Great Britains Past and Present

Theres no better way to start… Out with the old, in with the New!

August 30th, 2009 |

Welcome!

Well here we are approaching a new season, the nights drawing in at a heck of a pace and the temperature slowly dropping, the crazy long days of Summer becoming memories and the colours going from a vivid green turning to golden brown.

You can hear the whispers of Autumn on the wind. For me this is my favourite season! One of equal reflection and one of anticipation to what the coming months has in store.

What a better time to begin than this!

Out with the Old and in with the New

Well as you may see the “Wandering Glastofarian” has stopped wandering and started doing, these last few months I’ve been thinking about exactly what I wanted the aim of this site should be, it became very clear in late Summer that I closed the door to many things and avenues under the old name “Wandering Glastofarian, excluding much of the Rest of Britains history, architecture, myths, legends, folklore and British Society.

So I decided to do a bit of a revamp of this site, to cover everything that I wanted to write about, love and that makes me tick. So changing the old domain from theisleofavalon.com to the new and permenant greatbritainspastandpresent.com was the answer.

What is it all about?

Well I widened my horizons from just one little quaint township in Somerset in South West England to cover the whole place. The old articles on Glastonbury will remain and will be added to, but there are subjects alongside that will I believe enrich the site as a whole! The Subjects in the main are:

Architecture
Historical Events, Wars, and the like.
Religion, no matter what you say or hear, Great Britain in my opinion is built on a solid back bone of Religon
Notorious People, leaders, rulers, and people of influence.
Industry, this Country is rich in her industrial Heritage, from mining, manufacturing, and engineering feats.

Really I want to build a site that is a nice place to visit, maybe in time to inspire, remember and feel that old cosy feeling you feel when you go back to a place of your childhood memories.

I would love this site to become a bit of an interactive experience, and would love to hear from you about ideas and thoughts on articles and ideas for the future. You can contact me here or leave a comment and I will reply asap.

What it isn’t?

I am taking a risk mentioning Religion, it is one thing that no group will ever agree on, and maybe it will evoke strong feelings for or against the subject, no matter what it is good to make us think. It is not my intention to preach my values to you the reader but I don’t mind sharing them when in context.

I am English, and am proud to be English to, but I am not exclusive, what makes this Kingdom great in my opinion is that we are infact 4 nations English, Northern Irish, Scotish and Welsh. A United Kingdom! When I refer to this place I will call it either Britain or the UK. I’ve noticed some search results coming in from people searching Extreme Right Wing politics (or BNP) British National Party, in my personal opinion, these people are idiots, with about as much intelligence as a Stone! However this is not a political biased site and that will be the last you here of it unless it is in context, such as the introduction of Poll Tax or the Miners Strikes!

A little about me?

A new addition to the site is the about me page

So What Makes Britain Great?

Below is a few video’s that to me capture exactly the essence of what makes Britain “Great” hope you enjoy them and maybe it brings back a few memories I would love to hear about them!