid to rest and 70 years ago it was King George VI
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My You Tube Channel 'English Treasures' is now up and running. Please take a look. The latest clip in entitled 'Who were the Anglo-Saxons?'
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On this day 14th Feb 1984, Jayne Torvill OBE & Christopher Dean OBE won Olympic gold medals for ice-skating/dancing at the winter games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Their routine, performed to Maurice Ravel's Bolero, became world famous and has been watched by millions of people.
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On 14th Feb 1975, the prolific humourist & writer Sir Pelham Grenville. P.G. Wodehouse KBE died in New York aged 93. He enjoyed enormous, popular success during a 70 yr career. He is best known today for his novels and short stories about 'Jeeves' and 'Blandings Castle.'
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On this day 14th Feb 1779, Captain James Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii aged 50. Four marines were killed at the same time and two others were wounded as they attempted to take the local 'King' hostage in lieu of property which had been stolen from Cook's expedition.
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It was reported that Cook was struck on the head as the British retreated & then stabbed to death. Cook was nevertheless highly regarded by the islanders & in keeping with local tradition, his body was baked to facilitate removal of the flesh so that his bones could be preserved
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14th Feb 1400 is given as the day on which King Richard II died, probably at Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire when he was 33 years old. The son of Edward the 'Black Prince', he was deposed by his cousin who took the throne as Henry IV.
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Richard's 22 year reign had been a troubled and difficult affair; he was eventually taken into custody and held in the Tower of London. Although the evidence is limited, it seems that he was transferred at some point to Pontefract Castle.
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Richard starved to death but whether that was enforced or an act of suicide is not known. When it was rumoured that he had been murdered, Richard's body was taken south and displayed in St. Paul's Cathedral with the intention of preventing a rebellion.
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Who were the Anglo-Saxons ? In answer to that question, have posted the first of 2 clips,, on my You Tube Channel 'Paul Wiltshire's English Treasures'. bit.ly/3szjLC0
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This is a photograph of the decomposing head of Oliver Cromwell, taken before it was laid to rest in 1960; as I have reported on many previous occasions, some of Oliver's remains had an interesting voyage before they were reinterred.....
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If you want to know more about Domesday Book, the 14th century 'Black Death' in England, the story of the Plague Village in Derbyshire or the Kings & Queens of England, take a look at 'Paul Wiltshire's English Treasures' on You Tube..
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Want to know a bit more about The Domesday Book, The Black Death, Kings and Queens of England ? Take a look at my You Tube Channel "Paul Wiltshire's English Treasures"
I have posted several videos on my You Tube Channel regarding the sequence of England's kings and queens between 1066 and the modern day. Take a look at Paul Wiltshire's English Treasures for a simple explanation
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Here I am thinking about the meaning of life...and preparing to record a short presentation
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The next clip on my You Tube Channel will feature the Tudors. I will post a video in a couple of days
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Thanks to those who are watching my series on the sequence of monarchs who occupied the throne of England between 1066 and 2022. No complications or politics, just straightforward explanations. See 'Paul Wiltshire's English Treasures'..
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