Rocket Brigade's wagon at Newcastle, May 11, 1938
Rocket Brigade to the rescue!
George William Manby was one of those people who just can't stop inventing things. When he was just a kid, back in the 1770s, he made his own little rocket…
Wrecked on Nobbys
Long before the celebrated grounding of the Pasher Bulker in 2007, Nobbys Beach hosted another unexpected visitor which was, for its time, almost as popular a tourist attraction. Considering that…