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I have searched the internet and been looking in old local interest books of Hitchin in North Hertfordshire but I am unable to find the name of a Volvo garage that was situated for many many years...
I watched a tv programme with my aged relatives recently which has set off a lot of discussions about WWII. The programme informed us that at the outbreak of the war the UK imported 90% of its wheat...
Does anyone know why it was illegal for them to marry during WWII? Any links to the legislation or more information would be most welcome, or even anything indicating this isn't true
I have been puzzled by the variety of house styles in Stretford, Gorse Hill and Urmston located in Manchester. Did a Corporation planning committee come up with the type of houses needed and how many...
Hey everyone again I was just checking as i do about the number of deaths per year. I cant remember 1993 as I was a wee bit too young 9r as they say a glimt in my dads eye hehe but was there a health...
What situation is called when all citizens had the right to attend assembly to meet in open discussion and cast votes in ancient athens 1. direct democracy 2. totalitarianism 3. parliamentary...
What jails were the Krays in, during what years?
why didn't populations move from deserts to more productive areas, people move from arctic conditions to warmer climes, why did Stone Age man live on Dartmoor rather than the coast where they could...
Just watching this film , again What would have happened if the American navy fleet was fully prepared for the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbour ,do you think. It would appear that certain info...
How did the religions of Christianity and Islam get spread?
Did labour come up with the idea of selling council houses in their manifesto back in the 50s but failed to get elected.
Murray, thought of you when I watched both these links. I never knew it was actually published in Dundee, not London!! Two links on the history of Jackie, and another with original staff that worked...
Remember his name. Unremembered heroes. Women and men driven to almost unbelievable acts of heroism, forgotten by most of us. One such: Witold Pilecki, a Polish resistance fighter who broke IN to...
Can anyone recommend a documentary on YouTube about the Wapping dispute? I know nothing at all about it
Many thanks in anticipation...
watching Dan Snow program but dont understand why they had to fly low on the way to the dams and endure the flak,, why not stay high until target? I am sure a good reason... but ..?
Looking for something else, came across this amazing story of a very good German. In 1940, there was a naval battle between the British destroyer Glowworm, and the German battleship Admiral Von...
What are some example of social systems in the 18th Century/ Restoration that effects literature? I'm having trouble finding what comparisons I can make on how British literature has changed over...
In paragraph 1 & 2 of "The Medicine Bag" what it talks about?...
What street was Michael cole shop in cambridge was it Trumpington street please....
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