Ken "Snakehips" Johnson

Principality of Sealand (Part Two)

The Principality of Sealand is an unofficial state of the world. Constructed in World War 2, an owner would fight off competitors, coup attempts, governments and fires to keep his established title as Prince. Information: 1. Sealand, Havenco, and the Rule of Law | James Grimmelmann: https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2628&context=facpub 2. Sealand: https://sealandgov.org 3. The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/08/sealand-outlaw-ocean-tiniest-nation/596074/ 4. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/apr/12/3 5. Suddeutsche Zeitung: https://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/57207ab2a1bb8d3c3495bd29/ 6. Narratively: https://narratively.com/the-plot-against-the-principality-of-sealand/ 7. Sub Terrain: http://subterrain.org.uk/maunsell/part2.html 8. Project Red Sand: https://project-redsand.com/sea-fort-history/navy-forts 9. Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/caretakers-of-sealand 10. British Empire: https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/fusilierspaddybates.htm 11. Bob LeRoi: http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/RoyBates/RoyBates.html 12. World Radio History (Page 10-11): https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/DeeJay/DeeJay-1973-10.pdf 13. National Historic Ships: https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/2331/hms-egeria 14. Walter Leisner: https://www.principality-of-sealand.ch/pdf/e_opinion_leisner.pdf 15. Bela Vitnyi: https://www.principality-of-sealand.ch/html-2017/archiv/vitanyi_legal_opinion.html 16. WikiMedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ministry_of_Defence_Main_Building_Mars_2014.jpg 17. Ship Photos: https://www.shipphotos.co.uk/ship/?ship=goldeneye4 Music: 1. Great Open Sea | Wellington Sea Shanty Society: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society/ 2. From My Heart | BDKSonic (VN Video Editor) 3. Better Days | Bensound.com 4. Inspire | Bensound.com 5. Creative Minds | Bensound.com 6. Dreams | Bensound.com 7. Badass | Bensound.com Additional: https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/GBP-to-DEM-1978 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Principality of Sealand (Part One)

The Principality of Sealand is an unofficial state of the world. Constructed in World War 2, an owner would fight off competitors, coup attempts, governments and fires to keep his established title as Prince. Information: 1. Sealand, Havenco, and the Rule of Law | James Grimmelmann: https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2628&context=facpub 2. Sealand: https://sealandgov.org 3. The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/08/sealand-outlaw-ocean-tiniest-nation/596074/ 4. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/apr/12/3 5. Suddeutsche Zeitung: https://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/57207ab2a1bb8d3c3495bd29/ 6. Narratively: https://narratively.com/the-plot-against-the-principality-of-sealand/ 7. Sub Terrain: http://subterrain.org.uk/maunsell/part2.html 8. Project Red Sand: https://project-redsand.com/sea-fort-history/navy-forts 9. Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/caretakers-of-sealand 10. British Empire: https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/fusilierspaddybates.htm 11. Bob LeRoi: http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/RoyBates/RoyBates.html 12. World Radio History (Page 10-11): https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/DeeJay/DeeJay-1973-10.pdf 13. National Historic Ships: https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/2331/hms-egeria 14. Walter Leisner: https://www.principality-of-sealand.ch/pdf/e_opinion_leisner.pdf 15. Bela Vitnyi: https://www.principality-of-sealand.ch/html-2017/archiv/vitanyi_legal_opinion.html 16. WikiMedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ministry_of_Defence_Main_Building_Mars_2014.jpg Music: 1. Great Open Sea | Wellington Sea Shanty Society: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society/ 2. From My Heart | BDKSonic (VN Video Editor) 3. Better Days | Bensound.com 4. Inspire | Bensound.com 5. Creative Minds | Bensound.com 6. Dreams | Bensound.com 7. Badass | Bensound.com Additional: https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/GBP-to-DEM-1978 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe crashed the gospel circuit with her legendary guitar playing, donning the appropriate title, the Godmother of Rock and Roll who as a black, female, bisexual artist is an inspiration to us all. 00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - Early Life 02:47 - Music Career 05:44 - Queerness & Relationships 08:13 - Later Career 08:58 - Legacy Information: 1. Shout, Sister, Shout | Gayle F Wald: https://shoutsistershout.net 2. YouTube Channel | Rosetta Tharpe: https://www.youtube.com/@RosettaTharpeMusic 3. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/sister-rosetta-tharpe 4.. Blues: https://blues.org/blues_hof_inductee/sister-rosetta-tharpe/ 5. PBS; https://www.pbs.org/video/religion-and-ethics-newsweekly-church-god-christ/ 6. Afropunk | Erin White: https://afropunk.com/2019/03/rosetta-tharpe/ 7. Discover Music | Stu Hackel: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/sister-rosetta-tharpe-rocknroll-pioneer/ 8. Rolling Stone | Will Hermes: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/why-sister-rosetta-tharpe-belongs-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-123738/ 9. Church of God in Christ - C.H. Mason: https://www.cogic.org/foundersweek/about-c-h-mason/ 9. WikiTree - Thomas Thorpe: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thorpe-3447 10. Edinburgh Music Review | Pat Monroe: https://www.edinburghmusicreview.com/blog/sister-rosetta-tharpe-godmother-of-rock-amp-roll Music: 1. Didn't it Rain | Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2. From My Heart | BDKSonic (VN Video Editor) 3. Better Days | Bensound.com 4. Inspire | Bensound.com 5. Creative Minds | Bensound.com 6. Dreams | Bensound.com Rock Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9JezItjWIU That's All - https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=IX6rv6y8AHQ My Man and I - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR8M5LHC2L4 The Lonesome Road - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpe2wYcO8bc Didn't it Rain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9a49oFalZE Up Above My Head - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Sergeant Harry Daley

