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Take a few minutes to think of something other than the corona virus. Challenge a friend or relative - from a safe distance of course. Answers next Thursday. 1. On which Common would you find the Wombles? 2. Cleopatra was the queen of which country? 3. The Niagara Falls are situated on the border between which two countries? 4. In which English county can you find the Mendip Hills? 5. How long is a Gunter’s chain? 6. With whom did Cliff Richard have a UK top ten hit called All I Ask of You in 1986? 7. What are the four blood groups called? 8. What is the National bird of the USA? 9. Where are budgerigars found in their natural habitat? 10. When were Nobel Prizes first awarded? 11. Which character, played by Bill Waddington, left Coronation Street in 1997? 12. Who was sent to prison for claiming that the sun, and not the earth, was the centre of the universe? I’ll bet you didn’t know … Every continent in the world has a city called Rome!

Don Hutton was a machine mechanic and took over the Glove Factory with a partner(not known to me). I can't remember if he was still a boss when it closed. Don is not in the photos. Sadly Don died a few years ago but his wife Irene still lives on Stakeford estate. Jammy