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South Durham Steel & Iron Company

Can anyone tell me the value of the South Durham Steel & Iron Compamy's shares before nationalisation in 1967? Stew.
12:08 Mon 23rd Jul 2012
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Heated, waterproof gloves

Can anyone recommend a decent pair of heated, waterproof gloves? I got a pair some time ago, powered by "D" battery, and they were useless, little or no heat delivered and quite...
14:42 Sat 21st Jan 20121 answer, last by mojay 14:01 Sun 22nd Jan 2012
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ST4464

Folks, I need a little help with my last two clues. As usual I have most difficulty with the small ones. 5a Stand back behind horse with fairy (6) ?o???b and 7d Reason 50% is at 75% as well (6) ??t?a?...
20:42 Mon 19th Dec 20112 answers, last by TheWinner 20:44 Mon 19th Dec 2011
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ST4463

Folks, I need some help with my last clue. 15d Annie got upset by tragedy (8). ?n?i?o?e. Fairly certain all the letters are correct but not 100%. Many Thanks in Advance Stew...
23:16 Sun 11th Dec 20113 answers, last by chelle7272 23:18 Sun 11th Dec 2011
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ST4460

Folks, I need a little help today. 17a One slow to learn (me today!! not part of clue) finally eliminated with an innovative dancer, D-n-a- (6). Many thanks in advance. Stu...
13:10 Mon 21st Nov 20111 answer, last by glasman 13:11 Mon 21st Nov 2011
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Hume's England (1796) & Burle's Peerage (1843)

Hume's England, two of three vols, and Burke's Peerage and Baronetage are other older items among the books I have been landed with. My wife wants me to get rid of them ASAP as we have little storage...
19:03 Wed 12th Oct 20112 answers, last by scotman 09:33 Thu 13th Oct 2011
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A General History of the World from Creation to the Present Time

I have recently come into posession of 10 of 12 vols of these books by William Guthrie and John Gray dated MDCCLXIV (1794) Vols 1 and 4 are missing. The condition of the books is fair. Does anyone...
18:22 Wed 12th Oct 20112 answers, last by ladyalex 20:55 Wed 12th Oct 2011
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Cloud Formation

A few miles from where I live there is a mountain range, not a very tall range but in the region of 1900 to 2200 feet. On about 70% of the time, or thereabouts, one of the mountains is capped by a...
19:57 Fri 26th Aug 20116 answers, last by rjohnrichard17 07:09 Thu 17th May 2018
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Dolmio

What was the brand before it was changed to Dolmio? Stu
22:22 Tue 23rd Aug 20114 answers, last by Trimeresurus 22:51 Tue 23rd Aug 2011
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Where Was I? S.T. 21.08.2011

Folks, I have only spent about ten minutes on this week's Where Was I? but it looks like the answers are 1) Guildford and 2) The Wey and Arun Canal. Should be easy to confirm. Stu.
15:42 Sun 21st Aug 20114 answers, last by sir.prize 10:10 Mon 22nd Aug 2011
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ST Where Was I? 03/07/2011

The answers to this week's Where Was I? for anyone interested are 1) Riccarton Junction and 2) Langholm. Stewart...
16:46 Mon 04th Jul 20113 answers, last by JSRamsey1491 12:31 Tue 05th Jul 2011
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Where Was I?

The answers to this week's Where Was I? are 1) Riccarton Junction and 2) Langholm. Stew....
16:42 Mon 04th Jul 20111 answer, last by Euphemia 16:46 Mon 04th Jul 2011
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Sunday Times Crossword

Does anyone know how the ST crossword people select the winner and runners up?Now that it is possible to enter on line will the procedure have changed. Do you think that there is a bias, unintentional...
19:31 Tue 31st May 2011
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Waterproofing Walking Boots

What is the best material to waterproof leather hiking boots? I know that a lot of boots contain a polymeric membrane inside the boot. This polymeric membrane is not intended to protect the leather...
16:09 Thu 12th May 20118 answers, last by beso 07:56 Sat 14th May 2011
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Super Injunctions

Can (Will) anyone tell me who is the prominant actor who has taken out a super injunction to prevent public disclosure of a liaison with Helen Wood, Wayne Rooney's one time "friend"? Stew....
13:28 Wed 11th May 201120 answers, last by JSRamsey1491 19:56 Wed 11th May 2011
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St. Theodore

Who wrote a play in 1938 celebrating the life of St. Theodore?
21:24 Sun 08th May 20112 answers, last by Testicles 19:15 Wed 11th May 2011
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st4428

Folks, Reached an impasse with following two clues: 25a Type of American citizen that is wrong to head west (5) n???i and 23d A person in authority upset a member of religion (5) r???a. The middle...
19:39 Sun 10th Apr 20112 answers, last by Lie-in King 19:40 Sun 10th Apr 2011
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st4422

Folks, Need some help with 3d: Beat established for an audience b???e and 2a:Style of GBS writing is better ?a?? Many Thanks in advance. Stu...
20:25 Mon 28th Feb 20113 answers, last by JSRamsey1491 21:00 Mon 28th Feb 2011
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Birthplace of William Courtenay

Can anyone tell me the name of the little village in the vicinity of Exeter where William Courtenay, the 59th. Archbishop of Canterbury was born. The village is located, I believe, in the parish of...
21:23 Tue 08th Feb 20115 answers, last by DTcrosswordfan 22:49 Tue 08th Feb 2011
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ST4412

Happy Christmas everyone. See that we have a new compiler this year. Must say that I preferred the crosswords set by Barbara Hall. Need a little help with the last clue. 49ac. About lunchtime sailor...
12:54 Mon 20th Dec 20101 answer, last by kayakamina 12:57 Mon 20th Dec 2010

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