Stay Frosty and Carry On and No-agra Falls
In this icy episode Suzie explores the Frost Fairs and Trevor visits Niagara Falls, when they weren’t falling!
WHAT THE HISTORY?
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Sources:
THE FROST FAIRS
BBC History n.d., ‘The Blitz’ – http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/the_blitz
de Castella T 2014, ‘Frost fair: When an elephant walked on the frozen River Thames’, BBC News – http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25862141
Johnson B 2017, ‘The Thames Frost Fairs’, Historic UK – http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Thames-Frost-Fairs/
NIAGARA FALLS RUNNING DRY
March 30, 1848: Niagara Falls Runs Dry – Wired
March 30, 1848: The day Niagara failed to fall – The Buffalo News
What happened the night Niagara Falls stopped flowing – io9 Gizmodo
When Niagara Falls Ran Dry – Niagara Falls Museums
Facts About Niagara Falls – Niagara Falls Live
Other stuff:
The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…
History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)
History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)
You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)
Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)
Fade out
Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice (1990)
All music used under fair use provisions.
