Lady’s Beautiful Guide to Belgravia, London

This area is Belgravia.  In the 18thc and early 19th c the Wellborne River ran through here which was composed of desolate fields and muddy swamps but it eventually was drained and covered and became Belgravia.

 

The lost rivers that lie beneath London

 

 

 

Plan Your Visit to Orlando Science Center Today!

There’s No Place Like Space 11:00 am Daily Curious minds age 4+ are invited to explore the solar system at Science on a Sphere with the Cat in the Hat.

Orlando Science Center |  777 E. Princeton Street,  Orlando, FL 32803

Secret Identity of Superfoods 12:30 pm Daily Join us at the Food Heroes Stage in the 4Roots Café for Serving Up Science! Unmask the term “superfoods” and learn about how certain nutrients can improve your health!   When You Need a Beak from Spring Break… Find out more: https://www.osc.org/visit/events/kids-night-at-the-museum/ Saturday March 25, 2022 | 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.   Let your budding scientists celebrate Superhero Month at Orlando Science Center with some super programming during Kids Night! Youth ages 5 to 12 are invited to explore exhibits – like the new Earth Matters, presented by VoLo Foundation – experience enhanced programming, and enjoy dinner and a show. Please be aware, they may not want to leave, but you do have to pick them up! Spaces are limited, so make sure to reserve a spot for your little hero before we take to the skies without them!    Science Centers Near You   The Original McDonald’s: A Museum in San Bernardino Ok a few more memories of April 26, 1983:  Obviously our main story is the kidnapped Officer Mac in Kissimmee, Fl….no follow up article so don’t know if he was found and if he was was he dead of alive—-OH MY   30 McDonald’s Facts All ’80s Kids Remember Gas prices were going up (though they would go down for several year after 1983–but of course they didn’t know that then)  but so were Home resales—by 9% so things weren’t all that bad   The Most Historic Gas Station In Florida Belongs On Your Bucket List     Not from the 80’s Just more of my wanderings                Road Trip: The Chisholm Trail  The development of barbed wire closed      off the open range and was a factor in             the decline of the Chisholm Trail.              Chisholm Trail:  Exploring the Folklore                                           and Legacy                                        Old Abilene Town                                                March 15, April 16, May 17, June 21, Virtual 4:00 – 5:30 PM America and the Holocaust: A Series of Colloquies In each program, Dr. Michael Berenbaum, will explore this complicated debate over America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the 20th century to the PBS Documentary: U.S. and the Holocaust. Each session will feature a scholar whose work will shed new light on the topic and challenge us to reframe our understanding of the complex portrait of national inaction. April 18, In-person or Virtually, 6:30 – 8:00 PM Yom HaShoah Gather with us to observe Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), which commemorates the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest act of resistance to Nazi aggression during the Holocaust. The event will include survivor testimony, candle lighting ceremony, and live music. April 27, Orlando Science Center, 5:30 – 7:30 PM White Rose Tribute Event, Heroes Helping Communities Join us in honoring Florida Blue and the Florida Blue Foundation, led by Central Florida Market President, Tony Jenkins, with the Tess Wise White Rose Award for their legacy of leadership. Register your support today! Holcoust Center 851 N. Maitland Avenue, Maitland FL, 32751 Museum Hours: Saturday & Sunday: Noon – 4pm Tuesday – Thursday: 10am – 4pm Friday: 10am – 1pm Monday: Closed 407-628-0555

10 Top Historic Sites in Mount Dora

A long time ago I fell in love with Mt. Dora—–the quaint town that still maintained so much of it’s past and lots of that was the buildings and houses that survive.

Darby House- A Mount Dora Historical Home

On 340 W 9th Ave

is a 1920’s home built for a winter occupant (or so assummed),   Jacob Himelberger, but ten years later a Jean Hendrie of Sewickly, Pa, an aunt of a doctor who also lived on 9th, owned it.  What’s outstanding about this house is that is was unusual for Victoria Bungalows like this to be built in the 1920’s

When Hollywood Came to Mount Dora

 

 

 

 

• Mount Dora History

  And please don’t miss Pices Rising a restaurant devloped by former occupants of Key West—Originally a house it is now a restaurant which incorporates that same ( and entire) house at its center and uses it for a second floor addition to the restaurants seating area.  Oh and the rest (including 2 bars one inside and one outside on the deck overlooking the lake) is great to visit for the character of the place—great staff, wonderful views  and before I forget–the food is excellent.

