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The lost holiday where everyone in the same town took the week off work

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:45:00 GMT

Entire towns would be left virtually deserted as workers and their families packed their bags for a week away at the same time ...


The former Menier chocolate factory in Noisiel transformed into a Cité du goût with spa and luxury hotel?

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 08:05:00 GMT

You may already have visited the Menier Chocolate Factory during the Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days). This site, which has been abandoned for a number of years and was the headquarters of ...


Collection of 'quirky' 19th century German toys sell for nearly £200k at auction

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 02:28:00 GMT

A man's lifetime collection of 'risqué' antique toys from 19th century Germany has sold at auction, fetching nearly £200k ...


New exhibition explores lives & legacies of enslaved Africans who powered 19th century postal ships.

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:43:00 GMT

Voices of Resistance exposes how 19th century British postal services profited from and enabled transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans ...


Historic high-altitude cross-country ski trail follows 19th-century rail line

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:21:00 GMT

Only three miles from Main Street in downtown Breckenridge there is a backcountry trailhead that follows the colorful town’s 19th century mining history.


Unique collection of important 19th century toys fetches whopping £193,000 at Newbury auction

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:11:00 GMT

The Top Lot, a late 19th century German composition and wood French Napoleonic Cavalry, sold for £10,912 at SAS.


Irish play set in 19th century translated into Te Reo Maori

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:07:00 GMT

Director Jason Te Kare talks about the production of Nga Whakamaoritanga which is a Te Reo Maori version of the Irish play Translations which was written in 1980 by playwright Brian Friel and set in ...


“Quirky” collection of 19th century German toys fetch nearly £200k at auction

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:56:00 GMT

A collection of more than 400 “quirky” German toys which date back to the 19th century have sold at auction – for nearly £200k. The haul which previously belonged to David Finn, from Nottinghamshire, ...