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Christian Travelers Guides: February 2013

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Saturday, February 16, 2013. Mansfeld – Where Luther Grew Up. About ten miles north-west of Eisleben is the small town of Mansfeld which is. Where Martin Luther grew up. His parents moved from Eisleben to Mansfeld when he was six months old. As a result he received all of his earl education in the town before moving away to study first in Magdeburg and later in Eisenach. The residence of the Dukes of Mansfeld. Later Martin Luther liked to say that he was of peasant stock and that his father was a miner&#...

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Christian Travelers Guides: March 2014

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Why no recent postings? Visiting a Blog that has not been updated for almost a year can be discouraging. And this Blog falls into that category. The reason is quite simple: a series of family illnesses. Now, I hope, things are getting better and I can return to blogging. Posted by Christian Reviews. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). At Liberty to Die. Remembering the blow lamp we used at the North Western Gas Board. The Plague of Plagiarism: Academic Plagiarism Defined.

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Christian Travelers Guides: March 2013

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Saturday, March 9, 2013. Magdeburg where Luther began high school. Magdeburg is not high on most ­people’s list of places to visit in Ger­many. The town was extensively damaged by wartime bombing and is only slowly recovering from 40 years of Communist neglect. Never­the­less, anyone interested in German history or the Reformation has to visit this historic city. Almost a century later, Imperial Catholic armies under General Johann Tserclaes. To be continued …. Posted by Christian Reviews. Understanding ...

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Irving Hexham's Blog: Remembering the blow lamp we used at the North Western Gas Board

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The confessions of an inter-disciplinary historian: An autobiographical journey. Saturday, February 16, 2013. Remembering the blow lamp we used at the North Western Gas Board. The question “How did you make the transition from a manual worker to a university professor took me aback and caused the following reflection which I think are instructive especially in terms of what they say about so-called "learning disabilities. " So here they are:. This meant learning to work with brass, copper, iron, and lead...

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Irving Hexham's Blog: March 2013

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The confessions of an inter-disciplinary historian: An autobiographical journey. Friday, March 1, 2013. The academic impact of an apprenticeship with the North Western Gas Board. Yet the reality was that I did pay attention and worked very hard for poor results. Yet when it came to verbalizing things I could easily ace the exams in most subjects. The only problem was we were never give verbal exams and when it came to writing I fared very badly. Consequently, following my 11. As a result he underwent a b...

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Irving Hexham's Blog: September 2011

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The confessions of an inter-disciplinary historian: An autobiographical journey. Monday, September 5, 2011. Return to East Berlin. Now I seem well on the way to a recovery and hope to take up my blog from where I left off. That was in Berlin in the early 1960’s. In my last blog I told the story of my encounter with a Russian officer who treated was very kind while carrying out his orders to destroy my photographs of a military instillation which I had taken by accident. For 22 January 2011. They told hor...

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Irving Hexham's Blog: December 2011

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The confessions of an inter-disciplinary historian: An autobiographical journey. Sunday, December 11, 2011. My academic education begins. When I began work with the North Western Gas Board my first six months as an apprentice were spent in a newly opened training school. In the mornings we received lectures on gas technology and various other aspects of the industry. The afternoons were spent in the workshop learning to bend copper, iron, and lead pipes, to wield and solder then together. When I mentione...

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Irving Hexham's Blog: February 2013

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The confessions of an inter-disciplinary historian: An autobiographical journey. Saturday, February 16, 2013. Remembering the blow lamp we used at the North Western Gas Board. The question “How did you make the transition from a manual worker to a university professor took me aback and caused the following reflection which I think are instructive especially in terms of what they say about so-called "learning disabilities. " So here they are:. This meant learning to work with brass, copper, iron, and lead...

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Irving Hexham's Blog: January 2011

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The confessions of an inter-disciplinary historian: An autobiographical journey. Saturday, January 22, 2011. The road to Berlin. On 29 August, 1962, a party of 19 Manchester apprentices, including several from the North Western Gas Board, two Church of England ministers and one trades union official, left by train for Harwich. From there we took the overnight ferry to the Hook of Holland where we boarded a second train for Berlin. Manchester apprenticies in Berlin, Wesley Bourdette is leading a discussion.

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Irving Hexham's Blog: Tom Paine, Houdini, Bessie Braddock, and the Fabians

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The confessions of an inter-disciplinary historian: An autobiographical journey. Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Tom Paine, Houdini, Bessie Braddock, and the Fabians. Not long ago anyone who talked about "magic" or a "magician" was immediately understood to be talking about a form of family entertainment. The word "magic" immediately conjured up visions of such famous stage performers as as David Devant (1868-1941), Will Goldstone (1878-1948), and the master of them all Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Of course, this ...