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Oz-Stravaganza 2023 | June 2-4

Chittenango, New York

 

Follow the yellow brick road to the birthplace of author L. Frank Baum to see landmarks from his life and memorabilia in the All Things o Museum.  This is the longest running Wizard of Oz festival.

 

American Dream Within The Wizard of Oz – Morgan Evans

 

 

 

another of my crazy store portraits

It All Starts with Loving

 

 

 

 

19 Top-Rated Small Towns in England

 

 

 

Bradley McIntyre Museum Longwood, Fl.

Choosing the Right Cruise Line

Cruising:  The Importance of Planning Ahead:  Landing that dream cruise may be tougher to do these days.  The pause in travel due to the pandemic has left demand high and supply reduced.  Steven’s best advice?  Start planning    now.”                                                                                    Sail The High Seas —AAA Expert Guide to Rediscovering Travel Joy  AAA Living

 

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Cruising (and Then Some)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out what the IWalk is in the main picture/just click here:  iWalk

 

Irish Dance Group – Irish Step Dancing (Riverdance) 2009

 

What is St.Patick’s Day?

A cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March. Saint Patrick’s Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland),^[7] the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church

Saint Patrick’s Day

 

 

14 Best Places to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (Worldwide)

St. Patrick was born in Britain—not Ireland—to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D.  Although his father was a Christian deacon, it has been suggested that he probably took on the role because of tax incentives and there is no evidence that Patrick came from a particularly religious family.

Who Was St. Patrick?

BORN: circa 386 A.D.
DIED: circa 461 A.D. in Saul, Ireland
BIRTHPLACE: Britain
FEAST DAY: March 17

 

 

St Patrick – The most celebrated Welshman in America?

 

 

The Burren: The Complete Guide To Ireland’s Lunar Landscape

If you haven’t visited Ireland You’ve missed so much—-and if you’ve visited the wonderful land but stuck to the towns and the newer places you have missed so much insight into the Island’s soul

 

Castles, passage tombs, Viking cities – in Ireland, ancient history is all around you

 

 

But back to St. Patrick—-I can hear you  saying so how did a rich kid from England manage to end up becoming a saint and not just a saint but an Irish one.. and how did he get to the Emerald Ise in the first place?—doesn’t seem like some place an English man or boy would take a vacation…Oh yea of Little Faith.

 

 

Who Was Saint Patrick- Twelve Historically Proven Facts Around His Life

 

Ireland Scenery Nature Video with Traditional Irish Music | 4K

May you find what you’re seeking wherever you roam.

Ancient Ireland – 30 sacred places

 

Slemish Mountain, County Antrim
The story of St Patrick is a story of endurance. When he was just a teenager, St Patrick (then just Patrick) was captured in Wales and brought to the island to work as a slave herding sheep on Slemish Mountain, County Antrim.

 

St. Patrick’s Trail: These are the Top Sites to See

May peace be within you, may your heart be strong.   

 

The 11 Best Irish Pubs in the World

 

The Top 3 Most Beautiful Cathedrals Built in Honor of St Patrick

 

…in Ireland. He spent six bleak years  as a herdsman, during which he turned with fervour to his faith. Upon dreaming that the ship in which he was to escape was ready, he fled his master and found passage to Britain. There he came near to starvation and suffered a second brief captivity before he was reunited with his family. Thereafter, he may have paid a short visit to the Continent.

St. Patrick

Surprising places around the world that celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Clarenbridge Oyster Festival 2023

8 – 10 Sept, 2023

Clarenbridge,
Galway,
Ireland

 

Irish Rovers-Drunken Sailor

 

Great food, great Guinness, great music and entertainment all in a splendid marquee on the banks of the Claren River which flows through the village of Clarenbridge on the edge of Galway Bay.

 

Clarinbridge

After being reunited with his family back in England, Patrick returned to France, this time Auxerre, where he entered the priesthood under the leadership of St Germain.

 

Is Saint Patrick’s Day in France A Celebration?

