Can a widower marry his dead wife's sister? I am particularly talking about the rights and wrongs of late Victorian times. This is relevant to my family tree.
Now the cold and flu season is upon us with a vengence, and the drug companies are hitting us from all sides with their cure-all's, does anyone know of any interesting old wives cures? And how can I...
It seems ludricrous a huge country like America is unable, or unwilling to dismantle her own ships safely, but is happy to dispose of them in a tiny overcrowded country like ours. I'll bet the people...
I have an old (probably 19th century) willow pattern oval platter. Does anyone know how to date it and what makes a good or bad one? There are no marks underneath other than a tiny '14' impressed into...
It seems that a total ban on cod fishing is quite likely. This of course is not just inconvenient for the consumer but disasterous for those whose livelihoods depend on cod fishing. Perhaps I'm being...
Why is it in some shops (eg my local woolworths and Sainsbury's) I keep getting small shocks whenever I touch various thing such as shelfs, doors, etc?
I have a golden elm tree in my garden which was planted about 10 years ago. In all the years it has never looked particularly healthy. It's growing in an open, sunny position with well drained soil....
Can anyone explain why the high street shops are full of clothes designed to only suit anorexic teenagers? At the same time we are being told more and more people are overweight. Surely clothes...
Given that every cell in our body has a relatively short lifespan, and none of the cells are around today that were part of us as children, why then can I remember back 40 years?