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Well, Owen, names ending in 'son' tend to come originally from Scandanavia in paticular Sweden. Gaelic Scots had the prefix Mac for 'son of' and Gaelic Irish had the 'O'. But nothing is set in concrete.

No one had surnames until after the Norman Conquest of Britain (1066) when it was...

The American Revolution was never viewed as a war by Britain. The colonists were our own people.

. The American revolution was not started by the colonists, it was incited by those who financed it for their own ends, and run it today no matter which political party they put in. (pay some low l...

Just remember, the other side, were also fighting to defend their country - and we were the invaders.

So, to become 'a hero' today, all you have to do is put on a military uniform. That demeans those who do some truly heroic, outstanding, action beyond the call of duty.

I remember seeing her when she would be in her 20's as a young singer with the Henry Hall band when it was visiting and playing at the Carlton Ballroom, Rochdale. I used to go because my mother worked there as a part time waitress, to 'make ends meet'.

I was quite young at the time but, for some...

Not sure what you mean. My comment has nothing whatever to do with hindsight.

It is a factual comment based on facts that were known at the time, before the time, and after the time.

Nothing whatever 'to go figure' about.

If I have misunderstood your comment, you should not be so enigmatic.

Forgetting the more recent influx into this island, the intermix over centuries of the different countries of the UK is such that it is really hard to make differences. Even the accents can fool if a person was born in one part and brought up in another. Movement throughout the island has always...

@glenzboyz The bagpipes were first brought to England by the Romans who often marched to the bagpipes. And the modern kilt was invented by an Englishman from Lancashire. The Highlanders wore something more like a toga that wrapped around their body and over the shoulder, which served as a blank...