Category: England
Clever Label Trick Used to Sell German Goods in England
In the years after World War I, the simple phrase “Made in Germany” carried more meaning in Britain than a straightforward statement of where a…
Teen Dies After Explosion Erupts in His Mouth During Routine Surgery
A routine operation for a broken jaw turned horrifying in a London hospital in 1925. Sixteen-year-old Laurence Sims was under anesthesia while surgeons worked to…
Chorus Girls Told to Wear Tights Despite Heat Wave
Even a heat wave could not loosen Birmingham’s rules about bare knees on the stage. In the summer of 1926, chorus girls appearing in the…
Man Visits Sick Wife at Hospital, Gets Mistaken for Lunatic and Locked Up
Albert Smith went to the hospital expecting to visit his sick wife. Instead, he was greeted like a man everyone had been waiting for. The…
