I have been researching my surname (Spencer) and was led onto a website that lists the family tree of Lady Diana. It lists her siblings as being:- Elizabeth 1955 (Cynthia) Jane...
When I joind the RAF back in the mid 60's I remember being told that should the present Queen pass on power to Charles all the cap badges and buttons would have to change because the...
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard a big news story that was happening that would, depending on what happened, change the world? No, I wasn't born when John F Kennedy was...
Does anyone remember, if you were a 70s kid, being given booklets of Sunny Smiles; black and white pics of smiling kids. We had to go door to door selling them for Dr Barnardo's. My friend...
Hey, I'm doing my history coursework on Prohibition and links with gangsterism etc. Does anyone know roughly when gangsterism actually started, as we have been told that Prohibition wasn't the actual...
I have been told that there are books held in the Vatican that have never been seen by the general public. Has anyone else heard this? If so, what are they? thanks
My grandad was a master mason head of the lodge sort of thing and now they're after getting me in. I went on a 'ladies evening' and found it quite surreal and was - apparently - lucky to be...
On my old Windows 98 computer I used Familytreemaker. Now I've got a new computer with Windows XP which doesn't suppor tmy old version, so I'd like to buy a new program. Does anybody have...
I want to write a paper about the parlous state of the UK pensions industry (I know, wrong site , but stick with me). I want to use an analogy of an industry under seige. I've heard that a tactic of...
Could anybody tell me if there were ever glass bottles made with break off lids/necks? Recently while digging in the garden I found what appears to be the neck of an old bottle, but the very top is...