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Six months to 30th anniversary of the Falklands War

posted at: 2011-11-23 22:06:16 by The StoryVault Team

When David Cameron recently visited British troops in Afghanistan, he told them that the very least that the rest of us can do is to remember them.  Well, it's just coming up the 30 years sinc

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THE RIOTS - HISTORY DOESN'T REPEAT ITSELF, BUT IT ECHOES!

posted at: 2011-08-10 08:45:05 by The StoryVault Team

The TV and newspaper coverage of the riots in Britain keep referring to "the worst riots for 30 years", and of course they are referring to the riots which broke out in Toxteth and Brixton in 1981.

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LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR 90 YEARS!

posted at: 2011-08-01 19:28:43 by The StoryVault Team

It's got to be some kind of record! John Deal has lived in the same house in Lewisham for 90 years - and he and his wife Renee still live there.  John is an encyclopaedia of knowledge about th

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FROM HORSE-DRAWN TO HYBRID, AND ALL IN ONE LIFETIME!

posted at: 2011-07-01 09:11:29 by The StoryVault Team

Have a look at the new upload featuring BERYL DONOVAN. Beryl lived in Rotherhithe before the war - when they had no radio, no TV, no washing machines, and the transport was by horse and cart or the

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HOW TO BEAT RADIATION POISONING IN JAPAN!

posted at: 2011-03-25 08:14:12 by The StoryVault Team

Our hearts go out to the Japanese, for whom the fear of poisoning by radiation is piled upon the horrors of the earthquake and tsunami.  With that in mind, it's fascinating to remind ours

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Guyana

posted at: 2011-03-07 20:17:59 by Tia Bissu

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THE BIRTH OF "THE PUB LANDLORD"

posted at: 2011-02-21 12:20:47 by The StoryVault Team

Those who know Al Murray only as "The Pub Landlord" might be surprised to learn that in his everyday life he is an enthusiastic fan of modern history. Those who saw his terrific two-parter on Germa

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When Harvey Met Bob

posted at: 2010-12-27 16:50:14 by The StoryVault Team

Anyone who enjoyed the fictional story of the relationship between Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith - as depicted in the BBC2 drama-documentary on Boxing Day - might be interested in hearing an acco

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THE LAST TIME ENGLAND HOSTED THE WORLD CUP!

posted at: 2010-12-03 07:52:25 by The StoryVault Team

Disappointed? Never mind, console yourself by remembering the last time England hosted the World Cup - and went on to win it. Derek Cattani was the official photographer for the 1966 World Cup squa

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70th anniversary of the Blitz in Coventry vividly recalled.

posted at: 2010-11-15 08:19:27 by The StoryVault Team

"The worst type of bonfire night"

Will Parsons reads a letter that was written in November 1940 by his mother Joan Parsons, to her uncle in America.  In the letter Joan describes

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