- Subjects
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- Origins of place names: Including towns and villages, hills and streams, even fields and roads
- Origins of pub names: Their beginnings, design, meanings and misunderstandings
- Animal myths: A look at some of the quite ridiculous explanations given for the fauna we know so well
- Humorous etymologies: We know what they mean today, but won't believe how some of these words began and in what context they were used
- Ley lines: Examination of ancient trackways, how they were laid out and why Salt routes: the original trade route, why it existed and why these routes are still in use today
- Watling Street: this famous 'Roman' road and why it is more than one road and was a road before the Romans were ever thought of
- When nature calls: the toilet, the history of the privy
- Not the normal paranormal: Looks at ghostly reports covered by the author's writings and asks if there is a rational explanation
- The Saxon era: A revealing look at the so-called Dark Ages, revealing why they were anything but 'dark'
- The fastener industry: an engineer's non-technical look at nuts, bolts, screws and washers
- Talking Butts: The many odd ideas, generally accepted as part of history, which have no basis in fact.
- Description
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Anthony Poulton-Smith is often available at short notice to fill in for speakers that have to cancel.
- Address
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31 Juniper
Amington
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B77 4ND - Fee
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£65 inclusive.