
# File: index 69-1.txt (10)
# Scanned/edited by Andrew Davison, March 2025, ad@coe.psu.ac.th
# Issue: 402 1969-09-27, p.38, 39
# Period: Jan 4 to June 28 1969

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# A

African buffalo hunt: 15 Mar 1969
Aircraft control: 28 June 1969
Air pioneers in Canada: 8 Mar 1969
Alderley Edge: 3 May 1969
Algerian sea action: 18 Jan 1969
Amazon River: 26 Apr 1969
America (discovery of by Norsemen): 26 Apr 1969
American civil war (capture of British ship): 28 June 1969
American Indians: 19 Apr 1969
American Museum: 22 Feb 1969
America, war with: 4 Jan 1969
Animal protection: 29 Mar 1969
Antarctic expedition: 12 Apr 1969
Antelope, four-horned: 11 Jan 1969
April (countryside): 5 Apr 1969
Arctic: 5 Apr 1969
Arctic life: 22 Mar 1969
Arctic (Russian studies): 3 May 1969
Art (Mona Lisa theft): 31 May 1969
Arum, wild: 29 Mar 1969
Astrodome: 21 June 1969
Atlantic College: 24 May 1969
Atlas moth: 18 Jan 1969
Avalanche in Bergamoletto: 25 Jan 1969
Aviation: 11 Jan 1969
Adams, Ralph: 25 Jan 1969
Alanbrooke, Viscount: 15 Feb 1969
Alcock, J.W.: 8 Feb 1969
Alcott, Louisa M.: 31 May 1969
Arthur, Prince of Wales: 29 Mar 1969
Austen, Jane: 11 Jan 1969
Acre, Fall of: 1 Feb 1969
Alaska (oil search): 17 May 1969
Alberta: 14 June 1969
Amersham (Martyrs Memorial): 31 May 1969
Asuncion: 8 Feb 1969
Auckland (New Zealand): 28 June 1969

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# B

"Baka" bombs: 19 Apr 1969
Banana: 25 Jan 1969
Bank safes: 10 May 1969
Barbary Pirates: 15 Mar 1969
Barbers' pole (origin): 7 June 1969
Baseball: 14 June 1969
Bastille (escape): 14 June 1969
Bayonets: 8 Mar 1969
Bears: 29 Mar 1969
Beetle, Christmas: 25 Jan 1969
Bell (inn sign): 31 May 1969
Big Ben: 24 May 1969
Big Muddy, Battle with: 17 May 1969
Birds (historical): 15 Feb 1969
Birds (songsters): 18 Jan 1969
Blackbirds (albino): 4 Jan 1969
Blackbuck: 11 Jan 1969
Boer war: 15 Mar 1969
Bombs (first): 28 June 1969
Bombs (suicide): 19 Apr 1969
Boulevard, why named: 12 Apr 1969
Boxer Rebellion: 15 Mar, 24 May 1969
Boxers (China, historical): 24 May 1969
Boxing: 5 Apr 1969
Boxing, origin of rules: 1 Mar 1969
Bread, our daily (Biblical): 31 May 1969
Bridge (Tower), London: 24 May 1969
Bridges: 11 Jan, 8 Feb, 15 Feb 1969
Broken reed (Biblical): 10 May 1969
Broom, butcher's: 22 Feb 1969
Buildings (follies): 22 Mar 1969
Building (with local materials): 29 Mar 1969
Bulls: 29 Mar 1969
Bush (inn sign): 26 Apr 1969
Butcher's broom: 22 Feb 1969
Baltic: 12 Apr 1969
Bangkok: 26 Apr 1969
Bannockburn: 8 Feb 1969
Barcelona: 1 Feb 1969
Bath (city): 22 Mar 1969
Bayonne: 8 Mar 1969
Bergamoletto, Italy: 25 Jan 1969
Brasilia: 15 Mar 1969
Bristol: 5 Apr 1969
Britain (civil war): 3 May 1969
Barker, Lt., John: 19 Apr 1969
Beeton (Mrs.): 28 June 1969
Bennett, Arnold: 10 May 1969
Billy Bunter: 15 Feb 1969
Black Prince: 15 Feb 1969
Blériot, Louis: 1 Mar 1969
Boadicea: 1 Feb 1969
Bordeaux, Richard of: 22 Feb 1969
Borrow, George: 18 Jan 1969
Boscobel oak: 12 Apr 1969
Broughton, Jack: 1 Mar 1969
Brown, A.W.: 8 Feb 1969
Bruce, Robert, Earl of Carrick: 22 Mar 1969
Brunelleschi, Filippo: 10 May 1969
Buffaloes: 15 Mar 1969
Byron, Lord: 22 Feb 1969

