Strand
4 lessons
07-11
Ages 5–7
On 11 July 1859, the biggest bell in Britain rang out over London for the very first time. Sixteen white horses had pulled it through cheering crowds. Two months later it cracked — and the crack is still there.
10-21
Ages 5–7
On 21 October 1805, a small British fleet met a much bigger French and Spanish one near a place in Spain called Cape Trafalgar. The British admiral was called Nelson, and he did something clever.
11-05
Ages 5–7
On the night of 4–5 November 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes was found in a cellar under Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder. The plot failed. We have lit bonfires on that night ever since.
11-11
Ages 5–7
At 11 o'clock in the morning of 11 November 1918, the guns of the First World War stopped firing. Every year, at that same minute, we stand still for two whole minutes of silence.