Double Decker Bus

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Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast about all things weird from the damp little islands history. Lets make history funny! This podcast is loosely inspired by the Dollop one of my all time favourite podcasts.

Episodes

  1. D.D.B ep.10 ‘The Glorious Revolution’

    11/29/2020

    D.D.B ep.10 ‘The Glorious Revolution’

    “They cooked and ate him in an orderly fashion” Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history. Theme composer (Romano): (will update description once I get music link) Mari’s music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7FpwiADWS8C8j3BWX4zrqo?si=0FcbjfUuTLWWhGhVKjNeyA SORCUES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/glorious-revolution#:~:text=The%20Glorious%20Revolution%2C%20also%20called,Dutch%20husband%2C%20William%20of%20Orange. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusion_Crisis https://www.6sqft.com/353-years-ago-new-amsterdam-became-new-york-city/#:~:text=On%20September%208th%2C%201664%2C%20Dutch,officially%20establishing%20New%20York%20City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Parliament_(1660) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Apsley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II_of_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popish_Plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoplexy http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/james_ii.shtml#:~:text=In%20March%201689%2C%20James%20landed,France%20on%2016%20September%201701. https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/james-ii-will-the-real-king-of-england-please-stand-up/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_session https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prorogation_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England#cite_note-99 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_William https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/290060032225598477/

    2h 3m
  2. D.D.B ep.9 Micheal Carroll 'The King of Chavs'

    08/03/2020

    D.D.B ep.9 Micheal Carroll 'The King of Chavs'

    'The inside of his head must be genuinely fucked' Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history.    SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY2YsAnS5Yc&t=124s  Chavs:  The Demonization of the Working Class  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavs:_The_Demonization_of_the_Working_Class  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3692315/Aunt-uncle-lotto-lout-Michael-Carroll-died-result-gun-shot-wounds-police-reveal.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2026516/9-7m-lottery-winner-Michael-Carroll-attempts-suicide-twice.html https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-lotto-lout-michael-carroll-17302615 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7691931/Lotto-lout-Michael-Carroll-reveals-working-10-hour-coalman.html https://play.acast.com/s/historydweebs/thekingofchavs-lotterywinnermichaelcarroll https://www.bestcasinosites.net/blog/michael-carroll-lotto-millionaire.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2006/08/12/feature_michael_carroll_interview_feature.shtml https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mikey-Carroll-Careful-What-Wish/dp/B00RWO4F44#ace-4127440567 https https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Carroll_(lottery_winner)#:~:text=Michael%20Carroll%20(born%2029%20March,in%20November%202002%2C%20aged%2019.

    51 min
  3. D.D.B ep.8 Fonthill Tower

    07/25/2020

    D.D.B ep.8 Fonthill Tower

    Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history.   'Mr Prudent Well-Sealed-up'   DISCLAIMER: I am bisexual and obviously this story is not about him being insane because of his sexuality or anything along those lines, this story is about him being a super insane rich guy anyway and the society he lived in being fucked up and horrible if that was not obvious from listening.   SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beckford_(novelist) http://rictornorton.co.uk/beckfor1.htm https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/22232 https://www.kent.ac.uk/ewto/projects/anthology/william-thomas-beckford.html http://bath.co.uk/they-came-to-bath/william-beckford https://beckfordstower.org.uk/history/william-beckford/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonthill_Abbey https://www.fonthill.co.uk/history/ http://www.hvtesla.com/fonthill/  (its been a while since i researched this so regrettably some of the sources are missing)