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# C

Cab, Hansom: 8 Feb 1969
Cakes and sweets: 29 Mar 1969
Calf, fatted (Biblical): 3 May 1969
Canals: 1 Mar 1969
Cargo stowing (sea): 3 May 1969
Carnival, Nice: 3 May 1969
Cars, Rolls-Royce: 24 May 1969
Cars (testing): 11 Jan 1969
Cat, domestic: 4 Jan 1969
Cat, wild: 4 Jan 1969
Cave exploration: 1 Feb 1969
Caves (USA): 19 Apr 1969
Channel crossings: 14 June 1969
Charms, lucky: 10 May 1969
Charting the seas: 1 Feb 1969
Chartism: 12 Apr 1969
China (historical): 24 May 1969
Chinese, sea battle: 1 Mar 1969
Christmas Beetle: 25 Jan 1969
Christ's Hospital School: 25 Jan 1969
Church watch houses: 26 Apr 1969
Civil War (Britain): 3 May 1969
Clothes, historical: 15 Feb 1969
Clothes (history of): 8 Feb 1969
Cock (inn sign): 26 Apr 1969
College (Atlantic): 24 May 1969
Copper: 7 June 1969
Coronation stone: 24 May 1969
Covenanters: 26 Apr 1969
Coventry Cathedral: 10 May 1969
Cows (breeds): 8 Feb 1969
Crab, Blue Swimming: 25 Jan 1969
Creek Indians: 22 Feb 1969
Cretans: 5 Apr 1969
Crucifixion: 5 Apr 1969
Crusaders: 10 May 1969
Cycling (championships): 17 May 1969
Cameron, Basil: 31 May 1969
Campbell, Sir Malcolm: 1 Mar 1969
Canal, Antonio: 21 June 1969
Canaletto: 21 June 1969
Cardinal Wolsey: 26 Apr 1969
Carnera, Primo: 15 Mar 1969
Cavendish, Henry: 10 May 1969
Caxton, William: 4 Jan 1969
Cezanne: 18 Jan 1969
Chamberlain, Joseph: 19 Apr 1969
Charles (Prince): 28 June 1969
Charles I: 19 Apr 1969
Charles II: 26 Apr 1969
Charles, John: 18 Jan 1969
Chaucer, Geoffrey: 3 May 1969
Churchill, Winston: 1 Mar 1969
Clark, Lt. William: 14 June 1969
Cobb, John: 1 Mar 1969
Cochrane, Grizel: 11 Jan 1969
Cochrane, Sir John: 11 Jan 1969
Connolly, Maureen: 22 Feb 1969
Cook, Capt. James: 15 Feb, 5 Apr 1969
Cairo: 31 May 1969
Canada: 11 Jan 1969
Canada air routes: 8 Mar 1969
Canada, Hudson Bay: 3 May 1969
Canterbury: 24 May 1969
Cape Town: 1 Feb 1969
Caprera (island): 24 May 1969
Caribbean Islands: 4 Jan 1969
Ceylon (descriptive): 22 Feb 1969
Chester (Grosvenor Museum): 17 May 1969
Chicago: 21, 28 June 1969
Clydebank: 10 May 1969
Clydesdale (steamship): 1 Mar 1969
Colchester: 19 Apr 1969
Crete: 5 Apr 1969
Croydon (Old Palace School): 29 Mar 1969
Curacao: 31 May 1969

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# D

Dame Allan's School: 1 June 1969
D-Day: 7 June 1969
Deer, Barking: 11 Jan 1969
Deer stalking: 22 Feb 1969
Dinosaur: 4 Jan 1969
Distress call (Mayday): 26 Apr 1969
Diving Down the Ages: 22 Mar 1969
Diving, skin: 15 Mar 1969
Dogs (police): 19 Apr 1969
Dollar (origin): 5 Apr 1969
Dolphins: 11 Jan, 14 June 1969
Ducks, Mallard: 15 Mar 1969
DUKW: 18 Jan 1969
D'Alegre: 14 June 1969
Darling, Grace: 22 Feb 1969
Davy, Humphrey: 24 May 1969
Dickens, Charles: 25 Jan 1969
Disraeli: 8 Feb, 22 Mar 1969
Dix, Leslie: 11 Jan 1969
Dover, Thomas: 14 June 1969
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan: 25 Jan 1969
Drake, Sir Francis: 15 Feb 1969
Dumbarton: 1 Mar 1969
Dutch Guiana: 29 Mar 1969

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# E

Eagle, golden: 5 Apr 1969
Earth (from the Moon, pictures): 5 Apr 1969
Eddystone lighthouse: 12 Apr, 22 Feb 1969
Egypt (Pyramids): 8 Mar 1969
Electricity industry: 12 Apr 1969
Elephants: 12 Apr 1969
Emilie St. Pierre (ship): 28 June 1969
Emu: 25 Jan 1969
Engineer (waterways): 18 Jan 1969
Eskimoes: 3 May 1969
Estuary (of river): 28 June 1969
Europe, invasion of: 7 June 1969
Ewe lamb (religious): 22 Mar 1969
Eadie, Tom: 10 May 1969
Edison, T.A.: 7 June 1969
Edward of Caernarvon: 8 Feb 1969
Edward the Confessor: 17 May 1969
Edward the Peacemaker: 7 June 1969
Edward, Prince: 21 June 1969
Edward, Prince of Wales: 8 Mar, 22 Mar 1969
Edward of Woodstock: 15 Feb 1969
Edward IV: 15 Mar 1969
Edward V: 15 Mar 1969
Edward VII: 7 June 1969
Edward VIII: 21 June 1969
Edwards, George: 31 May 1969
Elgar, Edward: 26 Apr 1969
Elizabeth I: 19 Apr 1969
Eschwege, Lt. R. von: 5 Apr 1969
Esther (Biblical): 21 June 1969
Evelyn, John: 25 Jan, 31 May 1969
East Kilbride: 18 Jan 1969
Edinburgh: 22 Feb, 15 Mar 1969
Edinburgh (museum): 5 Apr 1969
Edinburgh Castle: 22 Feb, 15 Mar 1969
Edmonton: 14 June 1969
England (union with Scotland): 17 May 1969
Erie, Lake: 11 Jan 1969