 

 

 

 

• QUEST GLENDALOUGH –
• 1st April 2023   Three challenging routes:
  59k Expert – 43km Sport – 21k Challenge
• .More info:  https://www.questadventureseries.com/races/quest-glendalough/
• Wicklow National Park –  Events page

 

Crafters Crafters – Crafts Circle

The excellent Glendaough VIsitor Centre provides regular exhibitions, informative guided tours of the monastic site as well as an audio-visual show about the rich heritage of the area.  Elsewhere around the upper and lower lakes there are a number of well-known walking routes, which allow visitors to take in as much or as little of the surrounding scenery as they wish.  Once the monastic capital of Europe, Glendolough attracts up to 600,000 visitors annually

 

.A guide I received from Irish Tourism: My Personal Itinerary

 

and yes I visited here once with a small group tour (I was alone having lost my hubby and needing to get away a bit–a few of us from that tour went on to Scotland where we hooked up with  another tour–same company) and the other time—when I  got this guide when there were four of us and my friend drove (I drove in the UK our first stop—we were doing a research project on how the same holy place can remain holy despite the change of the religion for her master’s project) and we saw all manner of Ireland—-we so enjoyed it.

 

St. Patrick’s Day Event ft. Glendalough Distillery Cocktail (which is in Boston, MA) Benefiting Emerald Necklace Conservancy

 

Around the year 431, St Patrick was sent back to Ireland on the instruction of Pope St Celestine I with the aim of introducing Christianity to the country, something he had vowed to do since his days in captivity. He initially aimed for the coast of Antrim but strong currents swept his boat through Strangford Lough and he landed in County Down instead.

 

Locations associated with Saint Patrick in Northern Ireland

 

What is Clonmacnoise famous for?

In Ireland the monastery of Clonmacnoise by the River Shannon (County Offaly) was founded by the Irish monk and wandering bishop St. Ciaran from the Aran Island and a first church built in 595.  Endowments and the abbey’s good location on trading routes enabled new churches and other buildings to be almost constantly added.

 

Visiting Clonmacnoise

by Marcus Hattstein

 

 

Learn more about the iconic saint behind the national holiday. Here’s some lesser-known facts about St. Patrick.

 

Ireland is a country of beautiful and diverse landscapes. Here you’ll see rugged coasts lined with glacial-era limestone, vast peninsulas made up of sandy white beaches, and green hills that roll off into the distance. In Ireland you also get to experience modern cityscapes, Georgian architecture, and delicious Irish food and drink.

 

BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN IRELAND: YOUR GUIDE

 

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in St. Louis

The three-leaf clover, a type of trefoil plant, has been considered the unofficial national flower of Ireland for centuries. Irish legend says that Saint Patrick used the shamrock as an educational symbol to explain the Holy Trinity to nonbelievers as he converted the Irish to Christianity in the fourth century. This folklore solidified in the public conscience in the centuries after Patrick’s death (which is presumed to have happened on March 17). Around the 17th century, Cronin says, the shamrock’s importance began to converge with religious celebration of the saint’s feast day: Those living in poverty still wanted to look nice at church, and luckily for them, an appropriate adornment was growing on the ground outside their homes.

Shamrocks Are Everywhere on St. Patrick’s Day. Here’s How the Three-Leaf Clover Became a Symbol of All Things Irish

 

St. Patrick’s Day Parades in Wicklow – 2023

 

The Bray:   St. Patrick’s Day Parade will kick off at 2pm from the Town Hall finishing at the northern part of the Seafront

 

Wicklow Town‘s Parade gets under way from Station Road at 3.15pm

 

The Greystones St. Patrick’s Day Parade will commence at 11am

 

Arklow‘s Parade will start at 2pm

 

The Newtownmountkennedy St Patrick’s Parade kicks off at 11.30am from Gregory’s Garage

 

The Rathdrum parade starts at noon from Avon Motors

 

County Wicklow and Saint Patrick

 

 

Why did we stop wearing blue on St. Patrick’s Day?

Even though it’s less common today, blue has always been one of the St. Patrick’s Day colors. Early depictions of St. Patrick show him wearing blue, and the official color of the Order of St. Patrick, part of Ireland’s chivalry, was a sky blue known as “St. Patrick’s Blue.” The blue symbolism dates back to early Irish mythology, as Flaitheas Éireann, the symbol of Irish sovereignty (think Uncle Sam), was depicted with a woman in a blue dress. The first official association with the color blue was when Henry VIII took the throne and declared himself King of Ireland, making it part of England.

