Posted by happyhelen in Entertainment, Events, History News on 07 19th, 2010 | Comments Off
The Mary Rose to sail to space?
THIS IS AWESOME!!!! From Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: “During their visit to Portsmouth, the Atlantis Space Shuttle crew were presented with a piece of the Mary Rose, the flagship of King Henry VIII, with a view to sending it up to space on a future mission. The presentation took place at a gala...
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Posted by happyhelen in Misc on 07 9th, 2010 | Comments Off
Tudor Quiz and July BBC magazine
Check out this new TUDOR QUIZ: http://www.bbchistorymagazine.com/quiz/tracy-bormans-tudor-quiz Also, from the Press office of BBC magazine, “The July issue of BBC History Magazine, on sale now, includes a feature entitled ‘Buccaneers of state’, which reveals how English pirates could be useful...
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Posted by happyhelen in History News on 07 4th, 2010 | Comments Off
Mapping Portsmouth’s Tudor past
From Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: Could a 500 year old map have contained clues to where the wreck of the Mary Rose lay and could this be the first time Portsmouth maps have returned to the city in over 400 years? All these fascinating questions will be raised in a brand new temporary exhibition of...
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