History Challenge & Journal

[STEVE G]

Charles H Lightoller,

Verv well done dtm! The man certainly had a full life, he even managed to get a medal for sinking a U-boat by ramming it with a destroyer in WWI!

[Jimbob]

Just a quick quiz
not so anglo-centric this time but this house is of significance.
Where is it and what is it?

[PeteC]

Looks like the Jim Thompson house in Bangkok to me. Pete

[elem]

Must be J Thompson's house in BKK

[Jimbob]

absolutely.
anice place to visit and look at artifacts. I was looking for a frog shaped chamber pot I saw in there but no avail so an easier quiz started.

[PeteC]

Sorry for the photo size, it's the best I could find. This could be a difficult one? What, where, when and associated facts. Pete

EDIT: A hint right off the bat, it is London.

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[Jimbob]

used irish technology to blow it up
looks like
a) opening parliment procession or
b) wedding

[Jimbob]

A wild guess would the 1897 Queen Victoria diamond Jubliee procession

[PeteC]

A wild guess would the 1897 Queen Victoria diamond Jubliee procession

Thanks for the blow up Jim. Nope, not the above. I'll be off line until this afternoon and give more hints then if needed. In the interim, look closely at what those wagons really are. Pete

[dtaai-maai]

It looks like a funeral procession to me, some time in the early 20th century. Are those buses in the background...?

[PeteC]

It looks like a funeral procession to me, some time in the early 20th century. Are those buses in the background...?

Correct, a funeral 1917. Don't know if buses or not. Pete

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[dtaai-maai]

Well, can't claim any credit for the final answer, but what a sad day...

Upper North Street School Air Raid, June 1917

Most people associate The Blitz with World War Two, but the first airborne terror campaign in Britain took place during the First World War. Air raids in World War One made significant damage and took many lives. German raids on Britain, for example, caused 1,413 deaths 3,409 injuries. Air raids provided an unprecedented means of striking at resources vital to the enemy's war effort. Many of the novel features of the war in the air between 1914 and 1918 - the lighting restrictions and blackouts, the air raid warnings and the improvised shelters - became central aspects of the Second World War less than 30 years later. The East End of London was one of the most targeted places. Poplar, in particular, was struck badly by some of the air raids during the First World War. Initially these were at night by Zeppelins which bombed the area indiscriminately, leading to the death of innocent civilians.

My father lived in London and would have been 14-15 at that time. He was an air raid warden in World War II. What different lives we've led.

[dtaai-maai]

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Okay, this one's a bit of fun.
Please tell me what is happening in this painting. And when and where.
Have a guess based on what you can see before trying to find it on google.

[PeteC]

Well, can't claim any credit for the final answer, but what a sad day...

Upper North Street School Air Raid, June 1917

Most people associate The Blitz with World War Two, but the first airborne terror campaign in Britain took place during the First World War.........
My father lived in London and would have been 14-15 at that time. He was an air raid warden in World War II. What different lives we've led.

Correct. You guys are a hard bunch to stump. Here's more on the tragedy. Especially sad are the photos of the grave memorial. Pete

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg ... d=48415576

http://www.ideastore.co.uk/en/container ... rth_street

[Arcadian]

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Okay, this one's a bit of fun.
Please tell me what is happening in this painting. And when and where.
Have a guess based on what you can see before trying to find it on google.

A horse-drawn bus travelling towards the city of London (Bank) and the jobsworth conductor refusing to take the dog?