Tag: Biography

• Parliament’s Postie

  

  Imagine being at the heart of communication in one of the most important buildings in the world! It’s 1903 and in his private office in Buckingham Palace, King Edward VII sits in his chair, pouring over a list of names. Making notes beside each one, the roll of names before him has been given Royal…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  December 12, 2019

  Biography, History, London, Murder, Royal, Work

  Abney Park, Biography, Cemetery, Crippen, Election, Grave, Hackney, House of Commons, Islington, Lives, Parcel, Parliament, Politician, Postage, Postman Pat, Public History, Royal Mail, Stoke Newington

• This Actor Did What?!

  

  There I was boozing in a pub with father dearest when I spied some Victorian books on display, above where we were eating our lamb rogan josh and wiltshire ham, eggs and chips. One particular tome caught my eye as it’s a name I’ve encountered before: I rather suspect this guy was the Victorian Robin…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  October 14, 2019

  Biography, History, Performance

  Abraham Lincoln, Actor, Biography, CComedian, Edward Askew Sothern, letters, Our American Cousin, Paly, postcards, Practical joke, Pranked, Theatre