Beachcombed 94 April 1, 2018
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Dear Reader, They are risen! Three of the six Beachcombing tortoises are out now in the garden. Now to business…
The most popular posts this month were
Bloody Babs Says Goodbye to Tommy
If I were your Husband I would drink it
When Churchill Came within Twenty Yards of Hitler
Gay Fairies
What Happened to William Hare
The most emails came for Mermaid in London (some of which are below)
My personal favourites were the two Helen Duncan posts: HMS Barham and especially HMS Hood
There follow the most interesting words sent in to StrangeHistory. Thanks to all contributors and linkers… Note that the new email address is drbeachcombing AT gmail DOT com (not yahoo) Have a brilliant Easter!
Ancient Britons Killing Roman Elephants? AL on elephant types…
Arrow Storms: Neil H. rolls out terrible Towton…
Buddhist Sets Himself on Fire in Ancient Greece? Mark L corrects a terrible error (and I was so proud of this one…)
Cutting Sunshine: RR and Bruce T with suggestions…
Familiar Robbers: Peter Burger drags the legend back to the 1850s…
Gay Fairies: Leif on the origins of ‘fairies’ within the homosexual community…
Hanging a Twelve Year Old: JR with an extra text and a path that still needs to be followed…
Helen Duncan and HMS Barham: Tacitus from Detritus of Empire on the uboat captain…
Helen Duncan and HMS Hood: Joe on Lepanto…
Korean Poster: EC says no…!
Last Cavalry Charge: Ruth on the last US army horses…
Making Fairy Wings: Chris from Haunted Ohio Books has come up with some Edwardian or Victorian fairy wings in a Welsh museum…
Mermaid Exhibited in Rome: GdF with an important negative…
Mermaid in London: Several emails but Chris from Haunted Ohio Books solves it… (with a late interesting entry from ML)
Ox Ring: Derek Bryant remembers the legend of fish rings…
‘Psychic’ Joan and the Dauphin: Southern Man calls on Hegel…
Reading the Communist Manifesto: EC second kill of the month…
Seventh Bastard: Bruce T. on devious William…
The Origins of Forehead Cross Tattoos? Doug plays statues and Bruce T. marmots…
Wilhelm and Alfred Meet Stalin: Bruce T. on bullets in the back of the head…