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# F

Famous Follies: 22 Mar 1969
Farm machinery: 8 Feb 1969
Farming the sea: 18 Jan 1969
Farm life (spring): 5 Apr 1969
Fatted calf (Biblical): 3 May 1969
Fern, Stag-horn: 15 Feb 1969
Film making: 5 Apr 1969
Fire marks: 21 June 1969
Flamingo: 18 Jan 1969
Fleet (river): 5 Apr 1969
Flodden: 22 Mar 1969
Flying blind: 25 Jan 1969
Forest fires: 28 June 1969
Fox: 8 Mar, 14 June 1969
Frogmouth, Tawny (bird): 25 Jan 1969
Farr, Tommy: 5 Apr 1969
Fielding, Henry: 8 Feb, 24 May 1969
Flinders, Matthew: 7 June 1969
Frederick, Prince: 17, 24 May 1969
Frederick, V.: 29 Mar 1969
Fry, Elizabeth: 18 Jan 1969
Fujiyama, Mount: 3 May 1969

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# G

Gas industry: 26 Apr 1969
Genealogy (Prince Charles): 28 June 1969
Geometrid: 18 Jan 1969
Ghost on the Underground: 4 Jan 1969
Gold hunt: 11 Jan 1969
Good Samaritan: 19 Apr 1969
Grace Darling Museum: 22 Feb 1969
Granby, Marquis of (inn sign): 24 May 1969
Grand Canyon: 1 Mar 1969
Great Britain (ship): 15 Mar 1969
Grosvenor Museum, Chester, 17 May 1969
Guildhall Museum: 25 Jan 1969
Gulls: 1 Feb, 26 Apr 1969
Gainsborough, Thomas: 21 June 1969
Garibaldi: 24 May 1969
Gatti, Attilio: 1 Feb 1969
Gentry, Dana: 25 Jan 1969
George Augustus (Prince): 10 May 1969
George, David Lloyd: 11 Jan 1969
George, Prince: 24 May 1969
George II: 24 May 1969
George III: 24 May 1969
George IV: 1 Feb, 31 May 1969
George V: 14 June 1969
Gladstone: 8 Feb 1969
Glover, John: 18 Jan 1969
Goncourt, Jules de: 25 Jan 1969
Goncourt, Edmond de: 25 Jan 1969
Gordon, General: 22 Feb 1969
Grace, W.G.: 12 Apr 1969
Greville, Charles Cavendish: 11 Jan, 12 Apr 1969
Grimm (Brothers): 21 June 1969
Guest, Lady Charlotte: 3 May 1969
Godmanstone, Dorset: 5 Apr 1969
Gotland: 12 Apr 1969
Greenland: 29 Mar 1969
Gulnagar game reserve: 12 Apr 1969

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# H

Halley's Comet: 17 May 1969
Hansom cab: 8 Feb 1969
Haulage (road): 28 June 1969
History (18th century): 28 June 1969
Holy thorn: 12 Apr 1969
Horse brasses: 19 Apr 1969
Horseshoe monument: 21 June 1969
Hotspur: 22 Feb 1969
Haig, Field Marshall Sir Douglas: 29 Mar 1969
Hamilton, Charles: 15 Feb 1969
Handel, George Frederick: 18 Jan 1969
Hardy, Thomas: 11 Jan 1969
Haynes, Johnny: 15 Feb 1969
Henie, Sonja: 19 Apr 1969
Henry Tudor: 5 Apr 1969
Henry VII: 22 Feb 1969
Henry VIII: 1 Feb 1969
Hervey, Captain Augustus: 15 Mar 1969
Hiddessen, Lt. F. von: 28 June 1969
Hill, Rowland: 28 June 1969
Hillary, Sir Edmund: 19 Apr 1969
Holbein: 4 Jan 1969
Holmes, Sherlock: 25 Jan 1969
Howe, Earl: 15 Feb 1969
Huskisson, William: 26 Apr 1969
Hutton, Len: 25 Jan 1969
Helsinki: 8 Feb 1969
Herstmonceux: 8 Mar 1969
Hertford: 15 Feb 1969
Hollywood: 5, 12 Apr 1969
Hong Kong: 8 Mar, 10 May 1969
Hudson Bay, Canada: 3 May 1969
Hythe, Kent: 3 May 1969

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# I

Ibex: 17 May 1969
Indian, renegade: 18 Jan 1969
Indians (American): 19 Apr 1969
Indicator plants: 12 Apr 1969
Inn sign (Bell): 31 May 1969
Inn, smallest: 5 Apr 1969
India, naval action: 22 Feb 1969
Iceland: 28 June 1969
Isles of Scilly: 25 Apr 1969

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# J

Japanese aircraft: 1 Mar 1969
June (countryside): 7 June 1969
Jungle Vet: 10 May 1969
James, Dr. Brennig: 4 Jan 1969
James, Evan: 28 June 1969
James, James: 28 June 1969
James II: 3 May 1969
James III: 15 Mar 1969
James V of Scotland: 29 Mar 1969
James VI: 19, 26 Apr 1969
Jeffrey, Alick: 26 Apr 1969
Joachimsthal: 5 Apr 1969
Johnson, Amy: 8 Feb 1969
Jonah: 15 Mar 1969
Joseph (Biblical): 24 May 1969
Jerusalem: 19 Apr 1969
Jerusalem (Solomon's temple): 29 Mar 1969
Juan Fernandez (island): 17 May 1969

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# K

Keys and locks: 4, 11 Jan 1969
Kingsford-Smith: 8 Feb 1969
Kituro (volcano): 29 Mar 1969
Kookaburra: 18 Jan 1969
Karlsson, Caroline: 31 May 1969
Kitchener, H.H.: 25 Jan 1969
Kuts, Vladimir: 31 May 1969
Karachi: 31 May 1969
Katmandu (expedition): 19 Apr 1969
Kawena: 1 Feb 1969
Krakatao (volcano): 31 May 1969
Kuala Lumpur: 10 May 1969

