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coffeeman

Cirencester amphitheatre

Is there any evidence of gladitorial battles at the Roman Amphitheatre in Cirencester ?
23:12 Mon 05th Jun 20062 answers, last by coffeeman 18:59 Mon 19th Jun 2006
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Avocetz

The Omen

Was it known to the makers of the original Omen film that Billie Whitelaw, who played Damien's nanny Mrs Baylock, has her birthday on 6th June?
17:40 Wed 07th Jun 20064 answers, last by Avocetz 09:15 Mon 19th Jun 2006
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beccastroud

Holding Hands

What is the origin of holding hands and why is the boy's hand in the front always and the girl's at the back?
03:29 Thu 08th Jun 20066 answers, last by gaza47 23:21 Fri 16th Jun 2006
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Puddy-Paws

Plane Crash is Wolstanton, Staffordshire

I was wondering if anyone has any information or could point me in the right direction to get some, on a small plane crash that happened in 1953 in Wolstanton/Porthill Marsh in Newcastle under Lyme,...
15:29 Mon 05th Jun 20064 answers, last by Puddy-Paws 10:47 Thu 15th Jun 2006
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Barney's pal

Aircrew second world war

Does anyone have any info on the lives of aircrew who flew in the second world war, especially rear gunners, (tail end charlies) and anyone who flew in Burma at the end of the war. I am trying to...
16:24 Thu 08th Jun 20064 answers, last by Ed Strong 14:30 Mon 12th Jun 2006
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scruffscat

anti semitism

could anybody tell me the medieval myths resposible for anti seitism
21:07 Wed 07th Jun 200619 answers, last by gammaray 07:57 Mon 12th Jun 2006
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volks76

Cathars

Who or what were Cathars?
05:05 Tue 06th Jun 20063 answers, last by horsestache1 22:17 Fri 09th Jun 2006
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Bubble

Cuban Missile Crisis

How did the discovery of Soviet weapons in Cuba almost lead to a nuclear war????
02:01 Thu 08th Jun 200610 answers, last by carolegif 21:46 Fri 09th Jun 2006
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mycats

D-Day

Am I going mad or has no-one mentioned that today is D-Day?? I am very surprised by this.Personally I dont think we can ever imagine what these young men went through and we should never forget
17:24 Tue 06th Jun 200614 answers, last by Maudlettice 11:12 Thu 08th Jun 2006
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Broskotron

anglo saxons

danelaw
18:36 Mon 05th Jun 20061 answer, last by MrsJo49155 01:08 Thu 08th Jun 2006
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kafers

alevel hist exam

has anyone seen the paper yet? please help me!!!!
16:54 Tue 06th Jun 20063 answers, last by mycats 16:53 Wed 07th Jun 2006
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imogen lily

vietnam war/cold war

What was the relationship between the U.S policy of containment and the U.S involvment in Vietnam?
01:16 Tue 06th Jun 20062 answers, last by spinchimp 12:39 Wed 07th Jun 2006
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Amm-arD

Nostradamus!

Hey people, Can anyone tell me a bit about him and what he has predicted..or does anyone know a site that has a good summary? Thanks
18:30 Tue 06th Jun 20063 answers, last by Octavius 11:20 Wed 07th Jun 2006
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Grunty

Queen Victoria's funeral

Many years ago, I read that an army regiment dropped Queen Victoria's coffin. For their sin, they were banished by never again having a home posting (the regiment of course, not individual soldiers)....
13:07 Tue 06th Jun 20069 answers, last by Grunty 09:33 Wed 07th Jun 2006
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mostoften

Myth

Today is 06/06/06. Did anything untoward happen on 06/06/1906
08:36 Tue 06th Jun 20066 answers, last by Hippy 07:12 Wed 07th Jun 2006
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magicbeatle

queen victoria assassination attempts...

Why did Queen Victoria have eight assassination attempts made on her life? If she was unpopular then why, it seems rather alot - or has there been another british monarch to have more?
00:32 Tue 06th Jun 20065 answers, last by Golden Shred 22:46 Tue 06th Jun 2006
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kafers

bamburg conference

plz someone explain it to me!
17:02 Tue 06th Jun 20061 answer, last by Octavius 17:36 Tue 06th Jun 2006
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charlemagne

Early European Maps

looking for map of Europe around 750AD
15:46 Tue 06th Jun 20062 answers, last by Octavius 16:47 Tue 06th Jun 2006
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oldham1

Routemaster heritage centre

Does anyone know if the above is still located at Trumpers Way,Hanwell and is underground car 21147 still there?
17:31 Mon 05th Jun 20062 answers, last by oldham1 19:16 Mon 05th Jun 2006
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c.shallow

fine art & contemporary photography

what is fine art & contemporary photography? Whats the difference? how long has it been around? <TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0...
15:51 Mon 05th Jun 20061 answer, last by Octavius 16:41 Mon 05th Jun 2006

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