'Blimey' is an exclamation of surprise. It was originally 'God blind me' but over the years it got shortened
@pi1872
Ай бұрын
thank you
@LilMonkeyFella87
Ай бұрын
The Hockley Pendant , that the little boy found, actually has it's own wiki entry with more info on it. It eventually sold for £70,000 to the museum
@pi1872
Ай бұрын
oh wow good that the boy made some cash off it.
@LilMonkeyFella87
Ай бұрын
Yeah, basically the English civil war is Charles I downfall. One of the biggest moments in UK history. Theres a film called Cromwell from 1970 that is all about it. It's got Alec Guinness (the original Obi Wan Kenobi) and Richard Harris (the original Dumbledore in Harry Potter) in it
@pi1872
Ай бұрын
nice I might check that out
@wildwine6400
Ай бұрын
Definitely watch some more. Good see someone watching different content to what most reactors watch 👍
@LilMonkeyFella87
Ай бұрын
For as long as I can remember, every single time I've ever been to the beach, I've always seen people with metal detectors on the beach. My dad found an old English civil war era cannon ball once. Still have it. Just a small 7lb one, but still cool to have
@pi1872
Ай бұрын
ya that's awesome make for a great door stop
@LilMonkeyFella87
Ай бұрын
As Oliver Cromwell was pretty much solely responsible for the death of Charles I , after Cromwell died , and Charles II ( Charles I son) ascended to the thrown, Oliver Cromwell's body was ordered to be exhumed and his corpse was hung in chains for public display. His head was then chopped off and stuck on a spike for further display and his body thrown into a pit. The head was then sold between various collectors. The body has never been found, but various people have claimed to have had the head though never been proven to be real. I did have a documentary all about his lost head, but sadly it can't go on here
@brigidsingleton1596
Ай бұрын
I could never (having once done so, and regretted it) speak to my late Mum about Oliver Cromwell (if discussing British History) ... She was highly innovative in her insults for that character as she detested him intensely due to his treatment of the Irish people's, as my maternal Grandad was born and bred in County Mayo, RoI (Republic of Ireland) in 1894.... Mum could and did bear grudges to her death...another character in British history, nearer to our time so that I can also remember her, is Margaret Thatcher. Of _that_ person, I shall say no more...!!
@user-yu9uw8wo9o
Ай бұрын
Charles the First reigned over England, Scotland and Ireland for 24 years and his actions caused a civil war which lasted 9 years. His team lost.
@pi1872
Ай бұрын
oh wow thank you
@user-ze5tu4ck1t
Ай бұрын
I watched Two Metal detecting shows one from North America on that show he found absolute Crap ,On the British Show 10 minutes in he found a 16th century Silver Coin .
@barriehull7076
Ай бұрын
Don't underestimate what people will do when push comes to shove, anything else is defeatist imo, the people of Ukraine being a prime example.
@barriehull7076
Ай бұрын
Is the word blimey blasphemous? “Blimey” is a term in English usually denoting surprise. In full, the expression is “Gor (or 'Gawd' or 'Cor') blimey”. This is a less blasphemous corruption of the phrase “God blind me”.22 Jun 2020
@pi1872
Ай бұрын
thank you
@tommccartney7899
Ай бұрын
Blimey is an abbreviation of "Bless me."
@pi1872
Ай бұрын
thank you
@brigidsingleton1596
Ай бұрын
No, actually it's a contraction of "Oh God, blind me" as a cry to be punished for not observing the rules of laws set down in churches long ago. I would often exclaim, "oh blimey" as a child - I thought it was a more mild curse word than others I'd heard adults say - but Mum was horrified to hear me say so and would immediately say I must never repeat it because... Then of course, hearing what it meant, I was too scared to repeat it unless I was struck blind... (At least until I became an atheist!) ...of course, last year I had to undergo two surgeries under only local anaesthetic to correct cataracts...hm...and it _was_ still a tad painful a few times during _each_ hour-long operation, (6th June '20) & (1st Sept.'20) _despite_ the 'supposedly' eye-numbing eye drops. 👁️😢👁️😢)
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