· Portugal is England’s oldest ally. The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty signed in 1373 is still in force. · The town of Beverley, near Hull, was named after the number of beavers which once lived in the area. · In 1945, a flock of starlings landed on the minute hand of Big Ben and put the time back by five minutes. · Britain is he only country in the world which doesn’t have the country’s name in its postage stamps. · Nowhere in Britain is more than 74½ miles from the sea. · An old red telephone kiosk in Huddersfield was converted into a bar by a hotelier who promptly dubbed it the smallest public bar in Britain. ·
