History Challenge & Journal

[sandman67]

and on a theme lets play SPOT THE DEAD BLOKE

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Answers on a postcard wth any interestng factlets attached to the usual place

Tally Ho!

[dtaai-maai]

Okay, let's try this without google for now: the easy one is Mr Hitchcock, no. 3.

No. 1 looks as though he might be black?

No. 4 looks like Robin Williams holding his breath under water and about to explode.

[caller]

Is No.2 Lincoln?

If not, is it Disraeli?

Or Gregory Peck?

I did the above without google, but having checked for the others, now know its Abe.

No.1 is John Dillinger.

(oops sorry, edited this without realising 2 further posts had been made - further edits for spelling)

[dtaai-maai]

It doesn't take too long to find them on google, but it's worth waiting to see if anyone can identify them without cheating! I would say that no. 2 is more familiar unshaven...

[Nereus]

Number 3: Alfred Hitchcock?

[PeteC]

Don't forget, SM leans towards the movies sometimes. #4 may be Marlon Brando. #3 probably Hitchcock. #2 Lincoln or Walter Brennan? #1 Jimi Hendrix? Pete

[dtaai-maai]

To summarise,

No. 1 Dillinger
No. 2 Lincoln
No. 3 Hitchcock
And no. 4, with google's help, is Isaac Newton! Still deep in thought apparently... (EDIT: unless he died on the toilet)

[caller]

Right, moving on, I went here a while back - it was cold and overcast and therefore quite empty.

Although, funnily enough, there was a school-party of Thai kids visiting at the same time.

It has an interesting history, with one important link to English history and is also well-known for a particular tourist attraction, although tradition at this particular site.

As a kid, I loved it, expecially the fact that its ramparts are almost complete, meaning I could charge around to my hearts content. It was nice to go back(photos are mine).

Which castle is it and the historical and tourist links are?

[Siani]

From memory, it looks a bit like Warwick castle? Am I close?

[dtaai-maai]

So now we know where you went for your childhood holidays, caller!

Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight - Charles I was held there before his execution.

I don't know why, but I still find English castles much more interesting than Buddhist temples!

[caller]

So now we know where you went for your childhood holidays, caller!

Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight - Charles I was held there before his execution.

Well I guess I wasn't the only one!?

Yup, got it in one (sorry Siani), those visits kicked off an interest in historic places that remains.

I thought this would get 24 hours at least - there's a lot of castles to choose from!

And the tourist thing is the Donkey-wheel driven well!

Oddly, wickis site is far more informative than the official English Heritage site (they look after the Castle).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carisbrooke_Castle

[dtaai-maai]

Nah, we had family in Faversham and we used to go to Whitstable and Tankerton on the Kent coast.

But in the 90s I had a girlfriend whose mother lived on the Isle of Wight, and visited the castle a couple of times.
I do like castles, as a teenager we lived not far from Leeds Castle (bit fancy for me) Bodiam and Hastings and, of course, Battle Abbey, and as an adult I lived for a few years directly below Dover Castle.
All fascinating places to visit and learn about and mostly built in that 1070-1300 period.

[caller]

Bodiam was a good day out for me - picture postcard on the outside and not a lot in the middle, a country pub lunch followed by a trip to Batemans - home of Kipling, then on to my sisters who lived in the area. Nice days.

OK, lets try something much harder - my photo again.

Above a North Country town, it has 'local' history and known as a castle, but really more a home at first. I was staying in a hall next to it:

[Siani]

Is it somewhere near Chester? A market town?

[dtaai-maai]

So caller went on holidays to the Isle of Wight and went to Durham University, chai mai?