Fascinating Facts..
Fascinating World Links
Fascinating links:
Unusual facts: www.didyouknow.org/facts.htm
Wierd and wonderful events around the world: www.darkroastedblend.com
Fascinating facts and figures: www.jn10.co.uk/stories/fascinating-facts-figures.php
Fascinating Top Secret Government Exploration
Alan Turnbull’s staggering facts about secret government facilities. The data is well researched and backed-up and used by the newspapers. Do scroll down as the indexes can be a meter or so down each gigantic long page. Do remember to breathe once your jaw has dropped open. And, no, I don’t know how he gets away with publishing such a site: Secret Bases
Fascinating Underground UK
The renowned international society exploring most countries in the world:
A similar UK society. Information limited -worth a look though:
Clive Feather’s renowned treatise on London’s Underground system old and new:
Hywel Williams underground railways site:
Disused London Railway Stations -fascinating words and many pictures:
Clive Billson’s incredible research of the maps of the Underground system:
And finally a wacky look at London’s crazy Tube experiences:
Fascinating London’s Transport Systems
London’s Rivers
London Shipping History Of The Port Of London
London’s Canals
London’s Canals See below.
London’s Mainline Rail
London’s Mainline Not available yet
Crossrail Crossrail Explained In Two Minutes
London’s Underground Rail
Modern doc by Rail Vintage TV History Of London Underground (45m)
Very dated doc by BR Trainman The Story Of London’s Underground (59m)
Underneath London by Paul Hicks (Pioneer Productions) Secrets Of Underground London
London’s Sewers
London’s Sewers Not available yet
London’s Trams & Trolley Buses
London’s Trams & Trolley Buses Not available yet
London’s
The Londonist - Treaties Of Surprising London
These are put together by Geoff Marshall who has done extensive research into his favourite mini-subjects -very digestable (in same subject order as above).
Note that YouTube URLs are of two types in the main I have used the one that contains a subject cross-reference on the right hand side.
Water
Animated quickie Canals of London Timeline (2½m)
Historical artifacts of current canal system Canals of London Part 1 (9½m), Part 2 (7m), Part3 (8m), Part4 (6m)
Review of high speed river transport Thames Clippers Uncovered (4m)
Rail - Overground
Animated quickie London’s Railway Termini (2m)
Historical artifacts of current tram system Secrets Of The Overground Part 1 (6½m)
Historical artifacts of current tram system Secrets Of The Overground Part 2 (6m)
Historical artifacts of current tram system Secrets Of The Trams (7m)
Cable Car
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets of The Cable Car (3½m)
Strictly these are road transport but operate serially like a cable car Heathrow Pods (3½m)
Tube -Underground
Animated Quickie Evolution of The Underground (6m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Central Line (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Victoria Line (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Northern Line (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The District Line (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Bakerloo Line (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Jubilee Line (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Hammersmith & City Line (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Piccadilly Line (6m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Circle Line (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Metropolitan Line (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Waterloo & City Line (4m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Secrets Of The Docklands Light Railway (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Bonus Secrets Of The Underground - inc Ealing Broadway (5m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Inside The Post Office Railway (4m)
Historical artifacts of current tube system Incline Lift At Greenford Station (2½m)
Parliament Train Paddington To West Ruislip Ghost Train (3m)
Geoff has a useful App to compliment this information Station Master App
USA Tour
Shot in the style of a basic blog Geoff tours every state in USA to Underground: USA
find towns with tube station names. Has a big setback at the start.
Buses
I am not aware of any equivalent treatise on the London buses.
London’s Downward Scale
There’s a great deal of transport above and below the ground. Click this pic to see a beautiful illustration of the scale.
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Fascinating Big Power
Plug your hairdryer in and some more mice have got to turn the cage a bit harder - only these mice are big. See:
GridWatch Watch the meters around the country, compare how electricity is generated, see the trends. Amazing.
National Grid Live Even more stats.
Great Britain
My Grid GB A different approach from the University Of Durham
Please note that there are other websites out there like these.
France
GridWatch/France The view across the water.
No stomach for history ? Well, the here and now has a lot to tell us..
Fascinating History
For a collection of generally superb documentaries on history by Ancient History Nerd click the link to the right:
(see also British history at the bottom of PlacesToGo-UK)
COMMUNICATION
Both the plant and animal worlds need to communicate. Let’s have a look their history:
Writing Yes writing came from one place. Here’s proof: The Secret History of Writing - From Pictures to Words -Part 1
Each of the three episodes, by the Sington brothers and presented by Lydia Wilson, is truly fascinating.
In case your browser is having difficulty picking up the remaining links here are: Part 2, Part 3.
..more to follow soon.
Fascinating Subpages
Besides the beautiful links below there are extra subpages on the subjects given in the Shortcuts on the top right of this page.
Last update: 05/01/2024
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