What did Miss Otis regret?
A while back the song “Miss Otis Regrets” came on my car radio. I didn’t recognise the singer and so made a point of listening at the end of the song to see who the […]
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Home made chocolates using just two ingredients
I follow Big Clive on YouTube mainly for his videos dismantling various electronic items. Sometimes he uploads other types of video including the occasional quick and dirty recipe like the one below. It demonstrates Clive’s […]
How To Kill A Washing Machine (Don’t try this at home)
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! Australian destroys washing machine. In the YouTube video below an old washing machine is filmed as it is made to shake itself to death by flinging various bits into […]
Martha Brown, the Dorset hanging that influenced Thomas Hardy
Much has been written about Martha Brown who was convicted of the murder of her husband John 1856. The tragic event took place at their Birdsmoorgate home in West Dorset. Thirteen days later Martha Brown […]
Phill, Bagpuss and Friends, a tribute to the work of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin
Many of us grew up watching animations on television created by Smallfilms, the partnership between Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. Remember Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, the Clangers, Bagpuss? My personal favourite was Pogles’ […]
Diam bars and Dime bars (Armadillos, smooth on the inside)
When did Dime chocolate bars become Daim bars? They are not a sweet I often buy so I missed them changing to international branding, in the same way Marathon bars became Snickers and Opal Fruits […]
Markets of Britain, a short film by Lee Titt (What happens when you re-narrate an old Jack Hargreaves TV show)
Take a piece from an old television programme and add a new fictional narration and you get the video shown below “Markets of Britain, a short film by Lee Titt“. The men behind this humorous […]
Making The Bench For The Tudor Arcade, Dorchester
Have you sat on the long gracefully curving bench in the Tudor Arcade in Dorchester? Did you spot that it forms the shape of a large question mark? And have you wondered how and where […]
Aussie Dave lets rip at the claim on a Dyson vacuum cleaner box
Dave Jones is an Australian electronics engineer and video blogger. He runs the YouTube channel EEVblog. Dave took exception to the claim on the box of a hand held Dyson vacuum cleaner he bought that […]
Widecombe Fair – Little Johnny England with Steve Knightley
Mention Widecombe Fair in a musical context and the traditional tale of Uncle Tom Cobley and his friends borrowing a grey mare to travel to Widecombe-in-the-Moor springs to mind. It was not until recently I […]