Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/August 2006


 * ...that the expressions "take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves" and "ways and means" are both attributed to William Lowndes?
 * ...that the planned M4 Toll motorway in Wales has received criticism from both pro- and anti-road pressure groups?
 * ...that Edinburgh University did not teach Scottish history until 1901, when a new professor, Peter Hume Brown, insisted that it was not revolutionary to study its national history?
 * ...that Archibald Hall was the oldest prisoner on the original list of British murderers who were issued with whole life tariffs by the Government?
 * ... that the expression ’pay on the nail’ comes from the practice of closing deals by payment on brass tables called nails, which can still be seen at The Exchange, Bristol?
 * ...that the Council House, Bristol features a blue and gold wall clock, encircled by the signs of the zodiac and equipped with its own wind indicator?
 * ...that the Royal West of England Academy housed the Bristol Aeroplane Company and the U.S. Army during World War II?