Thanks to my distance cousin Doug Slater for this. It's about Robert Brainard, my grandfather's grandfather, who lived 1872-1899. The newspaper article gives many details of the horrible accident that caused Robert's sudden and violent death ... (more)
This is a simple affair, from recognised maker Roberts. It was half-priced from Bennetts, costing £30. The aerial is just a wire, but reception is fine and the full range of stations was detected in under a minute. The volume control ... (more)
George Brainard, fixing his car: 1950 Robert Brainard and sons (Lauren and Larrie), 1963 (more)
Read the Biography of Robert Swindells at Channel4Learning.com. He writes books for young people, encouraging them to avoid harming others - a Buddhist philosophy. He has published over twenty titles since 1984. (more)
Be warned, if you purchase Whois Privacy (or domain privacy) from 123-Reg: they do not enable privacy automatically, so you need to go into the Whois Privacy section in your control panel and enable it there. I thought it was enabled when ... (more)
Heating oil has been making the headlines a lot in the last seven months, as the price soared and more people reported thefts from their tanks. There is no doubt that the price increases are newsworthy, but what about the thefts? Well, it ... (more)
Ah, well, it's easy to answer, right? Boilerjuice, Butler, Bayford, Watson, or Scottish Fuels. Simple, eh? Or is it? Thanks to John Kelleher[1] who alerted us to the fact that many of the oil companies (that includes both domestic heating ... (more)
Here is a table of the banks and other financial institutions that most people are complaining to the financial onbudsman about. Read their news article: ombudsman releases latest complaints data on individual financial businesses ... (more)
The Cyclists Touring Club Donate to the Cyclists Defence Fund! The CTC is the UK's primary society for all levels of cyclist. It campaigns for cyclists' rights, and advocates responsible cycling for a better and healthier society. ... (more)
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Windows Vista Windows with a difference... but is it any better than XP? (more)