Sergeant Harry Daley is the first openly gay police officer in Britain and despite his sexuality being illegal, he upheld the law while gaining popularity through his caring and intelligent personality. Information: 1. Stephen Bourne - Fighting Proud: https://stephenbourne.co.uk/fighting-proud/ 2. Evening Standard: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/sergeant-harry-daley-met-first-police-gay-officer-honour-b920356.html 3. Historical Association - https://www.history.org.uk/publications/resource/10045/real-lives-harry-daley 4. London News: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/trailblazing-harry-daley-was-the-first-openly-gay-copper-in-the-met/ 5. Exploring Surrey Past: https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Harry-Daley-script.pdf 6. Dorking Museum: https://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/harry-daley/ 7. WW1 Plays - Prisoners of War: http://www.ww1plays.com/2016/05/the-prisoners-of-war.html 8. Westminster Abbey - Lord Hugh Trenchard: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/hugh-trenchard 9. J R Ackerley: https://www.jrackerley.com/about 10. Imperial War Museum - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/15-powerful-photos-of-the-blitz 11. Google Earth - https://earth.google.com/web/ 12. Simplon: Lowestoft - https://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Lowestoft.html / https://fishingnews.co.uk/features/lowestoft-of-herring-and-a-harbour/ 13. Trove: Lowestoft Disaster - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10116142 14. Evening Standard - Zeppelin Raid: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/wwi-centenary-the-terrifying-zeppelin-menace-that-plagued-london-during-the-first-world-war-a3984946.html 15. London Police: https://www.vintag.es/2022/04/london-1900s.html / https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatimes.org%2Ftransforming-law-enforcement-in-19th-century-london%2F&psig=AOvVaw1uVHRZcOTK1cpD_bK7BTO9&ust=1673203475956000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjhxqFwoTCJDMoeiOtvwCFQAAAAAdAAAAABBs / 16. https://www.lookers.co.uk/blog/on-the-road-with-the-british-police Music: 1. Rhapsody in Blue | George Gershwin 2. From My Heart, BDKSonic (VN Video Editor) 3. Better Days, Bensound.com Additional Resources: 1. Money Valuation: https://www.in2013dollars.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ken "Snakehips" Johnson

Ken "Snakehips" Johnson was a gay, black dancer who formed an all black band, 'His West Indian Orchestra' in 1936. Through inspiration from the US, he introduced swing to Britain and importantly helped radical change to society through racial integration up to and during The Blitz. *NOTE* Longer intro than would be usually due to first episode in upcoming series. Sources & Links Information: 1. Stephen Bourne - Fighting Proud: https://stephenbourne.co.uk/fighting-proud/ 2. National Archives - Travel to UK: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9318473 3. Ancestry (Subscription Required) - Travel to UK: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/?name=Kenrick_Johnson&arrival=1929-8-31 4. Black Plaque Project: https://blackplaqueproject.com/biography/ken-johnson/ 5. Bucks Free Press: https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/19288218.tragic-death-ken-snakehips-johnson-borlases/ 6. Uncovered: http://uncover-ed.org/ken-snakehips-johnson/ 7. Londonist: https://londonist.com/london/history/when-a-music-legend-was-killed-playing-in-central-london 8. Alastair Macaulay - Buddy Bradley: https://www.alastairmacaulay.com/all-essays/etjksjeyv5b3se5z2p9ar7bo8qr1mh 9. Sandy Brown Jazz - Black British Swing by Lionel King: https://www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk/Features/BlackBritishSwing.html 10. Henry Bebop - Black British Swing Discogrophy: http://henrybebop.co.uk/bbswing2.htm Music: 1. Goodbye My Beautiful, Ken "Snakehips" Johnson and His West Indian Orchestra 2. From My Heart, BDKSonic (VN Video Editor) 3. Better Days, Bensound.com Additional Resources: 1. https://www.swbgs.com/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=87 2. http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/klmno/Ken%20Johnson.html 3. Interview with Joe Deniz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oul53elqeuw 4. https://www.biography.com/musician/cab-calloway Thanks for taking a seat with me! Please consider liking and subscribing which will be a massive help for the channel. For an illustrative version, this episode is also on YouTube: @TakeASeatWithMe | https://www.youtube.com/@takeaseatwithme [https://www.youtube.com/@takeaseatwithme] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.