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Making History
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Begins Tuesday听18 October 2005 , 3.00-3.30 p.m |
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Sue Cook and the team answer listeners' historical queries and celebrate the way in which we all 'make' history. |
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Series 13 |
Programme 5
16听May听2006 |
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Sable Island
Making History listener Andy Alston contacted the programme to find out more about the wife of an ancestor who was born around 1820 on Sable Island, a crescent-shaped island of shifting sand some 200 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia. Andy wanted to know what people were doing there at that time.
Making History consulted Sheila Hirtle, co-author of a book on Sable Island (see below).
Sable Island lies in treacherous waters and听has been听the site of hundreds of shipwrecks over the centuries. Portuguese, Spanish, French and British seafarers all knew of the island, which has a supply of fresh water that could allow survivors to live for many months. However, continuous habitation did not begin until 1801 when the Canadian colonial authorities decided that a life-saving establishment be set up. The practice of going to sea to rescue people from ships in distress did not begin until the mid 19th century, and the first lighthouse was built in 1873.
Book
Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle, Sable Island: The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic (Walker & Co, 2004)
Useful links听
- Sable Island: A Story of Survival
- Brenda Keddy's personal webpage
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Arthur Mee's Children's Newspaper
Following several letters, calls and emails to the programme, Making History consulted author Maisie Robson about the history of The Children's Newspaper, which was founded by the journalist Arthur Mee in 1919 and published weekly until 1965.
More information about Mee can be found at the听.
Some letters from Arthur Mee are held at the听.
Maisie Robson's book is called Arthur Mee's Dream of England听, 2003).
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Oldest Operating Theatre in Europe
Making History's Dylan Winter visited the recently refurbished near London Bridge.
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Anglo-Norman Dictionary
Making History consulted Professor David Trotter from the University of Aberystwyth about the new online .
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Vanessa has presented听science and current affairs programmes for 大象传媒, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery and has presented for 大象传媒 Radio 4 & Five Live and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, Scotsman and Sunday Herald.听