Monthly Archives: December 2020

An airliner was having engine trouble, and the pilot instructed the cabin crew that passengers should take the brace position for an emergency landing. A few minutes later, the pilot asked the flight attendants if everyone was ready. “All set … Continue reading →

Education (Provisions of Meals) Act 1906* In 1906 welfare was the ‘workhouse’ which the impoverished voluntarily entered, because it was preferable to starvation. Millions of people lived just above this poverty level. They were the working poor who couldn’t guarantee … Continue reading →