Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/January 2009

... that Flora Drummond was known as "The General" for her habit of leading Women's Suffrage processions (lapel pin pictured) wearing an officer's cap and epaulettes whilst riding a large horse?
... that a design competition for a new Routemaster bus received 225 entries to the Design category, and 475 entries for the Imagine category?
... that lexicographer Henry Cockeram wrote the first known English language dictionary to contain "dictionary" in the title?
... that the Westminster Retable, a 13th-century panel painting at Westminster Abbey, is the oldest known altarpiece in England?
... that the Scotch Professors, a group of 19th-century Scottish footballers, are credited with inventing the passing style of the modern game and spreading the sport globally?