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PAMUFF

What Was The Name Of Queen Victoria's Horse

The answer would be a town or city in England

Nettie7

User Inactive

What does 'User inactive' mean? Does it just mean the person is not actually online at the current time or that they have closed their account? I've replied to a topic from 2013 but persons profile...

Yellowbird

Battles

The gloves were on. Revolution oriental style (5, 9)

Yellowbird

Battles

Cut down on numbers, oh, before getting to the office (8)

Ripper

Boundary Estate, Shoreditch London

Please can someone enlighten me why the houses on the estate around the bandstand are all named after places in Berkshire/ Oxfordshire i.e. Marlow House, Henley House, Culham House, Iffley House...

spathiphyllum

Why Did Athena Punish Medusa For Being Raped By Poseidon?

Why did Athena punish Medusa for being raped by Poseidon? I feel quite sorry for her... All she wanted to do was stay a virgin and all she got was multiple advances which made the Goddess Athena...

hpirwany

Bunkef In London

Where in London are the bunkers used by Churchill during World War the Second please?

10ClarionSt

The Spitfire Got All The Glory But................

..........there were two British aircraft that the Germans feared more than the Spitfire. The first one was the DeHaviland Mosquito Fighter Bomber. The Murdering Mosquito, the Germans called it. In...

lombax123

Was Robin Hood A Real Person?

or just fictional like santa claus?

bpjcf

American Civil War

I have been told that in one battle of the American Civil War, the opposing commanders were father & son. Does anyone know if this is true, & what were the details?...