There are two pubs today up at Cold Ash, The Castle and the Spotted Dog. I am ignoring the Sun-in-the-Wood in Ashmore Green and will come to that in a future post. Before we start Cold Ash was part of Thatcham. It became a separate ecclesiastical parish in the 1860s (1864 if I remember correctly) […]
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I have now dropped all previous hardware (i.e. Arduino, LoRaWAN, Raspberry Pi, etc.) projects. Few seem to be progressing, most have been surpassed and so decision made to drop them all. I am starting just one new one. There are a stack of old Amiga floppy disks that go with my trusty old Commodore Amiga
It is not known when the King’s Head first served the public although it has been suggested it dates to the reign of King Charles I. I have a big issue with this as one source in particular said the suggestion comes from the fact that the pub sign depicts King Charles I. Sorry but
I have a number of local history books I am researching and writing. These are all based on Thatcham including Cold Ash, Ashmore Green and Crookham and some might also include Greenham, Midgham and other areas. Some of the topics I am researching include the changing boundaries, the complete history, the mills, the farms, the
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Two years ago I wrote a post “Thomas Barrie, pillory, death and a ghost” the story of a Donnington almsman who allegedly spread false rumours that King Henry VIII was dead. Since then I have made enquiries with several other historians including David Ford at Royal Berkshire History who put me onto the Letters and Papers, Henry
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LoRa seems to be getting everywhere and I recently found I needed to remotely monitor some items. Nothing major, temperature, light level and possibly a few switches. There would be more to these units which will record locally and where possible relay via the internet. Some units have no or limited internet access and thus
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I enjoy my history research, but have to confess at the outset I have no training or qualifications as a historian. I have published three history books, have others underway and give numerous local history talks. One story I am having issues with is that of “Thomas Barrie” from 1538. Basic Story The story goes
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For those that do not know I have been into first aid and walking for a long time, indeed I am the Scheme Coordinator and an instructor for Heartstart Thatcham. I am planning on a few walks, some long ones done over several days, in the future. I will be doing them, and other events, to
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You may want to read the previous post on this topic before starting this post. Last time I connected a single WS2801 controlled RGB LED to an Arduino. This time I will connect two. I know it is not rocket science, but one small step at a time. The two LEDs are connected in series as shown
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For both the Arduino projects, the mind machine and the pulse oximeter (heart rate monitor), a light source will be required. The heart monitor could use IR, well it will use it in addition to visible light, but ignore that for a minute. The mind machine will use LED lights for the googles to create
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