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Monday 6th July 1939

Mary Peters, athlete from Northern Ireland

and Olympic gold-medal winner, born

A x

Department stores - household names and several of them in big

cities

TV spy adventure series 'Mission Impossible ' and relaxing in front of the

telly

The evocative smell of tomatoes growing on the vine in the greenhouse or

conservatory

Cherry Stones Challenge - can you do this children's

fortune telling rhyme?x That’s Entertainment

Tuesday 7th July 1944

Tony Jacklin, most successful British golfer of his generation, born

x

Riding bikes without crash helmets - no-one wore helmets when we were

kids

x

Outside toilets - the khazi - using torn-up

newspapers instead of toilet paper

x

Stourhead Park in Wiltshire - a stately

home with lots of natural and man-made features

General Knowledge Quiz x Softly As I Leave You

Wednesday 8th July 1960

Gary Powers, American U-2 spy plane pilot,

charged in Soviet Union

The organisation of school photographs, and other summer term events

xSoldering - repairing an

old radio, and cold or dry joints in electronics

Breakfast, the traditional 'full English' or something

quick and easyx Musical Puzzle - wind and

string instrumentsIt’s A Grand Night For

Singing

Thursday 9th July 1901

Barbara Cartland, prolific English romantic novelist,

born

The pros and cons of using either a handkerchief

or a tissue -

Shearing sheep on a farm near Bala in Wales - hard,

sweaty jobs - clipping time

Passing One's driving test - Winning Entry in our

competitionx One Or The Other -

pairs quiz I'll Be Seeing You

Friday 10th July 1903John Wyndham, author

of 'The Day Of The Triffids', born

Setting lotion - there wasn't the same range as today's many fancy hair

products

Morris J-Type van adapted as a school

minibus for getting to school and school

dinners -

xBrooches, and not so

good wearing them on thin summer clothes

Shopping Puzzle - Joan goes shopping for the

weekendI Got Plenty O’ Nothing

Saturday 11th July 1981

Athlete Sebastian Coe sets world record in

1,000 metres

Flatley drying cabinet - helpful on wet days, even

in summer

Opera glasses - renting them or buying your own

and going to the opera and the theatre

Inventions - which ones have made the biggest

difference?

Flags And Nations - the Union Jack and the Stars

and StripesBlueberry Hill x

Sunday 12th July 1962

The Rolling Stones play in public for the first

time at Marquee Club, London

xRoses, the many different varieties, their scent and

symbolismx

Siblings - younger or older brothers and

sisters, which can bring either pleasure or

resentment

xJacks, a simple game, and

sometimes called Fivestones

Telly Puzzle - find the six controls on a colour

televisionx

The White Cliffs Of Dover x

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Queen Victoria becomes first monarch to live in

Buckingham Palace

Nettles, and certain remedies for nettle stings -

do they work?x

Smell of fresh rain hitting dry soil at the end of a

long, hot spell of weatherx

Riding in a Dickey seat - Winning Entry in our

competitionx Sailing Away - Word

Search Any Old Iron x


Sue Lawley, television journalist and radio

presenter, born

Glue, old style mixed adhesives and now new

quick and easy ones including Super Glue

Using a micrometer - turning a metal bar on a

lathe

How people often shorten given names, also nicknames often related

to character, size etc

Essex County Quiz Show Me The Way To Go Home

Wednesday 15th July 2011

Googie Withers, English entertainer and film

actress, dies

Baby birds keeping the parent birds busy feeding

themx

National Insurance stamps - 'putting the

stamp on' - and women who stayed at home

St Swithin's Day, and the rhyme about what happens if it rains.

x Size Matters - comparisons quiz x Who Do You Think You

Are Kidding Mr Hitler


Ginger Rogers, American dancer, singer and film

actress, bornx A

Cerebos salt advert to show how it doesn't cake and go solid - 'see how it

runs'

School trips - going by coach - the excitement

and anticipationx

Tea cards and other 'giveaways' in cereal and

other foods

What's In A Name? Boys' names beginning with the

letter Ax Button Up Your Overcoat

Friday 17th July 1939Spencer Davis, founder of successful 1960s pop

group, bornx

Fishing for mackerel on holiday and enjoying eating

them fresh

Metallic and plastic fly screens in doorways -

controlling flies

Different kinds, shapes and styles of handbags, and famous handbag

carriers

The Cheque Puzzle- what do you know about writing a cheque?

Keep On Running x

Saturday 18th July 1953

First episode of 'The Quatermass

Experiment', BBC science fiction drama

Going to the opera or skateboarding: which is a good night out for you? –

different choices

Did you call it ping-pong or table tennis? Playing table tennis as a child

xVarious ways of keeping salt dry including a salt

pigGeneral Knowledge Quiz x How High The Moon

Sunday 19th July 1941 First 'Tom and Jerry'

cartoon in the cinemas x A

Bears, fierce in the wild - how did they become the

cuddly toys we all love today?

x

Ardnamurchan in Scotland, the most

westerly point in Britain - not Land's End in

Cornwall

Non-iron shirts and bed linen - how successful

were they?

