So what is a Dead Man's Penny ?

In preparation for our recent event which returned Henry Oscar Nelson's Dead Man's Penny to his family, members of the Ryde Goes to ...

Event: Transport and Trade on the Trent, 1850–1970

Transport and Trade on the Trent, 1850–1970 is a   University of Nottingham day school, organised in association with the Friends of Newark...

Conference: 'Archaeology and Landscape in the Trent Valley'

Archaeology and Landscape in the Trent Valley , the Fourth Trent Valley GeoArchaeology Conference, will take place on Wednesday 15th May 201...

"The Ducktators" - 1942

Cartoon studios created some terrific propaganda pieces during World War II. Posters featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck urged people to ...

26th March.....Changes

After my last positive post a lot of things have changed. Firstly, after Christmas, my dad had to ask Maureen to leave as she had spent abou...

More photos from last week's Dead Man's Penny handover

Ryde District Historical Society's President Janice Eastment, MC for the afternoon The Wallumetta Room  at City of Ryde Library was the ...

'Robin Hood: the real story of the English outlaw' by Jim Bradbury

A respected authority on medieval archery, Jim Bradbury, has spent many years researching Robin Hood and his book examines how the legend of...

Henry Oscar Nelson's 'Dead man's penny' finally back with the Nelson family!

Wow! what a great afternoon we had. On Saturday 16th March many members of the Ryde District Historical Society gathered with the community ...

BBC Documentary: Nazis: A Warning from History

Though it was made in 1997, the six-part BBC documentary, Nazis: A Warning from History should be required viewing for not just World War I...

New WW2 Slideshow I made.

Here is my new WW2 Slideshow. Hope you guys like it!

Here is a link to my Youtube Channel. Click  here.

Canada's Only Female Nurse Amputee of WWI

Since I haven't yet received my latest bundle of nurses' military files from the National Archives, I'm going to write about ano...