Alan Williams arrives in Parliament
Alan Williams was elected as a Member of Parliament with the victorious Labour Party in 1964 for Swansea West. He recalls his first days as a newly elected member. “I…
The Small 1964 Labour Majority
The 1964 General Election saw a victory for Harold Wilson’s Labour party who secured an overall majority in the House of Commons by 4 seats. Tony Benn in his book…
Back From Switzerland
This article published in the Eastbourne Gazette gives an interesting (if flowery and perhaps over patriotic) personal account of how a couple from Eastbourne made their way home from Switzerland…
Escape From Berlin.
This article was published in the Daily News and describes the correspondent’s escape from Berlin at the start of the Great War. Mr H W. Nevinson was a hardened professional…
Sweating Sickness
In 1517 Sir Thomas More was the Master of Requests an office he held from 1514, he was also a member His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. 1517 saw the…
The Early Days of Football
This is a million miles away from the Premiership world that we all know and love. Back in the early days of football there was certainly a variety of rules.…
Eastbourne's Military Tribunals
Military Tribunals came into being in 1915 as a result of the National Registration Bill that required all men and women between the ages of 15 and 65 to register.…
British vs Continentals
Even in the 1930’s there was a difference of playing styles between English clubs and their foreign counterparts. Willy Meisl describes in his book “Soccer Revolution” from 1955, the safety-first…
The Early Days of Football
This is a million miles away from the Premiership world that we all know and love. Back in the early days of football there was certainly a variety of rules.…
Alphabet Of The War
This little article by Aubrey Ford was first published in the London Opinion and was subsequently republished in the Kildare Observer. Penned in the first few months of the war,…