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# L

Lapp people: 22 Mar 1969
Law enforcement: 4, 11 Jan 1969
Lean years (Biblical): 24 May 1969
Letter writing: 1 Feb 1969
Lighthouse: 15 Feb 1969
Lighthouse (Eddystone): 12 Apr 1969
Lightship: 15 Feb 1969
Lizards: 11 Jan 1969
Loads by road: 28 June 1969
Locks and leys: 4, 11 Jan 1969
Locusts: 15 Feb 1969
Lucky charms: 10 May 1969
Larwood, Harold: 8 Mar 1969
Latude, Masers de: 14 June 1969
Laxness, Halvor: 28 June 1969
Lewis, Captain Meriwether: 14 June 1969
Lewis, Dan: 10 May 1969
Lind, Jenny: 14 June 1969
Lindbergh, Charles: 25 Jan 1969
Lipton, Thomas: 10 May 1969
Lister, Lord: 29 Mar 1969
Lloyd George: 8 Feb 1969
Lloyd-Jones, 'Buster': 12 Apr 1969
Lofthouse, Nat: 22 Mar 1969
Loviot, Fanny: 8 Mar 1969
Ladysmith: 1 Mar, 5 Apr 1969
Lake Titicaca: 1 Mar 1969
Land's End: 1 Mar 1969
Lawrence (St.) Seaway: 22 Mar 1969
Lima: 8 Feb 1969
Lisbon: 15 Feb 1969
London Bridge: 1 Mar 1969
London Museum: 1 Mar 1969
London signs: 17 May 1969
London, Tower of: 10 May 1969
London, Tower Bridge: 24 May 1969
Lundy: 15 Feb 1969

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# M

Maelstrom: 19 Apr 1969
Magna Carta: 28 June 1969
Mallard ducks: 15 Mar 1969
Mammoth Cave (USA): 19 Apr 1969
Mangroves: 22 Mar 1969
Manna: 8 Feb 1969
Mar in the country: 8 Mar 1969
Marine studies: 22 Feb 1969
Marquis of Granby (inn sign): 24 May 1969
Martyrs (Amersham memorial): 31 May 1969
Matchboxes: 7 June 1969
Maxim gun: 5 Apr 1969
May (countryside): 3 May 1969
Mayday (origin of distress call): 26 Apr 1969
Medes (law of): 21 June 1969
Mice: 5 Apr 1969
Miner, Noisy (bird): 25 Jan 1969
Mistle Thrust: 18 Jan 1969
Mistletoe: 8 Feb 1969
Mite (widow's, Biblical): 28 June 1969
Mole: 24 May 1969
Mona Lisa (theft): 31 May 1969
Mons Meg (cannon): 28 June 1969
Moon landing: 12 Apr 1969
Moon men: 5 Apr 1969
Moorhen: 8 Feb 1969
Moose, bull: 15 Feb 1969
Moss (Spanish): 5 Apr 1969
Mosta dome: 21 June 1969
Moth, eyed-hawk: 18 Jan 1969
Moth, Atlas: 18 Jan 1969
Moth, Tiger: 18 Jan 1969
Mother's Day: 10 May 1969
Mount Fujiyama: 3 May 1969
Mudlark (bird): 25 Jan 1969
Museum, National, of Wales: 10 May 1969
Museum (Science), London: 31 May 1969
Music (promenade concerts): 31 May 1969
Macintosh, Charles: 1 Mar 1969
Marciana, Rocky: 8 Feb 1969
Marryat, Frederick: 4, 25 Jan 1969
Marx, Karl: 15 Mar 1969
Mary and William: 22 Feb 1969
Mary, Queen of Scots: 8 Mar, 5, 12 Apr 1969
Massareene, Lord: 7 June 1969
Maurier, Sir Gerald du: 12 Apr 1969
Maxim, Sir Hiram: 5 Apr 1969
Maxwell, Jim: 1 Mar 1969
Mayson, Isabella May: 28 June 1969
McGillivray, Alexander: 22 Feb 1969
Menuhin, Y.H.J. and Y.: 14 June 1969
Mills, Freddie: 3 May 1969
Milton, John: 3 May 1969
Mollison, Jim: 8 Feb 1969
Monmouth, Henry of: 1 Mar 1969
Mont fort Simon de: 22 Feb 1969
Morse, Samuel: 1 Mar 1969
Mortimer, Angela: 24 May 1969
Mountbatten, Earl, of Burma: 15 Mar 1969
Muir, Karen: 29 Mar 1969
Madagascar: 14 June 1969
Madrid: 8 Feb 1969
Maihaugen (Norway) museum: 15 Feb, 21 June 1969
Melbourne: 1 Mar 1969
Mississippi: 4 Jan 1969
Mombasa: 24 May 1969
Moscow: 1 Feb 1969
Mostar: 24 May 1969

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# N

Naval attack on Spanish: 21 June 1969
Naval wars: 8 Mar 1969
Noisy Miner (bird): 25 Jan 1969
Norsemen: 26 Apr 1969
Norse discovery of America: 26 Apr 1969
Nansen, Fridtjof: 24 May 1969
Napoleon: 11 Jan 1969
Neale, Tom: 1 Mar 1969
Nelson, Horatio: 15 Feb, 3 May 1969
Neville, Sylas: 17 May 1969
Nevinson, Henry Wood: 1 Mar 1969
Nicodemus: 8 Mar 1969
Nicolet, Jean: 7 June 1969
Nightingale, Florence: 18 Jan 1969
Nairobi: 15 Feb 1969
Nebraska (floods): 17 May 1969
New Brunswick Theatre: 1 Feb 1969
New York: 22 Feb 1969
Niagara Falls: 11 Jan, 15 Mar 1969
Nice Carnival: 3 May 1969
Nile: 11 Jan 1969
North Pole: 5 Apr 1969

