Antique Pewter Hallmarks
British pewter hallmarks also
called touch marks, date back to the Medieval Age providing the
collector with good information.
Pewter hallmarking began in
1530, when a law was passed in Britain that each pewterer should
have an individual pewter hallmark or touch mark to identify his
work.
A record of these
antique hallmarks were copied onto touch plates and stored at the
Pewterers hall in Oat Street London. This was the home to the
Pewterers Guild (the Worshipful Company of Pewterers London)
established in 1348 and still going strong today. - See full Story
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What Experts Are Saying About Anti Capitalism
A leading business executives' group has blasted the "unacceptable" levels of banker bonuses, saying it is hurting the reputation of capitalism itself.Speaking yesterday to members of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), Simon Walker, Director General of the Institute of Directors, said,
“We all know what a battering the free market, and the principle of for-profit business has come in for in the last few years. There have always been critics of capitalism, and there always will be, but the discontent has clearly spread well beyond the professional anti capitalists in their Occupy tent cities and into the wider population. - See full Story
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Don't Hold Back Your Lifestyle - free books
When the days lengthen and everything begins to kick back into life its time to think about your lifestyle.
Examining your diet, clearing outmoded habits, being more attractive
even contemplating the universe are part of this cycle of renewal.
"We can be more"- shall be our mantra! So don't hold back your lifestyle. - See full Story
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How to test your soils PH value with a pH meter or pH papers
When growing in soil any fertilizer
you use can cause an excess build up of salts when it decomposes in the
soil. This almost always results in a more acidic soil which stunts the
plant's growth and causes brown foliage.
Other common reasons as to
why soil may become too acidic when doing outdoor grows are rainfall,
leaching, organic matter decay and a previous harvest of a high yield
crop in the same soil. - See full Story
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Saturdays Free Books
Saturday Free Books - 30th march. The
following books have all been advertised for free on Kindle books this
week. They can all be downloaded from Amazon on the www.kindlefreebooks.co.uk
page. Books include - The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by John Gibson Lockhart, Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont, Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery and Stress proof your life (52 Brilliant Ideas) by Elisabeth Wilson - Download them - here
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