TRINKETS & WARES

The Spitfire is the most famous British fighter aircraft of all time, designed by R.J. Mitchell, and based on his very fast, pre-war seaplane, the S6. The Spitfire MK1 was powered by a 1,030-hp Rolls Royce Merlin engine and had a top speed of 365 mph. It...

Rays have skeletons made of cartilage like their close relatives, sharks and skates. Their bodies are flattened with their mouths underneath. The Ray uses its pectoral fins to propel itself through the water. Rays draw water through holes in the upper...

The Grey Squirrel was introduced to Great Britain in the mid-19th century and after many releases it began to increase dramatically in numbers. It is now one of Britain's most well known and frequently seen mammals, being much more common than the native...

The Spitfire is the most famous British fighter aircraft of all time, designed by R.J. Mitchell, and based on his very fast, pre-war seaplane, the S6. The Spitfire MK1 was powered by a 1,030-hp Rolls Royce Merlin engine and had a top speed of 365 mph. It...

Dungeons were built under castles and in prisons. These dungeons were usually pitch black and filthy with disease. Prisoners who were held there were treated very badly and from the earliest times torture was used to punish them or get them to confess to...

The black flag with skull and crossbones has been the favourite image of the pirate flag. Commonly known as the 'Jolly Roger' the flag often displayed death or scary images like skulls, bones, swords / daggers, and also hourglasses. The main reason for...

A pirate is someone who travels by water and commits robbery at sea or sometimes on the shore. Thousands of pirates were active between 1650-1720, a time known as the 'Golden Age' of piracy. The black flag with the skull and crossbones has been the...

A pirate is someone who travels by water and commits robbery at sea or sometimes on the shore. Thousands of pirates were active between 1650-1720, a time known as the 'Golden Age' of piracy. The black flag with the skull and crossbones has been the...

A pirate is someone who travels by water and commits robbery at sea or sometimes on the shore. Thousands of pirates were active between 1650-1720, a time known as the 'Golden Age' of piracy. The black flag with the skull and crossbones has been the...

Dungeons were built under castles and in prisons. These dungeons were usually pitch black and filthy with disease. Prisoners who were held there were treated very badly and from the earliest times torture was used to punish them or get them to confess to...

Dungeons were built under castles and in prisons. These dungeons were usually pitch black and filthy with disease. Prisoners who were held there were treated very badly and from the earliest times torture was used to punish them or get them to confess to...

The first space shuttle was launched in 1981. Conventional one-use rockets had been the only way to send astronauts or cargoes into space. The United States developed a re-usable system called the Space Transportation System, or Shuttle for short. It was...