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# O

Oak (at Boscobel): 12 Apr 1969
Oak, Royal (sign): 3 May 1969
Oceanographic research: 1 Mar 1969
Oil, Alaska: 17 May 1969
Otters: 18 Jan, 1 Mar, 28 June 1969
Outwardbound schools: 24 May 1969
Owl: 14 June 1969
Oyster thief (plant): 18 Jan 1969
Orczy, Baroness: 4 Jan 1969
Olomouc, Czechoslovakia: 31 May 1969
Ontario, Lake: 11 Jan 1969
Ostend (Belgium): 17 May 1969

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# P

Paper making: 17 May 1969
Papyrus: 17 May 1969
Pearls before swine, meaning: 22 Feb 1969
Pelota (sport): 7 June 1969
Perambulators, historical: 18, 25 Jan 1969
Persians (law of): 21 June 1969
Phoenix (sign): 14 June 1969
Pigeons: 25 Jan 1969
Pigeon, Crested: 25 Jan 1969
Pirates: 8 Mar 1969
Pirates (Barbary): 15 Mar 1969
Ploughing: 4 Jan 1969
Police dogs: 19 Apr 1969
Pony Express: 22 Feb 1969
Porpoise: 14 June 1969
Prickly Pear: 1 Mar 1969
Pride (Biblical): 7 June 1969
Printing: 4 Jan 1969
Privateers: 14 June 1969
Promenade concerts : 31 May 1969
Prophet without honour (Biblical): 14 June 1969
Puppets, puppeteers: 17 May 1969
Pyramids of Egypt: 8 Mar 1969
Python, Black-headed: 25 Jan 1969
Paul, Saint: 17 May 1969
Pepys, Samuel: 4 Jan, 8, 22 Feb, 31 May 1969
Peters, Jim: 11 Jan 1969
Piccard, Jacques: 22 Feb 1969
Pilate, Pontius: 5 Apr 1969
Potter, Beatrix: 8 Mar 1969
Prince Charles: 28 June 1969
Paris, siege of: 25 Jan 1969
Pole, North: 5 Apr 1969
Pole, South: 18 Jan 1969
Pontefract: 12 Apr 1969
Portnoo (Ulster): 5 Apr 1969
Poukawa (New Zealand): 5 Apr 1969
Pretoria (South Africa): 17 May 1969

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# Q

Queensbury, Marquess of: 1 Mar 1969
Queensland, Australia: 10 May 1969

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# R

Races on water: 7 June 1969
Radar: 28 June 1969
Rafflesia Arnoldi: 15 Mar 1969
Raglan: 8 Mar 1969
Railway fatality, first: 26 Apr 1969
Railway, Trans-Siberian: 22 Feb 1969
Ransom, king's: 8 Mar 22 Feb 1969
Red Panda: 18 Jan 1969
Reed, broken (Biblical): 10 May 1969
Reformation: 5 Apr 1969
Rhino, white: 3 May 1969
Richmond Park oaks: 12 Apr 1969
River estuary: 28 June 1969
River Fleet: 5 Apr 1969
River, story of: 31 May 1969
Road haulage: 28 June 1969
Rocket (Stephenson's): 1 Mar 1969
Rolls-Royce cars: 24 May 1969
Roman legionary: 17 May 1969
Rorqual: 14 June 1969
Rosella (bird): 25 Jan 1969
Royal Oak (sign): 3 May 1969
Royal Scottish Museum: 5 Apr 1969
Russian Arctic expedition 8 May 1969
Raleigh, Sir Walter: 15 Feb 1969
Richard III: 14 June 1969
Richard of Bordeaux: 22 Feb 1969
Richard Lionheart: 8 Mar 1969
Richards, Bob: 4 Jan 1969
Richards, Frank: 15 Feb 1969
Rolls, C.S.: 14 May 1969
Ross, Captain John: 5 Apr 1969
Royce, Henry: 24 May 1969
Rome: 24 May 1969
Roseland: 26 Apr 1969
Russia, war against: 15 Feb 1969

