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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
Mon 3rd - Sun 9th June 2019
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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
Tuesday 11th June 1933
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
Wednesday 12th June 1897
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'
Thursday 13th June 1910
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
Saturday 15th June 1911
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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Monday 17th June 1936
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
Tuesday 18th June 1942
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
Wednesday 19th June 1829
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
Thursday 20th June 1966
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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Monday 24th June 1945
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
Tuesday 25th June 1948
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
Wednesday 26th June 1945
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
Thursday 27th June 1908
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
Saturday 29th June 1901
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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