Odd Days Out - Exploring Britain's curiosities, historical footnotes, niche museums & more

The Sound Mirrors at Denge

December 18, 2019December 22, 2019 ODObill 0 Comments

Located on the Denge marshes on the Dungeness Peninsular in Kent, lie three vast concrete structures, rising out of the flat landscape. The Sound Mirrors of Denge.

Curiosities Events and Tours Fantastic Folklore Historical Footnotes London

Chislehurst Caves: Human Sacrifice, Rock Gods, and Roleplay in an Underground Village

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 ODOjack 0 Comments

Chislehurst Caves has been a bomb shelter and a mushroom farm, a human sacrificial chamber, a battlefield for Time Lords, and a venue for rock concerts.

Derbyshire Events and Tours Fantastic Folklore

Well Dressing – a Peak District tradition

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 ODOelliot 0 Comments

The specific origins of the ancient practice of Well Dressing may be lost to time, however in recent years it has come to form a key part of rural life in the Peak District. Bringing people together in a celebration of all things local these wonderful displays are all at once spectacular and transient.

Art and Architecture Historical Footnotes London Uncategorized

The Royal Iris: the Beatles’ fish-and-chip boat

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 ODObill 0 Comments

Well that was me, Royal Iris, on the river Mercy beat n’ with the band, that was me Paul McCartney,

London Niche Museums

Why I’m a big fan of the little Fan Museum

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 ODObill 0 Comments niche museum

Housed in a beautiful Grade-2 listed house in historic Greenwich, the Fan Museum provides a fascinating history of the fan.

Art and Architecture Events and Tours London Niche Museums

Three Mills Island – a secret no one should keep

September 4, 2019September 10, 2019 ODObill 0 Comments

The history of Three Mills Island is the history of London. It ground the flour and distilled the gin to feed Londoners for hundreds of years. ODO has visited to learn more.

Curiosities Extraneous Extremities Norfolk

How Roys took over Wroxham and built the world’s largest village store

August 21, 2019September 10, 2019 ODOstefan 0 Comments

Odd Days Out have been to investigate how – with the help of ‘Roys of Wroxham’ – the village of Hoveton has managed to buck the standard commercial homogeneity found in most high streets and instead replaced almost every shop with a Roys.