World wide financial crash precipited by Wall street wiped billions off share values. Wall st ended 23% down, a bigger crash than the famous Wall St crash of 1929.
The swallow sidecar company was founded by William Lyons. After WWII their logo looked a bit too much like SS. Thus they renamed themselves after one of their models, Jaguar. Thus was the Jaaaag Born....
I am currently beginning to read one of Cecil Woodham-Smith's excellent biographies. Her books were and are second to none. That is why I asked a silly question yesterday regarding the line of...
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) 07:46 am...
I am reearching the history of Le Grande Chene, Tilburstow Hill Road, S Godstone and noticed that someone on this site remembers it. It was previously LE Bonne Auberge restaurant, and before then the...
I havent done a genealogical probate search for a while (I'm mainly back before 1858 so they are of little use - although any pre 1858 Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills are still available free...
Primo Levi, a writer who wrote about the Holocaust like this: “It is neither easy nor pleasant to dig into this abyss of evil. You are tempted to turn away with a grimace and refuse to see and hear:...
Did French partisans ever attack occupying German forces after the Franco Prussian War? There was a period of time after the war ended where German forces remained in France until France paid war...
During the Soviet War in Afghanistan, why did the refugee surge into Iran not have a destabilizing effect like it did in Pakistan? Or maybe it did, there just hasn't been much media or historical...
Has there been a recent tactical, campaign, and political analysis of the Algerian Civil war (1991-2002). I would presume the only existing European language study covering this conflict would be...
If so, were there significant battles between factions, or was conflict limited to just brief skirmishes? Given the level of violence that ensued following Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, there...