Daily Archives: 27 January, 2010  History around us  Where
exactly IS History?  Interesting thought isnt it. Classrooms?
Books? Films? Museums? Libraries? Stately homes? Maybe in times
gone by History was something that was taught by teachers,
written by authors, shown in films or stored in glass cases.
Sadly, this meant that history became about castles, kings,
battles, generals, paintings and the like. Whilst these are all
pretty interesting, they are only a small part of the picture.
But the world is a different place. When was you house built?
Where did the bricks come from? Take a walk out of your door.
Whats the name of your road? Why is it called it that? Who
decided to build a road there? Even think about the road itself
– when did tarmac start getting used for roads? Whats the name
of your local pub? Chances are heres something historic aout it.
When you go to work, how do you get there? How did people get to
work 100 years ago? And I bet they didnt have nearly so much
leave back then! Look at the