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Hi Has anyone else heard of an Oxfam collector asking for your bank details? I had a woman at my front door asking for a donation, I said if she gave me an envelope I would give something but she...
Bultins holiday camps used to have a bust of Billy Butlin in reception. I want to know what colour/patina the bust was. Can anyone help or know where I can get a colour photo?
I have recently acquired a postcard addressed simply to one "Zeff Cheff esq. Ont.". It was posted in Toronto and It is dated Feb. 1911. I have tried to discover where Big Point, Ontario is...
Hi I have a pair of old silver cuff-links that belonged to my grandfather, with what I believe to be Chinese symbols on them, one symbol on each cuff-link. I intend to wear them to my wedding next...
I see from the headlines that Catherine Zeta Jones has been awarded a CBE, and Vicki Michelle (I vill say zis only wernce) an MBE. The Help for Heroes founders have also been recognised - good. Brian...
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I'm interested in spending some spare time learning spanish - can anyone recommend any books/cds that could be available in the library or something?
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Checking the Embassies in Lowndes Square , London on Google Street View (as you do) i noticed that there were no nation flags displayed outside the Embassies - i'm sure they did - or am i wrong ? or...
In a country in which people only want boys, every family continues to have children until they have a boy. If they have a girl, they have another child. If they have a boy, they stop. What is the...
I know it's tough for UK citizens to immigrate to the US and all the documents needed, but WHY? I don't mean all the forms etc.. to fill - just the explanation. Is there still some - old - beef with...
I have very low self esteem and am very shy. I used to be so loud and confident now that's drifted away... Because of this I don't have confidence to talk to people and just smile if they say...
This is going to be boring to some and even freak out the younger members. I thought it might be a cool idea to ask members to add a couple "in my days' extracts - only as you remember them, not...
Does anyone know of a speciality 1950's shop in london? They sell all kinds of stuff from the 1950's like crockery, clothes, furniture, magazines etc,. I saw it on some house makeover programme or...
My mom was adopted on September of 1931 in Los Angeles California. Her birth date is February 9, 1931. Her adopted parents were Domenico & Lucia Ardito. Great, wonderful grandparents. The name...
example - this girl is not short - answer - Annalong
Clue - Houses but not at the end...
Where there any white people at all in Australia before we in the uk or others came over there?
What happens to the elderly in China? Do they have nursing homes or euthanasia? With so many people they must be at the end of totem pole.
I am moving to London for the first time. I like nice areas like Maida vale, Bayswater. I do not know Lambeth.Ive seen a picture of the flat im going to see and it looks nice on a quiet residential...
in the film angels and demons, the swiss guard , are guarding the vatican in vatican city, why the swiss guard as vatican city is is rome,,