The Floor Puzzle - find the six things you might

find on the floor of a house

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My

Hair



On This Day




Natalie Wood, Hollywood film actress,

born

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and submitting

art work to it

Building and flying model aircraft - an absorbing

hobby

Kake Brand chocolate, and recipes using real chocolate or cooking

style chocolate

Pins And Needles - quiz about pin cushions, knitting needles and

safety pins

Look For The Silver Lining

Tuesday 21st July 1960

Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes world's first

female prime minister in Sri Lanka

Marmite - a love it or hate it thing and now a popular phrase about certain items

x

Local Defence Volunteers and, later, the Home Guard in 1940 - the

nickname 'Dad's Army'

x

Bedtime rituals and habits- all the different things we do before

retiring for bed

x

Famous Charlies - complete the surnames

of these men called Charles

x Lullaby Of Broadway

Wednesday 22nd July 2013

Prince George born to the Duke and Duchess

of Cambridgex

Jelly and ice cream for dessert - a popular light

summer one

Keith Miller, Australian test cricketer, and

sporting heroes when you were young

Twins, and working together in business - is it

easy or not?Halve It! - a number quiz On The Street Where

You Live x

Thursday 23rd July 1962

First satellite TV programme, with

Richard Dimbleby, BBC & Walter Cronkite, USA

Liquorice - used in sweet confectionery and medicinal use and Pontefract cakes

Tramore, seaside village in County Waterford, Ireland - quiet seaside

holidays

the popularity of Formica in 1950s/60s, and easy to

keep clean worktops

What can you make from each of these things? x So In Love

Friday 24th July 1952Film, 'High Noon'

starring Gary Cooper, released

x AFamous faces, whose is the

most famous face in the world?

x

Spirit levels - a clever and simple tool, and using them in joinery and in

building

x A

Paper money as opposed to coins, and the changes

in note and coin denominations

x Historic Firsts Quiz Someday My Prince Will Come

Saturday 25th July 1978 First IVF baby, Louise

Brown, born in Oldham

Card games for one, such as patience and solitaire

and other variationsx

Going for a 'run out' in a car' and stopping to

'stretch your legs' etc on roads and laybys

x

Teenagers and dates, such as going to the cinema, and being a teenager in

general

Mountain Challenge - where are each of these

hills and mountain ranges?

You're The Top

Sunday 26th July 1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal

from Britain and France x

Readers Digest book of household hints and

'grandmother’s recipes and remedies'

A ticking clock - only noticing the sound when

it stops - and other familiar sounds

The joy of bluebell woods and landscape

paintings by Vernon Ward

Books in a Reference Library x

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean x



On This Day




Armistice signed in special building to end

the Korean War

Dressmaking - inexpensive fabrics for summer clothes

Going on holiday by train in 1950s - preserved

steam railways and the West Somerset Railway

xAsbestos, often used in older buildings, but now

considered a hazard

Washing Day Word Search - soap flakes and

washing powdersTry A Little Tenderness


Postcodes introduced in UK to be used by Royal

Mail

Exploring the many varied sights in the UK on holidays and days off

Maunsell Forts used to defend London and

Liverpool in World War Two

Cooking for a big family, like being a school dinner

ladyBubbles and Fizz! x My Walkin' Shoes

Wednesday 29th July 1945 BBC Light Programme

radio station launched x

Childhood pleasures - like running a stick along railings or shuffling

through leaves

x

Old-fashioned mangle - memories linked to grandparents - how

washing machines helped

Fernand Léger, 20th century French artist and

sculptor

Opposites - do you know your rough from your

smooth?x On Ilkley Moor Baht ‘at


L'Oréal cosmetics firm founded by young

French chemist - Eugène Schueller

Lobster, and shellfish in general, not to everyone's

choice

The taste of fresh raspberries grown in

Perthshire - an important crop in Scotland

x AButter or margarine - which was better for

baking?x

Baking Day - help Joan make a Victoria sponge

cakeBe My Love

Friday 31st July 1959Cliff Richard's 'Living

Doll' goes to No.1 in the charts - Song Link

x ASeparating eggs, an easy thing when you've had

practice

First hour long television Western, 'Cheyenne', and

westerns in general

First live broadcasts on TV from the House of

Commons

Port Puzzle - which six are in South Wales?

Living Doll x

Saturday 1st August 1893

Shredded Wheat breakfast cereal first

goes on salex A

Car washing, often a Saturday morning task that

the men enjoyx

Smith's Crisps and the little blue twist of paper

containing the saltx A

The many different kinds of magazines, are they all

value for money?x

The 1963 film 'Cleopatra' with Elizabeth Taylor and

Richard BurtonA Combine Harvester x

Sunday 2nd August 1967

Film, 'In The Heat Of The Night', starring Sidney

Poitier, released

Sunday's 'The Archers Omnibus', catching up on

the week's actionx

Running two cars and being a 'two-car-family'- second-hand Ford Fiesta

Delicate and patterned non-waterproof parasols,

pretty but now out of fashion

General Knowledge Quiz x The Campbells Are Coming

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