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Monday 3rd June 1946

Dame Penelope Wilton, English actress, born

xStreet parties to celebrate

Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation

xGuinness, both the drink and visiting the Guinness

Brewery in Dublin

Herefordshire famous for its apple orchards and

cider, and making a cider cake

General Knowledge Quiz x Secret Love x

Tuesday 4th June 1942

Film about English family learning to cope with war,

'Mrs Miniver', releasedx

Dressmaking, putting in a zip - practice makes

perfect and handy tips to help

xIllya Kuryakin - 'The Man From UNCLE' - TV spy

adventure series

Crosswords, anagrams and Scrabble and word games

in general

Know Your Hens - name the breeds from the clues

givenDay Trip To Bangor

Wednesday 5th June 1956

Elvis Presley performs 'Hound Dog' for the first

timex

A plague of ants! And good non chemical ways

of getting rid of them

Ford Consul Corsair, a company car, and company

cars in generalx

Craft work at school - and working with clay and making clay models

Bodily Sayings - well-known phrases

Hound Dog

Thursday 6th June 1844

YMCA formed and the very first hostel opened in

Londonx

Paying for goods with cash, not cards, and not liking

hire purchase or the 'never never'

A few days in Derbyshire - visiting Chatsworth - country houses and

stately homes

The 'Carry On' films and changing styles of comedy

xShaping Up - how many straight lines has each of

these shapes?Just One Of Those Things

Friday 7th June 1928Randolph Turpin, black

English boxer in the 1940s & 1950s, born

xHibiscus and other June

flowers brightening up our gardens

Swearing - different opinions - swearing in the

workplace and in the forces

xDemob suits - not always

a good fit, but full of memories

Were each of these entertainers mainly actors,

comedians or singers?x

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Saturday 8th June 1949

George Orwell's novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'

publishedx

Swimming hats, keeping hair dry and in shape and

styling hairx

Syrup of figs helping to 'keep you regular'

Playing tennis and being part of the social club - a good way for the girls to

meet boys

xBottoms Up! Quiz about

alcoholic drinksx Waltzing Matilda x

Sunday 9th June 1958Gatwick Airport officially

opened by the Queenx

Sunday School outings, but only possible if you have been a regular attendee

King George's Hall, Blackburn - large civic

venues in generalx

Binoculars, telescopes etc and grownups trusting

them and showing them to children

The House Quiz - questions about types of houses and the rooms in

houses

There Is A Tavern In The Town

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Monday 10th June 1947

Prototype of first Swedish Saab car unveiled

x

Nicknames such as Little Richard and others that are the opposite of who

they are

Turning the tuning dial on a radio - static and finding

foreign radio stations

Noises that 'set your teeth on edge' or that

grate on you

The Solar System - anagrams of the sun,

moon, planets and cometsx Love Letters In The Sand x


Gene Wilder, American comic film actor,

screenwriter, director & producer, born

xChurch bells, an evocative sounding British tradition

Playing cowboys and Indians, either at home or

out in the street

'Under Milkwood' - ground breaking new radio drama by Dylan

Thomas

x General Knowledge Quiz xWalking My Baby Back

Home


Anthony Eden, politician and Prime Minister, born

xStar jumps and pogo sticks, popular in the

1960sx

Shipyard apprentices on Tyneside - apprenticeships

and first jobs in general

Coronation mugs & commemorative items, and having to part with

treasured things

Laughing and Smiling Word Search

The Times They Are A-Changin'


Mary Whitehouse, campaigner and TV

watchdog, bornx

Marigolds, and getting children interested in

gardening.x

Kleeneze - door to door sales and cleaning

productsx

Saving up for something special, money boxes in

general

Shopping Puzzle - match the brand to the product

x Bonnie Wee Thing

Friday 14th June 1946Donald Trump,

businessman, celebrity and American President, born

xCorned beef - sandwiches

and corned beef hash

Playing the banjo - the banjo and the ukelele, and the entertainer, George

Formby

x

Collecting shells and other items on the beach and

saying the tongue twister about shells

Ship Ahoy! - quiz about sailing terms

The Trolley Song x


Revd. W. Awdry, creator of 'Thomas the Tank Engine'

books, bornx

Janet and John books and learning to read by various

methods and systemsx

Taking the ferry to the Isle of Man on 'Mona's Queen' and boarding houses and

landladies

Calypso music, and Lance Percival's calypsos on

'That Was The Week That Was'

Round Ireland Quiz - what do you know about the

placeThe Young Ones

Sunday 16th June 1983

Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland and meets

Lech Walesax

Where did you play as children? Being out and about in the parks and streets in 1940s & 50s

