This is really two questions in one! My ancestor came from the normal "ag lab" background in quite a rural area. Surprisingly though he could write his name (in a reasonably good hand) and by the...
Met a guy in the summer and we had a wonderful time together. Everything seemed to be SO right. Then out of the blue he decides that we did not "gel" and what he felt was not enough. Upset but...
Dot, thanks very much for your helpful suggestions on my odd marriage question. This next one is worse (but a different branch of my family completely)! Am I descended from marital miscreants?! My...
I wonder if any of you can suggest a reason why the following occurred, please? My ancestor was originally from Lincolnshire. He married his first wife from Leicestershire in her village in 1863. She...
How do these work? I was driving down a duel carriageway in a 50mph speed limit. I was NOT speeding. I was doing 48mph. However, the ambulance overtaking me with blues and twos clearly WAS speeding...
Does anyone have personal experience of this? I've read all the websites and anything medical I can get my hands on, but that doesn't help with personal experience. I was diagnosed (and treated) when...
Please help, my friend has received the following text from her boyfriend in Spain but neither of us speak Spanish. What does this translate as, please "moy bien, hasta luego a dothe y medio sabado en...
Does anyone know anything about the history of this school please? Or anything about the people who worked there? It was also known as Mr Pretty's school - there is one site on the web that mentions...
Does anyone know where I can find out about a devastating flood in the Boston (UK) area, I think at the end of the 1700s. A poem was written about it - I think bells were mentioned - am interested in...
I have a wireless laptop, an HP all in one printer (fax, copier etc) which is not wireless, and a router together with various cables and splitters. I have set broadband up as per the instructions so...
I remember visiting a beautiful white church in North Wales when I was a child I think it was a place called Bodelwyddan (please excuse undoubtedly incorrect spelling). I recall that there were a...
I have a 9 year old female who I have had since a kitten. I have (two weeks ago) taken on a 9 week old male kitten. The house has turned to utter bedlam. Despite trying to ensure the older cat gets...