Spring has only just started here on the Northern Hemisphere. In Eastern Europe it has already got quite warm, some 24 degrees, which is above average. How hot will the summer be this year?  It must have been hot back when this picture of kids having fun in the swimming pool was taken in Polkowice, Poland:

Kids in the Polkowice swimming pool, uploaded by user gripper900

Polkowice is a town of some 22 000 inhabitants, located in Southern West of Poland. Its long history dates back to the XIIIth century. At the time this picture was taken, Polkowice was located in Germany and its name was Polkwitz. If you go there on a hot day this summer, you can follow the kids above and cool yourself down in a swimming pool built in the same place as the one in the picture. Or you can visit the modern Polkowice aquapark which attracts visitors from the whole region.

Related Links

Polkowice website

Web discounts for Polkowice area hotels

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Today we are posting a really old picture - have a look at this great photograph of Almshouses in Colton, UK, taken as early as 1885:

Almshouses in Colton, Staffordshire, UK

These six Almhouses, also known as The Barracks, were built in 1793 to serve the poor of Colton. Some of the ladies you can see in the picture could have been born in the 18th century!

This picture was uploaded by the Colton History Society - on their website you can find a lot of articles about the history of this village located just outside of Rugeley in Staffordshire.

Related links

Wikipedia article on Colton

Web discounts for Rugeley hotels

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Penzance, United Kingdom, is famous for many things, for example the English expression “From Orkney to Penzance” - for being located in the southernmost area of England. Another one is the opera “The Pirates of Penzance”, the title of which does not really correspond to this town’s peaceful character. Have a look at this picture of cable layers from the 1920s, posted by HistoGrafica user vingoe. The area where the picture was taken is called Causeway Head and is nowadays a pedestrian precinct with a wide selection of shops.

Cable layers in Causeway Head, Penzance, UK

Related Links:

Wikipedia article on Penzance

Hotels in Penzance

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Donaldsonville Fire Department in 1930

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