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Quiz of the week

1) In which county are cobnuts traditionally grown?

2) Who wrote the 1908 handbook Scouting for Boys?

3) In which battle was Harold Godwinson killed?

4) Which farm animal’s ear would not make a silk purse?

5) The town of Harlow is located in which English county?

1) Kent 2) Robert Baden-Powell (1st Baron Baden-Powell) 3) The Battle of Hastings 4) Sow (pig) 5) Essex. Riddle me this: Your breath

Riddle me this

Run, run, as fast as you can—you won’t catch me, try hard as you can. What am I?

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On this day… May 8, 1945

The Second World War officially ended at midnight, after the surrender of Germany the day before. Princesses

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