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# S

Safes: 10 May 1969
Salt (of the earth: phrase): 29 Mar 1969
Samaritan (the good): 19 Apr 1969
Santasia (sport in Morocco): 21 June 1969
Scapegoat (meaning): 12 Apr 1969
School (Atlantic College): 24 May 1969
Schools: 1 Mar 1969
Science Fiction: 10 May 1969
Science Museum, London: 31 May 1969
Scissors tree: 12 Apr 1969
Scottish museum, Royal: 5 Apr 1969
Sculpture (topiary): 21 Jun. 1969
Sea (cargo stowing): 3 May 1969
Sea charting: 1 Feb 1969
Sea Lab III: 15 Feb 1969
Sea rescue: 22 Mar 1969
Seats of the Mighty: 10 May 1969
Second front (war): 7 June 1969
Seven lean years (Biblical): 24 May 1969
Sheep: 25 Jan 1969
Ship (cargo stowing): 3 May 1969
Signs in London: 17 May 1969
Signposts: 19 Apr 1969
Sikkim: 22 Feb 1969
Silhouettes: 15 Mar 1969
Skating: 19 Apr 1969
Skin diving: 15 Mar 1969
Slave trade: 8 Feb 1969
Sleep, longest: 31 May 1969
Snakes: 11 Jan 1969
Snake, grass: 11 Jan 1969
Snowy mountains: 8 Feb 1969
Soldiers, lead: 25 Jan 1969
Solomon's Temple: 29 Mar 1969
Spanish moss: 5 Apr 1969
Spider, Sir. Andrew's Cross: 25 Jan 1969
Spithead naval review (1911): 22 Mar 1969
Sport (Takraw): 28 June 1969
Spring (countryside): 5 Apr 1969
Spruce tree: 12 Apr 1969
Stagecoach: 22 Feb 1969
Steam ships: 8 Feb 1969
Stephenson's Rocket: 1 Mar 1969
"Stinking Lily": 15 Mar 1969
Submarine scientists: 22 Feb 1969
Submarine raising: 10 May 1969
Suicide bombs: 19 Apr 1969
Suicide Dive: 10 May 1969
Sweets and cakes: 29 Mar 1969
Sycamore tree: 12 Apr 1969
Sargent, Sir Malcolm: 31 May 1969
Schumann, Robert: 21 Jun. 1969
Scott, Robert Falcon: 18 Jan 1969
Shackleton, Sir Ernest: 12 Apr 1969
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley: 21 June 1969
Short, Sir Frank: 3 May 1969
Sidney, Sir Phillip: 12 Apr 1969
Silhouette, Etienne de: 1 Mar 1969
Simpson, Tommy: 17 May 1969
Smith, Lady: 5 Apr 1969
Smith Sir Harry: 5 Apr 1969
Solomon: 1 Mar 1969
Spence, Basil: 10 May 1969
Stowe, Harriet Beecher: 25 Jan 1969
St. Anthony in Roseland: 26 Apr 1969
Saint Helena (island): 10 May 1969
St. Lawrence Seaway: 22 Mar 1969
St. Lucia (island): 31 May 1969
San Francisco: 1 Feb, 28 June 1969
Scilly Isles: 26 Apr 1969
Scotland (union with England): 17 May 1969
Scotland (18th century, historical): 24 May 1969
Scotland, Royal Crest: 22 Feb 1969
Scotland, Story of: 4 Jan - 31 May 1969
Seychelles: 21 June 1969
Siberian Railway: 22 Feb 1969
Singapore, fall of: 15 Feb 1969
Spain: 8 Feb 1969
Spanish Main, Voyage to the: 4 Jan 1969
Stowe: 25 Jan 1969
Surinam: 29 Mar 1969
Sydney (Australia): 17 May 1969

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# T

Takraw (sport): 28 June 1969
Tank Museum, R.A.C.: 15 Mar 1969
Tank (military): 25 Jan 1969
Tape recording: 29 Mar 1969
Taranaki: 24 May 1969
Tawny Frogmouth (bird): 25 Jan 1969
Tax year: 24 May 1969
Tea (historical): 28 June 1969
Telephone: 4 Jan 1969
Terrapins: 14 June 1969
Thalers: 5 Apr 1969
Thames frozen: 25 Jan 1969
Theatre (New Brunswick): 1 Feb 1969
Theft (Mona Lisa): 31 May 1969
Thorn in the flesh (Biblical): 17 May 1969
Thorny Devil: 25 Jan 1969
Thrones: 10 May 1969
Thrush family: 18 Jan 1969
Thrush, mistle: 18 Jan 1969
Tiger moth: 18 Jan 1969
Toad, Giant: 25 Jan 1969
Tombstone signpost: 19 Apr 1969
Topiary: 21 June 1969
Tower Bridge, London: 24 May 1969
Tower of London (first political prisoner): 10 May 1969
Tractors: 8 Mar 1969
Tree sculpture: 21 June 1969
Tutankhamen's Tomb: 25 Jan 1969
Taylor, John: 19 Apr 1969
Tazieff, Haroun: 29 Mar 1969
Thorp, Jim: 1 Feb 1969
Twain, Mark: 25 Jan 1969
Tangier: 15 Feb 1969
Taunton: 19 Apr 1969
Tel Aviv: 22 Feb 1969
Titicaca, Lake: 1 Mar 1969
Tokyo, air attack on: 18 Jan 1969
Tokyo: 15 Feb 1969
Trinidad: 29 Mar 1969
Tripoli: 8 Feb 1969
Tristan da Cunha: 7 June 1969
The Trigan Empire:$
  Series 17, 'Poison from Outer Space', / 'The Alien Dust', ends: 15 Feb 1969
  Series 18, 'The Lost City', 22 Feb, - 10 May 1969
  Series 19, 'The Terror of Mount Spyx', starts: 17 May 1969

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# U

Undersea exploration 15 Feb, 1 Mar 1969
Underwater commuting: 22 Mar 1969
Unicorn: 17 May 1969

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# V

Vet. (jungle): 10 May 1969
Victory (H.M.S., ship): 12 Apr 1969
Viking place names: 15 Feb, 31 May 1969
Voles: 31 May 1969
Vermeer: 18 Jan 1969
Victoria (Queen): 21 June 1969
Vinland: 26 Apr 1969

