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Best Christmas Dinnerware Sets

During the holidays, most people dress the dinner table with evergreens, candles and other decorations. Make sure your christmas dinnerware set complements the table.

4 comments    christmas entertaining patterns
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Operation Sealion - how Britain prepared for the Nazi invasion in 1940

As Winston Churchill, the new Prime Minister, put it, “the Battle of France is over, the Battle of Britain is about to begin"

32 comments    history england world war ii
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The Russell Group - Best Universities in the UK

Which are the Best Universities in Great Britain? If you want to see the list of the Russell Group of universities just scroll down the page. Back in the 'good old days' everyone knew that Oxford and...

6 comments    1994 group nineteen group
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Bittersweet Victory

Love Letter of King Henry VIII April the 22nd, 1814 Topsham, England For God, King and Country you brave, my noble heart In answer to your question, yes, my hand will wait for thee Your last...

4 comments    love poetry war
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World War 1 Weapons

The German Army (The Axis) In 1914 at the Outbreak of World War 1, the German Army was the strongest in Europe; Germany knew that war was immanent and had been preparing for many years before The Great War...

19 comments    education books history
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Working Class Life in the 1930's

The 1930s in England was a time when the Government rode roughshod over the already impoverished working class. Birkenhead where my mum and grandparents lived in the 1930s had the workers and the unemployed...

36 comments    love advice life
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World War 2 The Home Front (Rationing)

On September 1st 1939 Hitlers German army without warning invaded Poland sparking the start of World War 2, for 6 long years many battles were fought on air, land and sea all over the globe and millions of...

6 comments    home food history
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Where To Buy British Food In America

I was inspired to write this hub following a year that my girlfriend spent in the USA on a university placement, with several other British students. They loved American food, of course us Brits can get...

8 comments    food chocolate tea
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World War 2 The Home Front (Home Life)

In the Present day many of us think that living through the Credit crunch has been one of the most difficult times in our entire lives, worrying where our next meal may come from, if we can afford the next...

2 comments    family home children
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World War 2 The Home Front (The Home Guard)

Britains Last line of defence against a German invasion during World War 2 were the Volunteers who joined the Home Guard, originally called the Local Defence Volunteers. The men who were aged between 41 and...

9 comments    history government army
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