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A fake letter left in a writing bureau brings two people together, but there are other unforseen consequences.

Staying late to help the school’s janitor, we heard a general knowledge quiz on the radio. Later, a teacher gives us a test and the questions appear familiar. Do we own up or milk it?

Beaten, locked up and fined by her employer, a young girl complains to the authorities but no one believes her. Forty years later, the truth emerges.

Grandma's Bible accompanies a young seafarer on his travels but does he read it as closely as he vows to?

Ethan really looked forward to his first day at school and the appalling Mrs Symeou made sure that he never forgot it.

For over twenty five years, a worker operated a safety valve to release scalding steam from a boiler. But what was his valve really connected to?

A brief biography of a young midshipman who accompanied Captain Cook on each of his three voyages of discovery, and who kept, at times, a most revealing diary,

Miss Battleaxe warns the kids to be on their best behaviour while visiting the zoo, but she is the one who ends up in big trouble

A sailing holiday around the Greek islands gradually turns into a nightmare. Essential reading for those planning a sailing holiday with friends.

An Irish farmer keeps having his turf stolen but discovers an unusual and effective way to deter the thieves. Based on a true event.

Proud owner of scruffy yacht goes in search of a suitable mooring. Each mooring is a disaster but a useful 'learning experience'; one that is mainly confined to the amount of jargon sailing folk use.

Life in a transit camp by the Suez Canal guarded by British soldiers. The main danger to the military authorities was not infiltrators but kids