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Many thanks to all who entered our "After An Accident" quiz which raised £150 for our funds. 138 sheets were returned of which 100 were all correct. Mrs Hilary Oughton of Hitchin was drawn as the...
Does anyone know the name of this book I remember reading as a boy. It's a fairly standard story set in a boarding school. One of the characters was nicknamed Bat or The Bat and I think he was a spin...
Hi, I have several limited edition, signed, art works by Mackenzie Thorpe that i am looking to sell. Can anybody recommend the best sites this on. Many thanks...
3 or 4 years ago, Sky YB had a channel playing ambient and sometimes classical music on their O Music channel. There was a song I am trying to find more details on. The only thing I can remember is...
Can anybody recommend a decent and gripping informative book on Volcanoe's that I can buy for my Kindle? I've had a look and nothing screams READ ME! TIA...
go to e-petition 49537(link below) if you want to sign the petition http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49537 Petition to stop the government reclassifying craft as non-creative Responsible...
Whilst researching the history of my local area, Newbarns in Barrow in Furness, I was informed that in one of Dorothy Wordsworth`s diaries there is mention of her visiting a local family, the...
A few years ago I read a book about a young person needing psychiatric help and due to parent pressure didn't really want to reveal anything. He wanted to leave his casseroles with their lids on was...
There has been a lot of talk about women's rights, suffragism, etc. on the radio recently. My e-book, though basically about a year in the life of a young woman between the World Wars, includes this...
I'm trying to find a book which tells the story of a class of children left in school when the rest of the school is on a trip. Two escaped prisoners enter the school and take the children hostage....
"Had you friend a secret Sorrow, shame or vice Have you promised not to tell What's your lowest price? All the housemaid fancied All the butler guessed Tell it to the public press And we will do the...
Who is the author of the following lines and from which piece of work? "We are no more than a moment in time. Set in the midst of all this beauty. It will not be forever. For who can doubt that the...