Reader’s Digest

 

Unusual St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations

 

How did Saint Patrick die?

 

Explore Saint Patrick’s Purgatory in Ireland | Catholic Destinations

 

Saint Patrick died on Mar. 17 in 461 AD, giving rise to a legend that would continue to draw tourists to the Emerald Isle in modern times

SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL HISTORY & TOUR! DUBLIN, IRELAND

and yes I’ve been here too

 

The modern St. Patrick’s Day festival can trace its origins back to New York in 1762 when Irish soldiers serving in the British military marched through the city to commemorate the holy day, giving rise to one of the most famous parades in the world.

Irish Central

 

 

 

Irish Rovers-Drunken Sailor

A Journey Through Wicklow – Part 1

                And part II: and can’t miss III   

 

Welcome to Roe Farm

Easter Weekend Event

Apr 4, 2022

 

    NATURE WALK WITH FAIRY GARDEN

Enjoy the peace and tranquillity of a walk from the open farm to the Wicklow coastline. Relax in the sensory garden and discover the magic of our fairy garden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Locations

The 45 Best Irish Movies of All-Time

 

 

 

 

In Sanford, Fl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clermont – Florida – 4K Downtown Drive

The Exciting History of Clermont, Florida

 

 

 

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Magical places to visit with children in 2022 before they grow up

The Train to Impossible Places books are wild rides of adventure from author P.G. Bell, with glorious illustrations from Flavia Sorrentino. This is the first book in the series, where impossible becomes possible. Suzy is surprised to find a grumpy troll building a railway through her house – especially when a gigantic steam train crashes into her hallway! This is the Impossible Postal Express, the trusty delivery service of the Union of Impossible Places, and Suzy becomes its newest recruit. And with her cursed first package, an Impossible adventure begins.

 

Best Cruises for Kids

Welcome to the Impossible Places Where there’s fuzzics not physics, where adventure meets magic and where the journey will never, ever take you where you expect it to.Age 9+

 

15 Best Places in the World to Travel With Kids

 

 

 

Experience De Leon Springs

 

 

 

Come up, look out, see more

Tower Bridge is fully accessible. There is lift access taking visitors to all levels in the Towers and Engine Rooms, although our lifts will only be available for those who require them. This means all visitors can enjoy London’s defining landmark safely. Accessible toilets are also available once inside.

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TOWER BRIDGE: 10 FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT LONDON’S TOWER BRIDGE YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW

 

 

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS:  The Mexican Museum

 

 

 

 

12 Best Places To Travel With Your Dog In The U.S.

 

 

 

11 things to know to save a life with CPR

 

 

The Legend of the Wolf of St Edmund

One of the places we plan to visit on our trip to England in April is Bury St Edmunds—hopefully there April 19th

 

Bury St Edmunds Role in the Magna Carta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In These Christmas Towns Across America, You Can Celebrate the Holidays All Year Round

 

DISCOVER OLD FLORIDA ON A WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LONGWOOD

 

Not downtown Longwood—-just a beautiful fountain I photographed while wandering as I often do.

 

Cambridge:  Tours and Tickets by The Round Church Visitor Centre

Round Church History

Cambridge Round Church

This church is among the oldest buildings and one of only 4 round churches in England (however there were 14 medeval round churches in Egypt)–it stands on the corner of Church and Bridge Church and is managed by the Christian Heritage.  It no longer functions as a church.

 

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  Ninth Station outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

   

It was built in 1103–possibly inspired by the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.  It is full of Norman designs.

 

 

 

It would later go from a WayFarer’s Chapel to a parish church served by Austin Friars for the near by hospital of St John–now a college

 

 

Inside the Cambridgeshire church with more than 130 angels in its roof

A rectular chancel was added in the 13 c and rebuilt in the 15th.  It has a fine angel  roof carved in that period as well.

 

In the 19th c a major restoration was done after part of the round nave collapsed

 

Cambridge’s Round House Church almost destroyed during World War Two

 

During WWII in 1942 the East window was destroyed by German bombs  and was replaed by a portrait of Christ triumphent over death and suffering with the cross depicted as a living tree with leaves which are for the healing of nations.

