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1950'S PLAY GROUND SONG.

This song came into my head last night. its from the 1950's. anyone remember it? Say what you will, school dinners make you ill. David Crockett died on shepherds pie. All school din dins come from pig...

robert551069

Crustaceans

Teacher to class "Name two crustaceans" Pupil "St. Pancras Station and King's Cross Station"...

ludwig

Are we alone ?

See here http://www.bbc.com/fu...ny-alien-worlds-exist...

claybury

info on a job name on the census

Searching a relative on the 1911 census and work was given as ,Caretaker of model dressings, any idea of what this type of work was, many thanks.

JonnyBoy12

Where is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardary?

I would really like to know where Hogwarts school in the Harry Potter books is in the world. It can be reached by the Hogwart's Express which lives from London's King Cross railway station, but where...

phuquehall

Daylight Saving Time

In the UK, we switch to British Summer on the last Sunday of March and revert to GMT on the last Sunday of October. if the purpose is 'daylight saving', logically I would have thought, the dates of...

derrynoose

Central London to Southend Airport

Has anyone any experience of travelling from Central London to Southend Airport on Sundays. I understand that there can be engineering works at weekends. I hope to travel in late September, afternoon...

venator

Nearly disastrous acronym

This organisation's acronym is WATCH - they should have called themselves Women In The CHurch http://www.womenandthechurch.org/...

colinha

Human Chromosomal Number

It has recently been found that the reason that humans have two less chromosomes than other great apes is due to a merging of two chromosomes into one in the past. So we have 23 pairs not 24 as in...

echokilo

Railway Knowledge Needed!

Please can anyone tell me what the attached photo shows? It was taken on the tracks at Birmingham New Street. Also can anyone tell me what the large flat yellow objects are that are sometimes...

2shortplanks

Contesting a Will

My Mother has recently written a new will leaving everything in trust to her grandchildren (2 from me, 1 from my brother) to be inherited by them on their 25th birthdays. Her Solicitor has advised her...

Jonathan-Joe

Russian Roulette - probability of winning

I thought it was easy to calculate the probability for each player of winning a game of Russian roulette but my answer is not the as that given by a couple of books I have. I would be be interested to...

sincnoel

bradshaw

Does anyone know which version of Bradshaw Michael Portillo has been using on his railway series?

anotheoldgit

Are sub section topics necessary?

Although it seems a certain number of ABers obviously use the sub sections of the various topics, are they really necessary? And how many open them up to enter a question etc?...

keyplus90

Consenting adults?

We talk about a good number of things and cover them up with a phrase "Consenting adults". So why not this then? http://www.independen...s-ruling-7640247.html Or we have not gone that far...

Yakattack

does Bolton have a Cathedral

I live near Bolton and people have told me over the years that it has a Cathedral yet i have no idea where it is

divegirl

Putting a gate on a shared alley.

Hi, I live in a council owned property and the house next door is privately owned. The neighbours have told me this morning that they are having their [two car] drive 'done'. My garden is grass and...

chrissa1

What Is The Name For........

Changing key in the middle or towards the end of a song? There was a list of the most blatant songs where this happens, guaranteeing a hit record. Thanks.

Rev. Green

Gravity - a repulsive force???

What's wrong with this argument? Twelve billion years ago the Universe was less dense than it had been thirteen billion years ago, but more dense than it would be eleven billion years ago. So...

rov1100

Are Grammar Schools the Best Solution

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17534910 With a clamour for more Grammar Schools are we not just turning the clock back before we had Comprehensives. Is there not a better solution? For instance...

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