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Unsinkable Thinkable – The Titanic, The Olympic & The Britannic

Posted by Pearse Fee on Apr 15, 2012

Early in the morning of 15th April 1912, the unthinkable happened to the unsinkable, it sank. The maiden voyage of the White Star Lines Fleet ship “Titanic” was forebode as a disaster even before this trip. Everyone knows more or less the story of the sinking, so I am taking a different tack on […]

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The Birth of Cinema – A History of Film

Posted by Pearse Fee on Mar 19, 2012

The History of Film Throughout history people have claimed to have invented and reinvented everything. I personally invented water but I don’t like to brag about it. If you have ever stood at a bar waiting to order and the bar person has taken someone else’s order before you then you can get a sense […]

Nutmeg for New York

Posted by Pearse Fee on Feb 01, 2012

New York History On February 2nd 1653 New Amsterdam received municipal rights thus becoming a city. We at present affectionately refer to it as New York. The original span (acquired by a wily Dutchman, Peter Minuit) was only a section of Lower Manhattan, but has throughout its tumultuous past been known as Fort Amsterdam, New […]

Raise a glass to Prohibition

Posted by Pearse Fee on Jan 16, 2012

What is Prohibition? On January 16th 1919, Prohibition was instituted with ratification of the 18th Amendment to the States Constitution. Its primary objection was to prohibit the “…manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States…” Congress enforced this law by passing the “Volstead […]