Following our recent Facebook competition, we are thrilled to announce our competition winner! To celebrate International Women’s Day, we offered the amazing prize of a beautiful wine set. We asked our Facebook followers to tell us about an inspirational woman...
Where did double-barrelled surnames originate? They are more popular than ever, and customers often ask us if we have them on our Hall of Names database. Sadly, we don’t and in this article we explain why. We look at the early origins of the tradition, and how it was...
It is International Women’s Day! To celebrate, we have just launched a fantastic Facebook competition to win a coat of arms wine set! This beautiful special occasion gift is worth £63.99 and is ideal for weddings and anniversaries. Plus it’s a great idea...
The legendary British-Irish comedian Spike Milligan died on February 27th, 2002. Born to an English mother in April 1918, ‘Terence Alan Milligan’ father was born and raised in India, the son of an Irish captain serving in the British-Indian army....
Who was St David? Many people have heard of St David’s Day: it is celebrated on March 1st every year, to mark his death on this day in 589. It is when David, as the patron saint of Wales is honoured. To celebrate, we have put together some top facts about this...
When decimalisation happened on February 15th 1971, it brought about a massive change to the British currency. Britain was not the first to convert to a decimal form of currency – for example Russia and France already used decimal currency systems, and had done...
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