About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: England
1812 – Part 16: Aftermath — Fort Henry
It’s the Aftermath of the War of 1812. In 1832 the British are still concerned that the Americans might return to attack Upper Canada. … Continue reading
Posted in 1812 and all that
Tagged Americans, bagpipes, barracks, British, bugle, casemates, discipline, do den tap toe, drill, drums, Dry moat, England, Fort Henry, Garrison, Great Lakes, Kingston, lock stock and barrel, Martello Towers, military school room, Naval base, Naval dockyard, Officer’s Quarters, parade grounds, paymaster, re-enactors, Rideau Canal, soldiers, St. Lawrence River, Tattoo, tourism, UNESCO, Upper Canada, War of 1812, Welsh Fusiliers, Welsh goat mascot
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Toronto #9: Epidemics & Discoveries
In 1834 – tragedy strikes. Toronto is invaded by cholera then typhus and has to take drastic measures to save the population. An archaeological … Continue reading
Posted in Toronto 175
Tagged archaeology, artifacts, Charles Best, Cholera, cholera sheds, documentary, Dr. George Grasett, England, Fever sheds, Fred Banting, Genealogy, history, Immigrant hospital, Insulin, Ireland Park, Irish famine, John Rolph, medical school, Medical Sciences, Reese Wharf, Russia, St. James Cathedral, St. James Cemetery, Toronto Hospital, typhus, University of Toronto, Upper Canada, Victoria College
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France: Wartime Memories, Vimy to Dunkirk
High overlooking Vimy Ridge in France, land has been dedicated to Canada and a huge war memorial built as a tribute to the gallantry … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged 7th & 8th Brigade, Adolf Hitler, Austria, Battle of Arras, Belgium, Boulogne, Britain, British Expeditionary Force, Calais, Canada, cliffs of Dover, Commonwealth, concentration camps, Dover, Dover Castle, Dunkerque, Dunkirk, England, English Channel, English Heritage, France, French Resistance, German Panzer divisions, Germany, Hellfire Corner, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Juneau Beach, liberation, Napoleon, Nazi Military Tribunal, Russia, secret army, soldiers, Tommies, Triple Alliance, troops, tunnels, Vimy Ridge, war, Winnipeg, world war 1, world war 2
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Journeys: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
The celebrated author Charles Dickens created colourful characters from his observation of life. He grew up in England at a time when the country … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys through the British Isles
Tagged Author, Battle of Waterloo, Betsy Trotwoods House, Bleak House, British Isles, Broadstairs, Charles Dickens, Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Dickens Fellowship, Dickens House, England, Festivals, Fort House, Great Expectations, Kent County, Napoleonic Wars, Pickwick, Rochester, Royal Albion Hotel
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Journeys: Following in the footsteps of Jane Austen
It was in the wealthy Roman spa town of Bath during the Georgian period and Napoleonic Wars that Jane Austen wrote some of her … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys through the British Isles
Tagged Addison's Disease, Assembly Rooms, Author, Bath, Beechen Cliff, Chawton village, Claude Loraine, Daylight Robbery, Emma, England, English Heritage, Georgian, Gold Hill, Grand Tour, Henry Hoare, Jane Austen, John Wood, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Pump Room, Sense And Sensibility, Shaftesbury, Stourhead Gardens, Winchester Cathedral, Window Tax
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Whose bed am I sleeping in tonight?
Over the years I have slept— metaphorically speaking of course— with Cornish tin miners and kings, knights and murderers, loose women and queens, smugglers … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations
Tagged Albion Hotel, Ballygally Castle, Betsy Trotwood, Britrail, Broadstairs, Cadogan Hotel, Charles Dickens, England, Eurail, Harrod’s, Hotels, Italy, Kings of England, Knightsbridge, Lady Isabella Shaw, London, L’Impero, Marquess of Queensberry, Mussolini, Naples, Nicholas Nicleby, Northern Ireland, Oliver Twist, Oscar Wilde, Phoenix Inn, Pip, pirates, Rome, Sloane Street, smugglers
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