 

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, The Round Church Cambridge (Templar)

 

 

 

King Charles shares poignant coronation detail – and royal fans are seriously impressed

 

 

 

Cher & Dolly Parton – Medley de Canciones de los ’70s

 

Welcome to New Smyrna Beach

The Hub on Canal |  132 Canal St.,  New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168  (386) 957-3924

12 of the Best Beaches in the World to Find Seashells

 

 

Collecting seashells is fun for both kids and adults alike!  They make pretty momentoes of your vacation or day at the beach, can be used in a variety of crafts or displayed naturally.

Collecting Seashells by the Seashore

Fun in the Sun--New Smyrna Beach Style

 

 

21 CREATIVE IDEAS FOR DISPLAYING SEASHELLS

 

Remembering 1983 (April 25)

That’s a picture Orlando Mayor Bill Rederick who just swore in the

newest police office—the robot in the fore of the picture…………

 

The 10 Best TV Commercials of the 80s –

and here’s an ad:  

8 American Vacations That Were Popular in the 1980s

In Denver they found 1,000 Dinosaur Tracks —well actually southeastern Colorado—the longest dinosaur foot print track found—at least at that time…In Rogue, Ore. a stripper was petittioning parents of a high school to prevent the firing of a principal and an assistant for letting a male stripper entertain some girls on campus….and the remains of the Yankee Clipper Prince Phillip were found after a series of serious storms in the San Francisco area.

 

12 Nostalgic Destinations Where You’ll Happily Relive Your Best Memories

 

 

 

Richie – Dancing On The Ceiling – (1986) – Dancing In 80’s Movies

 

 

                                      Cottage Gift Shop                                           141 W Church Ave
Longwood, FL 32750

Longwood Inn

 

 

 

Bonnie and Clyde Bloody Adventure Trail

 

1. 

The Execution Sites of London

 

Highwayman John Austin is the last man to be publicly hanged at London’s Tyburn gallows. The hanging marked the end of Tyburn, a village then in the county of Middlesex

 

Where Are London’s Execution Sites?

 

which was the site of executions for nearly 600 years.  Austin was sentenced to death for the murder of labourer John Spicer from Kent. The Recorder of London, James Adair, described it as a “robbery with violence” that involved “cutting and wounding Spicer in a cruel manner.”

 

 

There have been many prisons in London, the most famous one being the Tower of London

 

 

Law And Disorder

Wacky:  A collection of wacky crimes, criminals, lawyers, judges, and court cases describes the case of the most incompetent bank robbers and much more

 

Meet the Judge Who Went Viral For His Creative Punishments

 

 

 

 

Art & Exhibitions

and this one is all over the board but it was so all inclusive

 

Nelson Mandela voting in 1994
Robben Island Museum
So many times over so many thousands of

for  years the punshiment , imprisonment and all too often death is for a religious concept or a other beliefs.   What one cherishes the next adhores and whoever holds the power decides on what belief stands and what suffers—the possibilities are endless and the methods of death from starving in a concetration camp to being burned at the stake in a New England village, all  are shaped by the beliefs, prejudices based on  some religious or political leaning and/or prejudice or so many things in between.  And while they are preversions of the crime and punishment reasonings, and normal steps and procedures that were put in place to save us from exactly what these preversions actually carry out.  

 

The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, formerly known as the Museum of Witchcraft, is a museum dedicated to European witchcraft and magic located in the village of Boscastle in Cornwall, south-west England.

Wikipedia

If you go back to mid 2016—beginning last of May in this Blog—and all of June–I spent an entire month by myself at Tintagel and visited Boscastle as well as many other towns in this out of the way but very historical and magical—-area of Cornwall and wrote it all up along with pictures for a presentation on this area that you might never have experienced before.

 

The Dark History of Medieval Witches

 

 

 

Behind the scenes of PEM’s new Salem Witch Trials Walk

 

 

20 Real Torture Dungeons You’ll (Not) Want To Visit

 

And over the years and to this day many who are  incarcerated are also tortured

 

Exploring a Medieval Torture Chamber (Nurnberg Germany) 14th century Medieval Dungeon

Justice with Michael Sandel – BBC: Justice: Torture and human dignity

 

 

Visit the Site of the Biggest Witch Trial in History

 

What is torture?

