At my parents place in Suffolk and found an old book called "everybody's pocket companion". Think its from 1955. Had a good page on collective nouns.
Who knew a group of kittens is called a "kindle" or a group of snipe are called a "wisp"
What days were considered special in 1958. Including "Trafalgar day" and "Empire day".
Just realised I never sent my "happy St Crispin's day" cards -oh well, will save them until next year.
1955 thought it important to know military ranks and population count by race!
The "worlds biggest things" in 1955.
Feels like any natural thing (like mountain height) has remained the same but all human made things have changed.
Just a reminder of the madness of imperial measurements.
16 drams to 1oz, and then 16 ozs to 1lb. And 14 lbs to 1 stone. 2st to 1 qr. So how many drams to a cwt?
Simon Hobeck