List: Historical Nuggets by Nichola | Curated by Nichola Scurry

Jul 30, 2024
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Historical Nuggets by NicholaHere you will find fascinating tales about the past.
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Pitfall
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Nichola Scurry
Was Satanic Panic Invented to Keep Women at Home?Childcare scandals and the working woman
Jul 29, 2024
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Jul 29, 2024
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Nichola Scurry
John Koon and the 20th Century’s Tastiest InventionThe history of Chinese take-out
May 20, 2024
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May 20, 2024
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In
The Pub
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Nichola Scurry
The Wars and Deaths of My Gen X ChildhoodMemories of world events
Mar 18, 2024
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Mar 18, 2024
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In
Pitfall
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Nichola Scurry
That Time the US Had Zero National DebtAndrew Jackson and his debt-free scream
Nov 6, 2023
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Nov 6, 2023
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Lessons from History
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Nichola Scurry
Australia’s Willy Wonka and his Chocolate FrogsMacpherson Robertson: philanthropist, entrepreneur and chocolate magnate
Aug 22, 2023
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Aug 22, 2023
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Pitfall
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Nichola Scurry
Move Over Cocaine Bear, Here Come Escobar’s Hungry HipposHow a drug lord caused one of Africa’s most dangerous animals to take over the Colombian wilderness
Aug 14, 2023
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Aug 14, 2023
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Nichola Scurry
Dead Man Found on Australian Beach in 1948 Finally IdentifiedIs the 74-year mystery of the Somerton Man finally solved?
Feb 18, 2023
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Feb 18, 2023
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Nichola Scurry
When Ye Olde Telephones Were Not So Ye OldeReminiscing about that time the dial came to town
Nov 21, 2022
Nov 21, 2022
Nichola Scurry
Happy Yorkshire Day!A day in celebration of God’s own country
Aug 1, 2022
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Aug 1, 2022
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In
The Pub
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Nichola Scurry
A Treasury of Tudor HaikusFor lovers of history, poetry and the absurd
Feb 9, 2023
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Feb 9, 2023
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Rogues’ Gallery
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Nichola Scurry
Scarily Accurate Predictions 1960s Kids Made About the Future1966 kids envision life in the year 2000
Sep 10, 2022
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Sep 10, 2022
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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
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Nichola Scurry
Common Names for Uncommon PeopleNames that keep on repeating in ye olde Scurry family tree
Sep 8, 2022
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Sep 8, 2022
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Nichola Scurry
The Demonising of the Demon PazuzuRevisiting the demon from The Exorcist
Jun 22, 2022
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Jun 22, 2022
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Nichola Scurry
The Story of My Ukrainian GrandfatherA family separated by war, geography and circumstance
Mar 4, 2022
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Mar 4, 2022
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Nichola Scurry
Excerpts from my 1990 DiaryThe bemusing musings of my teenage self
Oct 21, 2021
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Oct 21, 2021
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Nichola Scurry
Karen Isn’t the Only Woman’s Name That Describes Problematic BehaviourKarens, Beckys, Sharons, Tracys — a history of women’s names being used pejoratively
Feb 1, 2022
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Feb 1, 2022
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The Suburban Australian Widow Who Became a SpyThe story of Anne Neill
Mar 26, 2022
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Mar 26, 2022
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Nichola Scurry
How the Cruel Murder of a Little Girl Became a JokeRemembering Fanny Adams
Jan 15, 2022
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Jan 15, 2022
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