Friday, 24 October 2014
Sunday, 19 October 2014
BBC News - Edith Smith: Blue plaque for WW1 woman police officer
BBC News - Edith Smith: Blue plaque for WW1 woman police officer
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Midwife Edith Smith came to Grantham in 1915 to help tackle prostitution
after the billeting of 14,000 soldiers in the area during World War One."
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A blue plaque honouring the first
female police officer with the power of arrest has been unveiled in the
Lincolnshire town where she worked.
female police officer with the power of arrest has been unveiled in the
Lincolnshire town where she worked.
Midwife Edith Smith came to Grantham in 1915 to help tackle prostitution
after the billeting of 14,000 soldiers in the area during World War One."
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Sunday, 5 October 2014
Sunday, 31 August 2014
Monday, 14 July 2014
BBC News - 20 readers who lost fluency in their language
BBC News - 20 readers who lost fluency in their language
When I was in my early 20s I spent 6 months living in Belgium. Coming back to England, I found myself speaking in French at the first railway station I reached. And when I did an exam (in England, in English) I found that I could not remember the English words I wanted to use, and wrote notes in the margin saying the French word for what I wanted to say!
When I was in my early 20s I spent 6 months living in Belgium. Coming back to England, I found myself speaking in French at the first railway station I reached. And when I did an exam (in England, in English) I found that I could not remember the English words I wanted to use, and wrote notes in the margin saying the French word for what I wanted to say!
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