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# W

Wales, National Museum of: 10 May 1969
War, 1914-18: 29 Mar 1969
War, Civil, Britain: 3 May 1969
War: invasion of Europe: 7 June 1969
War tanks: 15 Mar 1969
Water industry: 19 Apr 1969
Water, races on: 7 June 1969
Waterways engineer: 18 Jan 1969
Water works: 19 Apr 1969
Welsh National Anthem: 28 June 1969
Whales: 14 June 1969
Wheatear: 18 Jan 1969
Widow's mite (Biblical): 28 June 1969
Wild arum: 29 Mar 1969
Woodpeckers: 7 June 1969
Worm, slow: 11 Jan 1969
Writing on the wall (origin): 26 Apr 1969
Walker, George: 21 June 1969
Wallace, Alfred Russel: 22 Mar 1969
Walsh, John: 29 Mar 1969
Webb, Matthew, 11 Jan 1969
Wellington: 8 Feb 1969
Wells, H.G.: 31 May 1969
Wesley, John: 22 Mar, 17 May 1969
Wieck, Clara, 21. June 1969
Wieck, Friedrich: 21 June 1969
William IV: 1 Feb 1969
William and Mary: 22 Feb 1969
Williams, Captain J.P.: 11 Jan 1969
Wilson (Captain William): 28 June 1969
Wolsey, Cardinal: 26 Apr 1969
Wood, Anthony: 26 Apr 1969
Woodforde, James: 15 Mar, 28 June 1969
Wordsworth, Dorothy: 24 May 1969
Wordsworth, William: 24 May 1969
Warsaw: 15 Feb 1969
Wisborough Green (oak tree): 12 Apr 1969
Worcester (South Africa): 171h May 1969

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# Y

Yak: 11 Jan 1969
Years, seven lean (Biblical): 24 May 1969
Yew trees: 12 Apr 1969
York: 29 Mar 1969
York Castle museum: 8 Feb 1969
Yucca Filamentosa: 8 Mar 1969

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# Z

Zambesi River: 1 Mar 1969
Zulu chief: 22 Mar 1969

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Aviation:$
  Aermacchi: 26 Apr 1969
  Aichi D3A1: 1 Mar 1969
  Apollo 8 moonshot: 5 Apr 1969
  B-25 Mitchell Bomber: 18 Jan 1969
  B.A.C. VC 10: 21 June 1969
  Boeing 707: 21 June 1969
  Brisfit: 1 Feb 1969
  Bristol F.2B: 1 Feb 1969
  Comet: 14 June 1969
  Dassault Mirage II1-0: 8 Feb 1969
  Douglas DC-8: 21 June 1969
  Electronics: 28 June 1969
  Flying Jeep: 29 Mar 1969
  Flying Saucer: 3 May 1969
  Gliding: 4 Jan 1969
  Glider, wartime escape plan by: 10 May 1969
  Iceberg patrol (USA): 22 Mar 1969
  Ilyushin II (DB-3F): 31 May 1969
  Ilyushin II-2m3: 7 June 1969
  Impala: 26 Apr 1969
  Japanese aircraft of World War II: 15 Feb 1969
  Jet planes (early): 31 May 1969
  Jets of the Sixties: 21 June 1969
  Kawanishi N1K2  Shiden-KAI: 15 Feb 1969
  Kawasaki Ki-45 KAlc Toryu: 22 Feb 1969
  Lavochkin LAGG-3: 17 May 1969
  Lavochkin La-5FN: 24 May 1969
  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3: 24 May 1969
  Mitsibishi A6M2 Zero-Sen: 15 Feb 1969
  Mitsubishi G3M2: 1 Mar 1969
  Mitsubishi G4M2: 1 Mar 1969
  Mitsubishi J2M3A Raiden: 15 Feb 1969
  Mitsubishi Ki 21-11b: 8 Mar 1969
  Mitsubishi Ki 46-11: 8 Mar 1969
  Mitsubishi Ki 67-1b Hiryus: 8 Mar 1969
  Moon blast off: 19 Apr 1969
  Moon landing: 12 Apr 1969
  Mustang (P. 51 & 3): 14 June 1969
  Nakajima BSN2: 1 Mar 1969
  Nakajima Ki-43-11a Hayabusa: 22 Feb 1969
  Nakajima Ki-84-la Hayate: 22 Feb 1969
  Petlyakov Pe-2: 7 June 1969
  Petlyakov Pe-8 (TB-7): 31 May 1969
  Polar flights: 7 June 1969
  Polikarpov 1-153: 17 May 1969
  Polikarpov I-16: 17 May 1969
  Post-war planes: 24 May 1969
  Rumpler Taube: 28 June 1969
  Russian aircraft, World War II: 17, 24, 31 May, 7 June 1969
  Russian bombers: 31 May 1969
  SAAB A-32 Lansen: 21 Jun. 1969
  SAAB J-35 Draken: 21 Jun. 1969
  SAAB 37 Viggen: 21 June 1969
  Short-Belfast: 11 Jan 1969
  Swedish Air Force: 21 June 1969
  Tupolev SB-2bis: 31 May 1969
  Tupolev Tu-2: 7 June 1969
  Twenties and Thirties: 10 May 1969
  VTOL aircraft: 25 Jan 1969
  World War II planes: 17 May 1969
  X-15 Research Programme: 15 Mar 1969
  Yakolev YAK-9D: 24 May 1969

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Books:$
  Animals Came In One By One: 12 Apr 1969
  An Island to Oneself: 1 Mar 1969
  A Girl Like Cathy: 24 May 1969
  Book of the Sea: 11 Jan 1969
  Boxer Rebellion: 24 May 1969
  Dog versus Crime: 19 Apr 1969
  Elgar: 26 Apr 1969
  Escape: 1 Feb 1969
  Filippo's Dome: 10 May 1969
  Heartease: 8 Mar 1969
  Henry of Stirling: 12 Apr 1969
  Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: 21 June 1969
  Operation Hotel: 12 Apr 1969
  Ring of Bright Water: 28 June 1969
  Short Stories of Liam O'Flaherty: 26 Apr 1969
  Silver King: 17 May 1969
  Snowy Mountains Conquest: 8 Feb 1969
  Time is Short and the Water Rises: 29 Mar 1969
  Uranium Pirates: 24 May 1969
  Waterdrinkers: 8 Feb 1969
  Wolf and the Seven Little Kids: 21 June 1969

