The British Museum has put out a really nice documentary on the recent discovery of controlled fire in Suffolk some 400,000 years ago.
Alas, in Yorkshire we didn’t receive fire until 1953.
Tag: Fire
Fire from the <strike>Gods</strike> Suffolk
LiveScience has a nice article on the earliest discovery of human-controlled fire creation technology. Apparently 400,000 years ago the good people of Suffolk liked to sit around a nice warm fire!
Wildfire In The North York Moors – A Detailed Account
The Moorland Association has an interesting breakdown of the events around the Langdale Moor fire in the North York Moors National Park. If you have any interest in what happened then it’s really worth a read.
The 185th Anniversary of the York Minster Fire of 1840
It’s the 185th anniversary of the fire at York Minster on 20th May, 1840 and here’s a print to mark the occasion!
