Elizabeth Prettejohn, The Last Person In Hallsands Village

On this day in 1917, a massive storm destroyed most of the small village of Hallsands, in southern England. Nearly everyone in town moved away after that, but one resident, Elizabeth Prettejohn, stayed for the rest of her life, until the mid 1960s.

By |2024-12-14T11:31:27-05:00January 26, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

A Guy Taking An Online Class May Have Made An Archaeological Find

Chris Sedden was looking at scans of a site near where he lived, and spotted something “a bit odd, and a bit round.” It might be a lost henge!

By |2024-12-16T10:48:13-05:00May 11, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |

The Most Powerful Cat May Be The One At 10 Downing Street

Whenever a new Prime Minister takes office in the UK, the first question many people ask is: what happens to the cat living at the official residence at 10 Downing Street? We'll look at some of the most famous felines to ever hold the title Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office.

By |2024-12-09T07:47:29-05:00July 25, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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