Triton motorbike - British Norton and Triumph

motorcyclesx

Candy floss - at the seaside and at the

fairgroundx

Word Quiz - Can you find all these words beginning

Disc....Tiptoe Through The Tulips

Mon 10th - Sun 16th June 2019


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Ken Loach, television and film director, born

xNap time at school for

infants in their first year of school

Drawing a pension - company, final-salary,

private and state pensionsx

Making dens and hideaways and playing out

of doors

Animal Homes - where do all these pets and animals

live?x Whispering Grass


Paul McCartney, musician and member of The

Beatles, bornx

Public transport - different ways of getting around

x

Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in the opera

'Peter Grimes'. First performance of it in 1945

The film 'Singing In The Rain' starring Gene Kelly -

a favourite filmx

In The Kitchen - can you find the kitchen utensils

that Joan is usingx I Want To Hold Your Hand


Metropolitan Police founded by Robert Peel

xWhen did you stop being

a child and become an adult?

x

Russ Conway and piano Number Ones in the charts, such as 'Side

Saddle'

Chemist chest of drawers and other old wooden

shop fittings

Rivers - Where In The World?

If I Had A Talking Picture Of You


Sheila Scott becomes first woman to fly solo round

the worldx War films in the 1950s x

Triumph Herald - a popular 2-door car and the price of new cars in

1959

Picture lockets and family photos with no names

General Knowledge Quiz x California, Here I Come x

Friday 21st June 1924Wally Fawkes, jazz

musician and cartoonist who created Flook, born

xMorning sounds - waking

up on a summer day

Tenby - interesting seaside resort and harbour town

in West Walesx

Children born on the same day as Prince William

A Frank Puzzle - all things to do with the name

It's Only Make Believe

Saturday 22nd June 1940

Dame Esther Rantzen, English journalist and

television presenter, bornx

Astilbe - popular feathery flowers that bloom in the

summer

Tupolev Tu-144, the Russian supersonic airliner,

Concordski

Rowland Emett's fantastical nonsense kinetic machines and

sculptures

Rambling Quiz - questions about going for a hike

Up, Up And Away x

Sunday 23rd June 2016

Referendum on the UK's membership of the

European Union - Brexitx

Listening to bands in the park on a Sunday

afternoon

Smoking and health - Player's Navy Cut

cigarettesx

Choir boys - not always quite as angelic as they look when they are in

their surplices!

xDecorating Challenge -

what do you use to paint a room?

Gone Fishin'

Mon 17th - Sun 23rd June 2019


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Betty Stove, Dutch tennis player and Wimbledon

champion, bornx

Doing the housework and cleaning routines in the

summerx

Royal Mail red Morris Minor van - the mail and

receiving real letters through the post

What did people wear at work, white-collar/blue-

collar jobsx

Quiz about Land's End and John O' Groats

Ain't She Sweet


US pilots deliver supplies by plane to Berlin after Soviet Union blockade

x

Red Admiral and other colourful butterflies and

the life cycle of the butterfly

Playing cards - card games in general, especially with

childrenx

An evocative perfume from the fifties 'Evening in

Paris'

Opposites - terms for the days and the weather

She Was Only Sixteen


United Nations Charter signed in San Francisco

xSweet peas, and the scent

of flowersPair of pincers - repairing

a wire fencex

Skittles, and the contrast between toys then and

toys now

On The Box - complete the names of these BBC television programmes

xThree Coins In The

Fountainx


David Davis, radio broadcaster famous for his voice on' Children's Hour',

born

xSugar - in the news

because we eat a lot of it. Different kinds of sugar

The Ring of Kerry - Ford Consul car - touring in

Ireland in generalx

Woman's Realm, a competitor for 'Woman'

and 'Woman's Own' introduced in 1958

Piggy In The Middle - which of three things should come in the

middle?

Mr Wonderful

Friday 28th June 1846Saxophone, the musical instrument patented by

Adolfe Saxx

Popular radio programme 'Friday Night is music

Night' - broadcast in the 1950s - 60s

Glam rock band 'Slade', fashion & pop music in the 1970s, and the seventies in

general

Cats as pets, easier or not as compared to having a

dog

Cheers! Can you get the names of all these well-

known brewers?

Over The Hills And Far Away


Nelson Eddy, American baritone singer and actor,

bornx

Seaside holidays - the different things that made a seaside holiday special

x

Hardware shops with goods on the pavement - small, independent shops

in general

Rhubarb, not a fruit but good in pies, crumbles etc

x General Knowledge Quiz x Rose Marie x

Sunday 30th June 1937

999 - emergency telephone number

introduced in Britainx

Give us a twirl' - full skirted dresses

xTyre swing - adventurous games played by children

Puffins, and Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire

Around England - seven charming English towns

xThey Can't Take That Away

From Me

Mon 24th - Sun 30th June 2019


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