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Who was Robert Edwards Holloway? Robert Edwards Holloway [1850-1904], educator, scientist, and photographer was born in Barton-upon-Humber. In 1874 he travelled to Newfoundland in response to an invitation to take the appointment as Principal of the St John’s Wesleyan Academy. The appointment was intended to be for four years but in fact he stayed until his death in 1904. His academic area was chemistry so it was inevitable that he would be interested in the new science of ph

The price of sending a letter (August 2025) is £1.70 for a 1 st  Class letter and 87p for a 2 nd  Class.   Let us compare what that means...

The birth of passenger-carrying public rail travel is commonly traced back to the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway on 27...

Crufts 2025  dog competition has finished and this year's Best in Show is a Whippet called Miuccia, my congratulations to all the owners...

The House of Tudor was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 22 August 1485 to 1603. Their forebears were the...