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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
6th July - 12th July 2020
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Monday 13th July 1837
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
Tuesday 14th July 1946
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
Thursday 16th July 1911
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
13th July - 19th July 2020
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Monday 20th July 1938
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
20th July - 26th July 2020
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Monday 27th July 1953
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
Tuesday 28th July 1959
Postcodes introduced in UK to be used by Royal
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
Thursday 30th July 1909
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
27th July - 2nd August 2020
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