 

                Medievel Torture Museum

Chicago

St. Augustine

Los Angeles

 

Marshalsea Prison

There is at least one debtor’s prision included in this batch:

45+ FANTASTICALLY CREEPY PRISON MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD THAT WILL TAKE YOU ABACK

 

 

Debtor’s prison

Since the 14th century, debtors could end up in prison for non-payment of debts. Insolvent debtors who owed less than £100, and who were not traders, could be imprisoned indefinitely until the debt was repaid to creditors.

 

 

What happened to the Charles Dickens theme park in Medway

 

Prison could be avoided by declaring bankruptcy, but only if you were a merchant or trader. Even so, the costs were prohibitive: £10, which was equivalent to 10 to 20 per cent of the average annual income for the common worker in the mid-1800s.

 

Charles Dickens Museum London

In many cases, it was hoped that the debtors’ families and friends would repay the debt. Generally, conditions in prison depended on your standing in society. The warden of the prison would charge for accommodation – prisons were state-owned and subject to regulation, but were operated for private profit. If you could afford it, accommodation allowed access to a bar and shop, and even the pleasure of being allowed out during the day, with the potential to earn money to repay your indebtedness.                                                            In debt and incarcerated: the tyranny of debtors’ prisons

 

     

MUSEUM OF Proverty

(6 October 2017) – United Nations human rights experts* are calling for urgent action to end the disproportionate impact of the death penalty on people from poorer communities. They say imposing the death penalty as a result of discrimination constitutes an arbitrary killing and Governments must not stand idly by. Their comments come in a joint statement marking World Day Against the Death Penalty on Tuesday 10 October:

Young UN

 

Surviving Poverty in Medieval Paris: Gender, Ideology, and the Daily Lives of the Poor (Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past) Paperback – December 12, 2005

 

Poverty Encounter

 

 

Charles Dickens In London: 1812-1870 – Livestream History Tour with Simon Whitehouse

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the slums of Victorian London

 

The 8 worst slums of Victorian London a walk with London Walks

 

 

 

Jason C. McDonald/Wikimedia Commons

 Dark, fetid, dangerous. Where bodies crowd into poorly built tenements, or snatch a few hours of sleep in a doss house. Where open sewers trail through the slums, overflowing with bucket after bucket of slops. Where poverty and disease are rife and where infant mortality is shockingly high. Welcome to the slums of Victorian London in 19th century Britain.

                                               Life in 19th-century slums: Victorian London’s homes from hell

 

 

About the Charles Dickens Museum, London

 

 

 

Vice

Story Behind the Building-The House of the Rising Sun

 

#1 Prostitution

It depends how you define it. Humans have exchanged money and goods for sex for thousands of years, and indeed it seems that any society that begins to develop material wealth soon develops some form of prostitution. The Bible depicts many Israelites as having large numbers of concubines, who could be viewed either as prostitutes or as wives of a lesser status. According to 1 Kings 11:3, King Solomon had “700 wives … and 300 concubines.” In ancient Rome, it seems you could hand over a token at a brothel in return for a specific sexual favor. However, the common image of prostitutes as a special group of outcasts walking the streets may not have arisen until the Victorian era, when health officials blamed them for the spread of venereal diseases. In the 21^st century, prostitution occurs across cultures and political systems, even operating in socialist societies.

Is Prostitution Really the World’s Oldest Profession?

 

 

Amsterdam Red Light District Tours Trip Adviser

 

 

Gambling

 

Museum Exhibits Spotlight Gambling, Hollywood, King Tut

 

European history is riddled with edicts, decrees, and encyclicals banning and condemning gambling, which indirectly testify to its popularity in all strata of society. Organized gambling on a larger scale and sanctioned by governments and other authorities in order to raise money began in the 15th century with lotteries—and centuries earlier in China with keno. With the advent of legal gambling houses in the 17th century, mathematicians began to take a serious interest in games with randomizing equipment (such as dice and cards), out of which grew the field of probability theory.

History

 

Museum of Gaming History’s new exhibit features cheating devices

 

 

So that’s it for today my dears—-Next Weekend we’ll do My bits and pieces—wandering about small bits of info that may be of interest and then giving you more info on it as to were to find and  hopefully get off the couch and go see and enjoy

Then the next week after that will do a theme one like today’s except maybe a bit more positive.

 

 

And a short time after that I’m leaving for the England.  Of course I will do my trip and all manner of interesting things I see and pictures of same—-so get ready for it  I am.

Why You Should Visit London