    1 hr
  4. D.D.B ep7 The Famous Race to The South Pole

    07/19/2020

    D.D.B ep7 The Famous Race to The South Pole

    Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history. Commodore 'king dick' Richards.  NOTE: I may have gotten minor facts about the North Pole confused with the south during this but its nothing that majorly affects the story. SOURCES:  https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Fo2CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=amundsens+diary+entry+3rd+of+feb+1911&source=bl&ots=jlV67SZZOY&sig=ACfU3U0Cxz06QYACd9Bz3VALWV8fbaBMAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCjLLqj7nqAhXJVBUIHWI_CiUQ6AEwAHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=amundsens%20diary%20entry%203rd%20of%20feb%201911&f=false https://nettarkiv.npolar.no/sorpolen2011.npolar.no/en/diary-amundsen/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/09/amundsen/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worst_Journey_in_the_World#:~:text=Constable%20%26%20Co.&text=The%20Worst%20Journey%20in%20the%20World%20is%20a%201922%20memoir,South%20Pole%20in%201910%E2%80%931913. https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Robert-Falcon-Scott3.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/captain-scotts--diary https://frammuseum.no/shop/product/robert-falcon-scott-and-the-terra-nova-expedition-1910-13/ https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/biography/amundsen-roald-south-pole.php https://explore.quarkexpeditions.com/blog/roald-amundsen-s-legendary-south-pole-expedition https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/race-south-pole-1911 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/313 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%27s_South_Pole_expedition

    1h 4m

  5. 06/28/2020

    D.D.B Podcast Updates/Send me story's! :)

    Thank you for sticking with me while I try to sort out the upload schedule. Send me story's from British history: doubledeckerbuspodcast@gmail.com

    3 min
  6. D.D.B ep6 Robert Liston 'The Fastest Knife In The West End'

    06/14/2020

    D.D.B ep6 Robert Liston 'The Fastest Knife In The West End'

    Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history.  Time me gentlemen! Artwork links: https://www.instagram.com/els_little_galaxy/?hl=en  larniaellenthomas@gmail.com  (thank you so much for the artwork)   SOURCES: https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/147363512X13189526439197 https://hekint.org/2019/06/13/robert-liston-the-fastest-knife-in-town/ https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/l/robertliston.html https://www.jprasurg.com/article/S0007-1226(60)80025-2/pdf https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003591577206500625 https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-me-gentlemen-the-fastest-surgeon-of-the-19th-century/264065/ https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/ridiculous-history-surgeon-robert-liston-was-fastest-knife-the-west-end.htm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-ether-transformed-surgery-from-a-race-against-the-clock/ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2wECAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA633&dq=%22robert+liston%22&redir_esc=y&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22robert%20liston%22&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Liston https://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=1945064#:~:text=HANNAH%20Greener%20of%20Winlaton%2C%20near,the%20removal%20of%20a%20toenail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_general_anesthesia https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/ether-and-chloroform#:~:text=It%20was%20first%20prepared%20in,flammable%20liquid%20as%20an%20anesthetic. https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/oct/houses-of-death-life-in-a-victorian-hospital-lindsey-fitzharris/

    43 min
  7. D.D.B ep5 Mary of The Caribbean

    05/31/2020

    D.D.B ep5 Mary of The Caribbean

    Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history. Today we talk about Mary Read plundering ye seven seas SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Read https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Mary-Read-Pirate https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/if-theres-a-man-among-ye-the-tale-of-pirate-queens-anne-bonny-and-mary-read-45576461/ http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/mary-read/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_Jack

    29 min
  8. D.D.B ep4 Richard&Saladin

    05/24/2020

    D.D.B ep4 Richard&Saladin

    Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history. Today we talk about The 3rd Crusade and Richard The Lionheart's quest to be cooler than everyone he knew.   SOURCES: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crusades-War-Holy-Land/dp/1849836884 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine

    1h 24m
  9. D.D.B ep.3 Keith Moon

    05/17/2020

    D.D.B ep.3 Keith Moon

    Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history.  Today we talk about the life of drummer Keith Moon.  SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Moon https://www.loudersound.com/features/... https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007127/bio https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Moon-1861

    43 min
  10. D.D.B ep2 South Sea Bubble

    05/03/2020

    D.D.B ep2 South Sea Bubble

    Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history. Today we talk about the South Sea Bubble and the mega captialist antics of John Blunt. SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1knd... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_S... https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK... https://www.britannica.com/event/Sout... https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/ssb/hi... http://www.thebubblebubble.com/south-...

    42 min
  11. D.D.B ep1 Terry Nation

    05/03/2020

    D.D.B ep1 Terry Nation

    Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast inspired by the dollop about all things weird from the damp little islands history. Today we talk about famous writer Terry Nation and his Quest to get his own Dalek spin off show.  This is for entertainment purposes only. All rights go to the BBC and the Nation estate ect

    40 min
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Welcome to Double Decker Bus a British history podcast about all things weird from the damp little islands history. Lets make history funny! This podcast is loosely inspired by the Dollop one of my all time favourite podcasts.

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