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Coins:$
  Birmingham fathings: 22 Feb 1969
  Bull-head half-crowns: 18 Jan 1969
  Canadian: 15 Mar 1969
  Captain Cook dollar: 15 Feb 1969
  Cardboard coins: 5 Apr 1969
  Greek silver tetradrachm: 19 Apr 1969
  Half-crown: 28 June 1969
  King Charles I: 3 May 1969
  La Semeuse (the Sower): 26 Apr 1969
  Prince of Wales Medallions: 10 May 1969
  San Diego (commemorative): 31 May 1969
  Shakespeare medallions: 8 Mar 1969
  Swiss: 17 May 1969
  Tudor coins: 7 June 1969
  Uganda crown: 4 Jan 1969
  Vatican coins: 8 Mar 1969

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Locomotives:$
  Campbeltown and Machrihanish Railway tanks: 25 Jan 1969
  Festiniog Railway Princess and Prince: 19 Apr 1969
  G.E.R. Decapod: 10 May 1969
  Glasgow & South Western Railway No. 11: 1 Feb 1969
  G.N.R. "L" Class: 29 Mar 1969
  Great Central Railway A5/1 and AS/2: 28 June 1969
  Great Western Railway Prairie Tanks: 18 Jan 1969
  G.W.R. 2600 "Aberdares": 16 Mar 1969
  G.W.R. Star Class: 24 May 1969
  Hull and Barnsley Railway Class A: 15 Feb 1969
  L.B. & S.R. Class D1: 22 Mar 1969
  L. & M.R. Stephenson‘s Rocket: 1 Mar 1969
  L.M.S.R. standard dock shunting tank: 7 June 1969
  L. & N.E.R. J38 & 39: 26 Apr 1969
  L. & N.E.R. "A3" Pacific: 22 Feb 1969
  L. & N.W.R. "Precursor and George V: 12 Apr 1969
  L. & N.W.R. "Cornwall": 14 June 1969
  L. & S.W.R. 416 clogs: 5 Apr 1969
  London & South Western Railway 330 Clogs: 4 Jan 1969
  L. & Y.R. Clase K 2/3 8 Mar 1969
  Lynton and Barnstaple Railway: 8 Feb 1969
  Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, Class C: 11 Jan 1969
  Pug loco (preserved): 25 Jan 1969
  Rhymney Railway Class "K": 17 May 1969
  S.E.R. Crane: 3 May 1969
  Southern Railway Class W: 31 May 1969
  S.R. Lord Nelson class: 21 June 1969

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Postmarks:$
  Bright: 24 May 1969
  Captain Cook: 22 Mar 1969
  Dampier: 10 May 1969
  Elsa: 8 Feb 1969
  Gene Autry: 31 May 1969
  Grace: 15 Feb 1969
  Hershey: 3 May 1969
  J. Ramsay MacDonald: 22 Feb 1969
  Lloyd minster: 21 June 1969
  Menno: 14 June 1969
  Nicolet: 7 June 1969
  Old Hickory: 26 Apr 1969
  Paul: 1 Feb 1969
  Prince Rupert: 28 June 1969
  Robin Hood: 17 May 1969
  Stonewall: 26 Apr 1969

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# A date given without other explanation indicates 
# the first of a new series or its first
# appearance in the period covered by this index. 1969

Series:$
  Around Britain: 8 Mar 1969
  Ben-Hur: 8 Mar 1969
  Country Calendar: 4 Jan 1969
  Diary of the Week: 4 Jan 1969
  Heartsease: 8 Mar - 10 May 1969
  How We Are Governed, part 1: 28 June 1969
  Island Scrapbook, No. 1: 29 Mar 1969
  Last Chance: ended 4 Jan 1969
  Mark of the Pentagram, No. 1: 17 May 1969
  On This Spot, No. 1: 15 Mar 1969
  Pardoner's Tale: 3 - 24 May 1969
  People and Places: 8 Feb 1969
  Princes of Wales: 8 Feb - 28 June 1969
  Richard III (picture story): 25 Jan - 19 Apr 1969
  Roll of Honour: 15 Feb 1969
  Story of Scotland: 4 Jan - 31 May 1969
  Story of a River, part 1: 31 May 1969
  Strange Plants: 18 Jan 1969
  They Lived Their Books, ended: 8 Feb 1969
  Voyage to the Spanish Main: 4 Jan 1969
  When They Were Young, No. 1: 10 May 1969
  Wings Over the World, No. 1: 3 May 1969
  Words of Wisdom: 4 Jan 1969

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Stamps:$
  Approvals: 15 Feb 1969
  Argentinian: 22 Feb 1969
  Australian: 8 Mar 1969
  Basutoland: 26 Apr 1969
  Belgian: 24 May 1969
  Booklet error: 21 June 1969
  British definitive series: 21 June 1969
  British Honduras: 25 Jan 1969
  Bulgarian: 29 Mar 1969
  Canadian: 1 Feb 1969
  Early stamps: 7 June 1969
  Europa: 31 May 1969
  Falkland Islands: 18 Jan 1969
  Fiji: 1 Mar 1969
  Halfpennies: 14 June 1969
  Honduras: 3 May 1969
  Kenya misprint: 22 Mar 1969
  Labels: 12 Apr 1969
  Leeward Islands: 19 Apr 1969
  Lesotho: 26 Apr 1969
  Malawi: 8 Feb 1969
  Philateic societies: 7 June 1969
  Pioneers of Philately: 4 Jan 1969
  Rowland Hill: 28 June 1969
  St. Helena: 11 Jan 1969
  Sierra Leone: 17 May 1969
  Space stamps: 15 Mar 1969
  Ukrainian: 10 May 1969
  Uruguay: 5 Apr 1969
