Ok, what's with Cadbury putting chocolate eclairs in their tin? I mean, eclairs! Hard as a brick and making up a big chunk of the tin's weight. Then their Heros tin. Same size tin but less weight. I...
A thought. To remove a screw, you have to put pressure on it (with a screwdriver obviously) in the opposite direction to which you want it to move. Bizarre huh?...
Ok, this isn't Bah Humbug, honestly, but I don't think vivid blue lights are very Christmassy yet there seem to be so many of them everywhere. I was flying in to Gatwick Airport a couple of weeks ago...
Looking for a Christmas carol-type song that I heard about 3 years ago at St Paul's Catherdral. It was choral, possibly without instruments, and I think had the flavour of Gaudete/Il Dulce Jubilo/I...
Sorry but I can't include a photo yet! An object made of wood with twisted grain like olive wood, in the shape of an oversized but traditionally-shaped pawn chess piece. The very top piece detaches...
Just been to see Titanic Exhibition at Belfast and was reminded of a tale my Grandmother used to tell me that a cook survived the sinking because his thick apron made from animal skin (fur?) helped...
Does anyone remember a First World War documentary some years ago when veterans of that war were still alive? I'm afraid I cannot remember who presented it or what it was called but there was a...
Looking to identify reference book from my childhood in the late 60's / early 70's. It was multi-volume (my parents had the first 3 or 4) and had teal coloured hard covers. Books were approx A4 in...
Anyone from southeast London remember the Co-op selling own brand Raisin Wine during the 60s and 70s? It wasn't wine or even alcoholic but a very sweet, deep red type of soft drink that you had in...
My grandfather was from Suffolk and had a few phrases I remember him saying to me as a child. When we asked what was for dinner he'd say 'Bread and pullit'. Then in answer as to what to buy from a...
I saw the film Sarah's Key recently and a piece of music from it, Moonlight Magic by Alan Moorhouse got me sentimental as it was one of my late parent's favourites. I've been trying to find out more...
Does anyone know about an urban legend where the wreckage of a pre-war aircraft was discovered sealed up in a false wall of a hangar or similar still surviving Croydon Airport building. Apparently the...
Has anyone ever tried spraying pebbledashed walls with an adhesive solution to try and stop the stones dropping off? Obviously I don't want to do that and trap moisture in the wall or destroy it's...