A dear friend of mine is trying to locate copies of photographs of his Grandad Thomas Reginald Scott who was Sheriff of Nottingham in 1947. He and his wife Maud Scott escorted the young Princess...
On my drive to work, I pass a gorgeous looking house but it's been boarded up for ages. Is there any way to find out who owns it, why it's boarded up and then potentially what is going to happen to...
It contains 5 credit cards, various membership cards for local stuff, and some other stuff, including cash. I'm loathed to hand it in the police because I'm sure the cash will end up in someone's back...
I am trying to trace back the line of the above .... but don't think I can with the info I have. I know he married Florence Abbotts (born Florence Hawkins in Jan 1915) in 1947 and I know he had a...
Does anyone have a subscription to this site? I use Ancestry so can't afford a second one. Its just that on a google search I have seen someone asking for help about an Uncle of my late Mother. I...
My great aunt (95) tells me that you should not wash or let water run down the drain until after midday on Good Friday ... says this is something to do with respecting the Lord's soul and not...
On Monday I noticed a C of E church with it's flag (Union Jack) half mast ...... is this simply becuase it's holy week or might itbe for something else - was in Penkridge in Staffordshire if that...
Who has one of these? Do you recommend them? What's the basic difference between the older version and new 3G one? Are any other book readers worth considering? Do you have to have a Kindle to...
I have just found a most unusual set of marriages: The first 3 at St George in the East and the last one at Camberwell: 25 Dec 1884 Walter Samuel Meddemenn married Francis Spenn 03 Aug 1890...
My mum is complaining of an aching near her hip, just on one said - she thinks its muscular and describes it as being just below the hip joint and she says its worse when she gets up after sitting for...
I have a photo of a gentleman called G Evans whose RAF number is 1256828. How can I find out where he's from - I think it may be Mountain Ash in South Wales, or possibly Blaenau Ffestioniog in North...
The above was born in 1867/8 in Dudley Port (Great Bridge), on the border of Staffordshire and Worcestershire .............. found her on the 1881 (visiting the Bridge Inn, Birmingham) but need to...
My 7 month old daughter was prescribed the above today for reflux (she refused to take Omeprazole MUPS, and has been taking Ranitide, which is not working well). We've been given sodium bicarbonate...
Struggling to find the above on 1861 census. He was married by then (married Elizabeth Puddicombe in 1852) and was living in Crediton, Devon in 1851 & 1871 (both times with Elizabeth, on the...