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England’s hidden history of smuggling
Hastings Old Town England has a big history of smuggling, mostly in the area of Hastings (East Sussex) when it was a risky business, people would often be killed or crippled as they climbed up or down cliffs to smuggle contraband goods. Today there is even a local museum where you can see how the…
the history of England’s ‘white chalk horses’
Wiltshire is home to the famed ‘white horses’ which are carved in chalk (there are a few elsewhere in England, but most are found here). They are quite difficult to upkeep, as people need to mow the grass regularly, for the chalk to show through. Legend has it that one King visited one of Wiltshire’s…
a tidal island off Cornwall’s coast
Gill Wild St Michael’s Mount is a small tidal island just off Cornwall’s coast, part-owned by the National Trust with a private family. Formerly a trading centre for tin, back in the 1800s it was home to over 300 people but today just 30 or so people live here (dogs are banned for most of…