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karenryan1964

International Stores

Was there a international stores in Alum Rock Birmingham UK I was told that my late mother had worked there back in the early 1970s

brian j john

Infamous ,

I think Putin will go down in history as one of the most infamous people in the world like Hitler Idi amin Hussein Pol pot You name them...

Stargazer

Did You Know That.......

the first name of Queen Victoria was Alexandrina. It was only at the baptism service that the name Victoria (after her mother) was announced?

grumpy01

Liz's Quizzes C/D 2Nd April

A little help please 7b) One of the queue who gets a place in the restaurant(6) Waiter ? If so,why? 9a) Leave LL to share (2,5,5) ??? Thanks in Advance...

amir66705412

Where Do I Find Evidence Of Gold Toilet Sandal

I saw this story (https://youtu.be/U8uub4sxrpQ)and I know about the gold toilet artwork which I saw on the BBC News, on June 20, 2020. I want to know that is this story true or made up. I like to have...

ToraToraTora

As We Are In The Six Nations Anyone Remember This?

When the IRA threatened England and probably more so, the legend Willie John McBride, when the Scots and welsh bottled it. We went, we lost but we went:...

piggynose

Why Have I Never Heard Of...

Prince Edward? The queen's youngest child? I'm no royalist, but surely I should've heard of him somewhere. Oh the reason I brought this up was because it was a question in a quiz which I got right by...

ashillafwujii

Person

He is skilled as adrama and asongstar also rated as one of europes top goaltender.so who is he?

Blameelara28

How Did It Manage To Survive The Numerous Historical Events?

how did the Sultanate of Sulu manage to survive the numerous historical events?...

Stargazer

Eleanor Roosevelt And Florence Nightingale

are two of the most outstanding ladies of the nineteenth/twentieth century. Who will agree with me and who else should I include?

tiggerblue10

Did You Know..........? A Bit Of French History.

Going along the theme of did you knows..... Duchess de Polignac, one of Marie Antoinette's best friends, was the great, great, great grandmother of Prince Rainier III of Monaco. She and the Polignac...

follyfancier

1921 Census

I use Ancestry for my family trees but cant see links to the 1921 census yet ,it only seems to be available on Find My Past

gulliver1

Blair, Corbyn And Pinochet Thatcher

The Tories seem to have conveniently forgotten . That when they call Corbyn and Blair terrorists. Thatcher was not just a terrorist sympathiser but was also very close friends with one. Thatcher gave...

bennynobrain

Silvio’s Coach Trips

I am trying to find any photos of Silvio’s coaches . My Grandmother started going on trips abroad after my Grandad died in 1957. She went to Rome , Venice , Switzerland, Oberammergau, San Marino ,...

queencharlotte

British/French Legal History

50-60 years ago I remember a lot of publicity for weeks on end about an estranged couple`s young child. The British mother had been awarded custody, but the French father managed to take the child to...

Spungle

Do You Know Who Invented Dynamite?

I may be one of many or few AB contributors who were ignorant of this fact until today. Exactly 125 years ago today, Alfred Nobel, after whom the Nobel Peace Prize is named, died, aged 63. He was the...

blackhawk1234

1974 Axe Murder Wythenshawe

1974 axe murder

Nana12345

Martin's Textiles 1992 Question 1 As A Consultant Propose A Three-That Steps Plans That Will Help Martin's Textile To Take Advantage Of The Trafe Tarrif S Provisions Among The Three Countries ( Usa, Canada, Mexico)

Martin's Textiles 1992 Question 1 As a consultant propose a three-that steps plans that will help Martin's Textile to take advantage of the trafe tarrif s provisions among the three countries ( USA,...

woofas

Sea Travel To China

My grandfather was stationed in China from about 1898 in Hong Kong to 1903 in Wei-Hai-Wei. Can anyone tell me how long the journey would have taken in those days?...