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Why was the City of Oxford not bombed in WW2

A question I have wanted the answer to for a long time is why was Oxford not bombed in WW2. It was not bombed in the Baedeker raids, or because of the factories at Cowley and around Oxford. These...
17:38 Fri 18th Sep 20099 answers, last by lilbrown 13:09 Sat 29th May 2010
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death of Murray Clyde Preece

My partner is having great difficulty finding the record of the death of Murray Clyde Preece. He was born in Calcutta, India in 1915, father Morley Preece, mother Eva Ellen Prece (nee Kleyn). He...
18:20 Tue 08th Sep 20094 answers, last by CheriHunter 15:41 Fri 04th Dec 2009
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Headlight Bulbs

How long should dipped heatlight bulbs last?. May current car, Skoda Fabia and previously a Seat Leon both got though dipped heatlight bulbs as about one year each side. I do not do regular night...
20:54 Sat 24th Jan 20093 answers, last by joeb 18:19 Thu 12th Feb 2009
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Number plate MOT Test

Anybody know when and if the Number plate MOT requirement for suppliers name and POSTCODE is coming back in. It came in last September for post 2001 cars, but was suspended in October as there was a...
22:44 Wed 11th Jun 20087 answers, last by Ethel 22:19 Mon 16th Jun 2008
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Lorry Fires

Is it just because there are a lot more lorries these days or that traffic news picks them up more, but there seems to be a lot more lorry fires about today that some years ago. With newer design of...
21:47 Tue 08th Apr 20083 answers, last by gouldc 08:14 Wed 09th Apr 2008
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SEAT Leon Advert with Banked Motor Racing Circuit

I put this in Adverts but got no replies so will try here. Does anybody know where the last part of the latest SEAT Car Advert was filmed, the one with the white car. It is at a derelict motor racing...
20:59 Mon 18th Feb 20083 answers, last by carnabyst 18:58 Thu 08th Jan 2009
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SEAT Car Advert

Does anybony know where the last part of the latest SEAT Car Advert was filmed, the one with the white car. It is at a derelict motor racing circuit with a banked track. I do not think it is...
21:35 Mon 11th Feb 2008
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Old Phone Number with new 3G SIM Card

Is it possible to use your old 2G mibile phone number with a new 3G SIM card so you can get the internet and other 3G benefits while still having your origonal phone number. Thank You
21:52 Sun 06th Jan 2008
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Died after Dunkirk

A possible relative of mine is listed by CWGC as being buried in Lille Southern Cemetery, he died on 24th July 1940, as this was over a month after Dunkirk, so was he a POW?. He was a serjeant in the...
21:47 Mon 19th Nov 20078 answers, last by gksandpiper 08:40 Thu 03rd Apr 2008
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Orb Street Air Rade Shelter Disaster

have just found out from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site that some possible relatives were killed in the Orb Street Air Raid Shelter, in Southwark , on 12 September 1940. I have not...
22:02 Sun 18th Nov 20078 answers, last by DarrenP 19:08 Mon 18th Jun 2018
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Royal Navy and the Spanish Civil War

I have a memory of my late father saying that when he was in the Sea Cadets in the late 1930s, he went on a large Royal Navy ship, I do not know its name, to Gibralter and back, escorting british...
21:26 Mon 20th Aug 20073 answers, last by Count_Emmup 20:15 Wed 22nd Aug 2007
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Royal Navy Depot Ships after WW1

Both my Grandfather and the grandfather of a friend of mine served on depot ship in the years after WW1 for a few months at a time during there service. One HMS Hecla, on Lough Swilly, County Donegal,...
20:05 Thu 09th Aug 20071 answer, last by johnlambert 10:47 Fri 10th Aug 2007
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Royal Navy Depot ships after WW1

Both my Grandfather and the grandfather of a friend of mine served on HMS Hecla, a depot ship on Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland, near Buncara. They were both on it for a few months each in...
23:00 Wed 08th Aug 20072 answers, last by doirecormac 00:04 Fri 10th Aug 2007
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Royal Navy in Japan

There is a story in the family that my Grandfather went to Japan when he was in the Royal Navy, 1904 - 1924. I have not been able to find anything in his service record of any ship he was on going to...
18:54 Mon 06th Aug 20071 answer, last by dot.hawkes 19:37 Mon 06th Aug 2007
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Battle of the Isle of May

Does anybody Know a website or other source of information on 'the Battle of the Isle of May,. It was in 1918 of the Firth of Forth, when H.M.S. Fearless a light cruiser ran down and sunk the British...
12:08 Sun 25th Feb 20072 answers, last by dot.hawkes 15:11 Sun 25th Feb 2007

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