Knees of Trowbridge

Henry VIII’s visit to Bromham 1535

For several days in the late summer of 1535 Henry VIII visited Sir Edward Bayntun at Bromham House. The King’s Continue reading →

Fred Knee

I have been giving some thought to what we might expect in a Post Covid world. Looking at the parallels, Continue reading →

Pandemic predicted in 2008

30th December 2008  Wiltshire Times 8,000 could die if pandemic flu hits Wiltshire says NHS By Jill Crooks   JUST Continue reading →

The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918

The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 by Ben Johnson “I had a little bird its name was Enza I opened Continue reading →

Defoe observes the impact of the plague on business..

Our merchants were accordingly at a full stop; their ships could go nowhere—that is to say, to no place abroad; Continue reading →

Daniel Defoe relates further London Plague Lock Down measures in 1665

ORDERS CONCERNING LOOSE PERSONS AND IDLE ASSEMBLIES. Beggars. ‘Forasmuch as nothing is more complained of than the multitude of rogues Continue reading →

Daniel Defoe describes ‘Lock Down’

I am speaking now of people made desperate by the apprehensions of their being shut up, and their breaking out Continue reading →