Want the Bobbies' Helmets Back
Overseas visitors protest plans to replace the London police helmet with a peaked cap. London constables favor retaining the helmet citing dignity and protection despite comfort concerns. A London helmet once found in Arnhem is traced to a retiring officer. Memphis giraffe May prepares a 500 mile move from Chicago Zoo to Memphis in a special crate.
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Do Your Gardening Is A Bottle
Growing a garden inside a bottle has become popular in the United States as hobbyists create terrariums in bottles bowls test tubes and tanks. A London physician Nathaniel Ward first showed plants could thrive in airtight cases more than a century ago.
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Colour Therapy For Sickness Fuels War Time Fashion
During the final years of World War I experts urged choosing colours for uniforms and daily wear. A Leeds textiles official advised blue as a practical option such as khaki for services The idea linked colour mood to appetite and wellbeing with seasonal shifts from red through violet and back.
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