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The Common Room / Imperial War Museum
« on: Monday 13 May 24 21:42 BST (UK)  »
  I wonder if anyone has been successful in contacting the IWM?
 I sent them an email in December last year about a document I thought might be of interest, and got a reply on 24th January, saying someone would be in touch soon, which they weren't. I emailed again mid-April and that one came back not deliverable.
  I don't imagine trying to phone them will get me anywhere. Perhaps I should take my mother's advice and write a letter!

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Technical Help / Libre Office problem
« on: Tuesday 07 May 24 19:47 BST (UK)  »
  I hope someone can help me with an odd problem. I am using a Libre Office document, including a table for my expenses (I have been doing this for years) and it has done something odd - 2 snips attached. There is a sudden colour change, underlining, and when I try to delete, it gets crossed out instead. My technical computer knowledge is basic.

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The Common Room / Caledonian Market
« on: Sunday 05 May 24 21:57 BST (UK)  »
  Browsing the local newspapers for the early 1930s, I found a list of all the local village contributions to the hospital building fund. A large number of the villages raised money with a Caledonian Market. I am guessing this was a fashionable name for a bazaar/sale of work, but they raised a decent amount of money. Any other thoughts?

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The Common Room / Tithe maps
« on: Thursday 18 April 24 20:43 BST (UK)  »
   Is there an expert on tithe maps on here please? I have some queries about the one I am studying.

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The Lighter Side / Recording family treasures
« on: Thursday 01 February 24 17:18 GMT (UK)  »
  My son has persuaded me, now that I have a modern phone, to video the things in my house which are of family interest and to make a short recording at the same time. I was a bit doubtful, but decided to give it a try, and am reasonably happy with the results. I have written it all down in the past, but I can see that this is a bit more interesting.

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The Common Room / Databox 2000
« on: Tuesday 30 January 24 17:14 GMT (UK)  »
  Has anyone heard of Databox 2000? I have just been reading one of our old parish magazines and it was mentioned. It included some interviews with residents and presumably things going on in the village. Nearly 25 years on it could be interesting!

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The Common Room / Electricity 1930
« on: Friday 26 January 24 20:42 GMT (UK)  »
   I have been looking at a sale advertisement from 1930 for a farmhouse in a village, which includes electric light. As electricity had still not reached the village by 1935, would they have had some sort of generator?

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The Common Room / Imperial War Museum
« on: Friday 29 December 23 20:56 GMT (UK)  »
  Has anyone tried to email the IWM? I sent them an email some days ago and immediately got back 2 replies - "Postmaster email delivery failure" and "Thank you for contacting IWM". Which one do I believe?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Welsh quilt
« on: Thursday 28 December 23 20:12 GMT (UK)  »
  Not sure if this is the right place for this. The picture is in our W.I. archive, and there seems to be a vague idea that the quilt was made by members and presented to the lady in the centre. I have just come across a press report (1933) of a meeting where that same lady exhibited a beautiful quilt made by wives of Welsh miners, presumably men working in the Kent coalfield. Could this be that quilt? Was there a particular style of Welsh quilting?


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