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I am running the 15k Great Midlands Fun Run in Sutton Coldfield on Sunday 2 June with Tennyson my dog, who is pictured below. Every year we run for charity and fundraise as best we can. This year Ten has selected The Cinnamon Trust: www.cinnamon.org.uk as our charity of choice. The Cinnamon ...

Violette with her husband Etienne Szabó in London 1940 Violette Szabó was born on 26 June 1921 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the daughter of Charles and Reine (née Leroy) Bushell. Violette took her father’s British nationality, since Charles Bushell was an Englishman who, as ...

Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) Have any of you noticed how clean the front of your car is nowadays? Some 15 to 20 years ago there was a regular chore to complete after every significant journey. Hot water, a bucket, soap and a brush were needed to scrape off a grim gallery of dead ...

Ordnance Survey map of 1871/4 In the middle ages, the whole country was divided up into parishes, each with its own church building and also an area of land called ‘the glebe’ which was assigned to support the priest. Cranleigh’s glebe was larger than average, because the clay soil was so poor. ...

BEER MARINATED ROAST CHICKEN - Main Meal Choice A (Serves 4) Ingredients 800g of chicken pieces (tights, legs and breast) 1 pint of beer (preferably a strong lager) 2 cloves of garlic fresh rosemary fresh thyme 50ml olive oil 20g of unsalted butter salt and black pepper to taste flour ...

According to an old booklet ‘How to Keep Well in Wartime’ published in the 1940s by the Ministry of Health for the Ministry of Information ‘the nation’s stubborn good health has been invaluable to our war effort. Even so, as a nation we are still losing about 22 million weeks’ work every year ...