If incoming plane passengers from abroad are a concern why are we sending 'rescue' vessels into the Channel thereby putting the crewmen into very close proximity to possibly infected persons for an...
Sergeant Morse now in uniform wasn't wearing the ribbon of the George Medal he was awarded along with his DCI in an earlier episode. Inspector Javier in 'Les Mis' wore his medal one one-side then...
can anyone provide the question to 14d. I thought I'd finished the crossword and put the paper to salvage this morning. I now find I've missed one. Q only not answer. TIA...
On TV 30+yrs ago - young loyal officer of the multi-national army becomes increasingly concerned at the growing separate national sentiments of his fellow officers and of the contempt shown by...
I was pleasantly surprised to observe in Saturday19th episode of Insp. Montalbano that there was a full length portrait of King Umberto I in the office of the Chief of Police; similarly there was a...
I'm unable to equate the statement that we have an ageing population with the large influx of young 'foreigners' and soaring birth rates of recent years. This of us who are aged didn't arrive here...
Can a German soldier receive the Iron Cross 1st Class if he hasn't already received the 2nd Class award? I also find it a petty niggle in films seeing German soldiers with WWI medals who are obviously...
A small village charity has a large amount of demonetarised UK coinage (Old copper pennies, half-pennies and large sized 5p, 10p and 50p). Where can one exchange them for cash? The big charities...
The Spanish Civil War was terrible for the country and its civilian population but in retrospect wasn't it fortunate for europe as a whole that the Nationalists won? I'm sure that the nazis wouldn't...
Does anyone know where, on the internet, I can find the Old Time Music Hall sketch with Jimmy Edwards on stage with a line of other singers dressed up in hunting pink where he kept making mistakes in...
In the recent funeral procession there were many people wearing folk costume or uniforms of the former Imperial & Royal Army (kuk) . What organisations were they representing (ex-servicemen?); one...
Does anyone know of a CLARK family living in the above town post-WWI to early 1920s?If so address(es) would be most welcome. Not an uncommon name so there may be more than one. Thanks.
Where can a registered charity save in a High Interest (Cash) account without risk? Building societies appear only to offer 'treasurer's accounts' at a miserable rate of interest.