Current Date: 05 Jul, 2025
Weekly Recess

Tag: tradition

How Sweden’s 300,000 Oak Trees Became an Unintended Legacy: The Naval Forest That Outlived Wooden Warships

Posted on by weeklyrecess_admin

In the 1830s, Sweden planted 300,000 oak trees for the purpose of building naval ships. However, by the time the trees matured, metal warships had replaced the need for wooden ones. The forest still stands to this day. […]

Read More… from How Sweden’s 300,000 Oak Trees Became an Unintended Legacy: The Naval Forest That Outlived Wooden Warships

The story behind Glasgow’s iconic Duke of Wellington statue and its well-known traffic cone hat

Posted on by weeklyrecess_admin

The city of Glasgow spends approximately £10,000 every year to remove traffic cones from the head of the Duke of Wellington statue. The Duke of Wellington statue, which first appeared in the early 1980s, has worn an orange traffic cone hat for decades. but how did it get there – and more importantly how did it stay? […]

Read More… from The story behind Glasgow’s iconic Duke of Wellington statue and its well-known traffic cone hat