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Theblip

Kray Twins

What jails were the Krays in, during what years?

balloney

Planners And Builders Of Stretford And Urmston Circa 1890 To 1950S

I have been puzzled by the variety of house styles in Stretford, Gorse Hill and Urmston located in Manchester. Did a Corporation planning committee come up with the type of houses needed and how many...

Sparta

In Roughly 100,000 Years Of Human History

why didn't populations move from deserts to more productive areas, people move from arctic conditions to warmer climes, why did Stone Age man live on Dartmoor rather than the coast where they could...

Bazile

Tora Tora Tora

Just watching this film , again What would have happened if the American navy fleet was fully prepared for the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbour ,do you think. It would appear that certain info...

eleanor2

70S Jackie Mag!

Murray, thought of you when I watched both these links. I never knew it was actually published in Dundee, not London!! Two links on the history of Jackie, and another with original staff that worked...

allenlondon

Witold Pilecki

Remember his name. Unremembered heroes. Women and men driven to almost unbelievable acts of heroism, forgotten by most of us. One such: Witold Pilecki, a Polish resistance fighter who broke IN to...