When cigarettes were healthy for you!
Between the 1930s and 1950s, smoking cigarettes was presenting as being healthy for you and endorsed by doctors and athletes.
February 2021
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Irish Lives Matter – the BLM of the 1920s!
Irish Lives Matter was the Black Lives Matter (BLM) of the 1920s and Tony McMahon discovers his great granduncle was a leading activist
My father dies of Covid – a reflection
My father died of Covid this month and it’s brought home to me the impact this virus has wrought on all of us
Women denying women the vote!
Some women in the early 20th century campaigned against female citizens getting the vote. Tony McMahon investigates why
When the Devil comes to church!
In the Middle Ages there were many reports of the Devil appearing in church as Tony McMahon discovers