Listen "IJSH58 - BUXTON - 20th July 2024"
Episode Synopsis
Episode 58 was recorded at The Green Man Art Gallery in the Buxton Fringe on 20th July 2024.
The panellists were Kevin Hudson and Scott Allsop. The host was Richard Pulsford.
As usual we had a varied list of On This Day topics.
It was 55 years since Apollo 11 landed on the moon (20/07/1969).
It was the birth date of Cornelia Zangheri Bandi, born (20/07/1664), who died of apparent spontaneous human combustion, and Dickens used this as a case study for one of his famous novels.
It was also the anniversary of the day when milk was gathered to make The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese (20/07/1801) in the US. This resulted in a novel use for the word 'mammoth'.
20th July was also International Chess Day. The International Chess Federation was founded 100 years previously (20/07/1924), the last day of the first unofficial Chess Olympiad.
The first Ford Motor Company car was shipped on this date (20/07/1903) so we had to have some quotes from Mr Ford.
Some of the Buxton topics included Poole's Cavern, Dove Holes and a Buxton Brewery beer quiz.
The panellists were Kevin Hudson and Scott Allsop. The host was Richard Pulsford.
As usual we had a varied list of On This Day topics.
It was 55 years since Apollo 11 landed on the moon (20/07/1969).
It was the birth date of Cornelia Zangheri Bandi, born (20/07/1664), who died of apparent spontaneous human combustion, and Dickens used this as a case study for one of his famous novels.
It was also the anniversary of the day when milk was gathered to make The Cheshire Mammoth Cheese (20/07/1801) in the US. This resulted in a novel use for the word 'mammoth'.
20th July was also International Chess Day. The International Chess Federation was founded 100 years previously (20/07/1924), the last day of the first unofficial Chess Olympiad.
The first Ford Motor Company car was shipped on this date (20/07/1903) so we had to have some quotes from Mr Ford.
Some of the Buxton topics included Poole's Cavern, Dove Holes and a Buxton Brewery beer quiz.
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