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Georgian times

Does anyone know of a good book of Georgian House Interiors? Preferably lots of pictures( I can read but its the ideas I want not the history)

Ric.ror

Charles Dickens and names

Where did Dickens get the name 'Pumblechook' in Great Expectations? does it mean to pummel and chop wood?

condriac

out of print books

I am looking for a book titled "From tree to Sea" about building a wooden steam drifter. the author is Ted Frost. I would be grateful of any help.. thanks

osprey

Does anyone remember this book?

I read this about ten years ago, but can't remember the name. A girl librarian finds a clue relating to a book in the library. She finds the book and there is a dare in it, with a monetary reward....

SKA

Does anyone know of any other books like these two?

'Without Charity' and 'A Place in the Hills' by Michelle Paver. I really like these two books. Does anyone know of any other books like these two?

bertha

Jenny Joseph

Hello is it possible anyone can tell me the name of the poem thats about the earth and that if it could " give one big shrug" and knock us all off. And if you could post it it would be gratley...

wonderful

matchstick modelling

Does anybody know a website that I can find matchstick modelling templates that I can print free from?

Barbarafb

Poem

Anyone remember a poem that goes something like: The ash, the elm, the poplar tall, The pear tree growing up the wall I learned it at school - three hundred years ago - and it's driving ME up the...

Bigun1_6605

Novel-lost emerald necklace

Does anyone remember a current mystery novel by a woman writer a few years ago that involved a woman investigator searching the world for a lost emerald necklace? She traveled to Russia, Egypt and...

hartley

I am trying to find out anything I can about a picture of Venice signed by S.K. Mulholland. Its been in the family for years but no-one knows anything about the picture or the artist. It may even just...

Takoda

poor mousey?

From my early childhood (around 30yrs ago) I can just about recall a poem about a mouse - I think it was called poor mousey - and I think one of lines was "you slip on a roller skate you left...

Lennypops

Children's poem about a paddling pool

I am trying to track down a short poem about a paddling pool which was in one of pair of books I remember owning as a child during the 1970s. The copies I owned had no covers to them in terms of dust...

pywackit

part of a poem

I heard a poem as a child containing the lines 'the lonely lion lay, gaunt shoulder to the capital and blind eye to the bay. Or close to that. Can anyone identify it, please?

Kimgamble

Jane Austen

How old was Jane Austen when she wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?

loopylolli

Casino management book

hi, does anyone know where i can find lierature on Casino management that is UK printed and UK terminology as we can only find US printed books with american terminology which is a bit anoying when...

Johnamill

Artists R.Rawlings & Peter Tang

I've just bought some artwork by two artists at auction. Two are oil paintings, of semi-clad women, signed on the bottom left hand corner in red is "R.Rawlings". Two are contemporary art using...