Last event for 2008-9

Worcester U3A Local History Group
The last event is led by John Stafford 01905 352035

Tuesday June 2: The Walled Garden, Rose Terrace, off Fort Royal Hill. Meet there at 10.00 . Booking essential. £2.50 entrance fee, payable to John Stafford.

Old Bailey Online - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 - Central Criminal Court

Old Bailey Online - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 - Central Criminal Court is now on-line, so your need to investigate old serious crimes can be satisfied. There's a good search facility, and fortunately the only ancestor I could find was a policeman there as a witness.

Gambling for tiddlywinks

I've become involved in a gambling web site. Fortunately it's only play money - HubDub dollars, which have an exchange rate of 0 to the pound, euro, dollar or anything else except monopoly money (H$1 = Monopoly £1 in my humble opinion). The idea is to predict world, or sometimes very local events. I often bet on US sports without knowing what sport they are playing. If you decide to join the fun, you can send me a shout from the site, where I am johnforegate.
It's a good thing it's not real money - I lose all the time.

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Will a current Westminster politician claim to use Hubdub by the end of 2008?

I predicted Yes on 4th May 08

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The News Prediction Game

Elgar conducts Pomp and Circumstance No. 1

I just found this archive film of Edward Elgar conducting at Abbey Road Studios on YouTube. There are films of other composers, Grieg and Stravinsky amongst them, on YouTube, as well as anything else you can imagine.

New Photos on my Flickr page

I've put some new pictures, of a Music Hall held recently at Tudor House in Friar Street, where I was singing, and as a last minute replacement, chairing and chiding the churchless choreomancy (OK, I think I made up the last word - it would mean using dance for divination) of the other performers.

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Ray Jones has a new book

Ray Jones, who has written several good books of local history from photographs, has just produced a new one, celebrating the pioneers of photography in Worcester.
Full details on Surf Worcester.