Adam Thompson of Cincinnati, Ohio, was the first American to fill a bathtub. Doctors who heard of it predicted rheumatism and inflammation of the lungs. Some cities banned the new 'bathtub exercise'. Today a home is not complete without a bathtub or shower. The crowd...
Carefully I prepared a bed in my hot house for a few pumpkin seeds. I dug in plenty of manure and at the appropriate time I planted the seeds. I also prepared another area for tomatoes. Something went wrong. The pumpkin and tomato seedlings arrived on time and in...
Some years ago my wife and I paid a visit to England to Vera's aged mother. During our stay we undertook a ten-day trip by car to the West Country - Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. We travelled about 1500 km visiting many places we remembered from our youth, and...
A well-known preacher visited a school in England and spoke to the boys. A few days later the preacher received a letter from one of the boys which read, "A wonderful thing happened as a result of your talk. Yesterday our form master actually praised our work - a...
Adam Thompson of Cincinnati, Ohio, was the first American to fill a bathtub. Doctors who heard of it predicted rheumatism and inflammation of the lungs. Some cities banned the new 'bathtub exercise'. Today a home is not complete without a bathtub or shower. The crowd...
This is a story about a singing bird. This bird didn't sing in the open, away from buildings and people. It didn't fly from tree to tree. In fact this bird had very little freedom. It's home was a cage, and not a very large cage at that.The cage hung on a nail outside...
Do you remember the stuff you used to write with on the slate at school? Chalk. These days' students use biro, felt pens and computer keyboards.Have you ever been to the south coast of England? If not you may have seen pictures of it or can remember the wartime song...