Urban Folklore is often presented as serious news - sometimes it even turns out to be true.
There is an excellent collection at the web site of the San Fernando Valley Folklore Society whilst older folklore can be read at
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts.
The news media seem to carry a health scare story of the day every day, to find out if the stories have any factual element (most are horribly misleading) you can check out NHS UK Behind the Headlines
Lots of Nursery Rhymes || The individual stories from Andrew Langs fine collection of folk tales from the world- misdescribed as fairy tales- can be read on Mythfolklore.
Help!
Childline- phone 0800 1111 help for children ||
Family Lives help for
parents 24/7 - 0808 800 2222. NSPCC helpul leaflets for parents.
In ENGLAND only, first line none-emergency health advice from telephone 111, calls are free. SANE Helpline- the phones (0845 767 8000) are now manned 1800 to 2300. If you want help or info with mental distress. As SANE no longer provide any mental health information on their website, an alternative source is the Royal College of Psychiatrists who have very readable online guides.
Alcohol is an increasing problem leading to increasing isolation, low self esteem, family problems and criminal behaviour. Help can be found, with a telephone help line available from Drinkline, 0800 917 8282 - (England and Wales). They don't have a web site. There is also a useful web site if you or your friends are relying upon drink, at Alcohol - our favourite drug which also has links to other useful topics such as cannabis use etc.
24Hour National Domestic Violence Freephone Helpline - 0808 2000 247 run by Women's Aid and Refuge - also on the web is
help for abusers of women from Respect:0808 802 4040 (Monday - Friday 10am-1pm and 2pm -5pm) and a special number for male victims of domestic violence (with abusive male or female partners) 0808 801 0327 - Monday - Friday 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
The Citizens Advice Bureau have a large number of helpful advice topics on their Advice Guide web site, well worth a first look if you have any problems or difficulties to resolve.
An interesting book review web site with mostly more recent books, but quite a few classics, can be found at allreaders.com. The "similar books" suggestions are extremely dodgy (just like Amazon's suggestions...) so check them carefully. Note: Their server is easily overwhelmed, approaching lack of usefullness (3/2013)
Stockport Heritage blog- I live in Stockport which still has a bit of heritage left. || Nearby, in Mellor 10,000 years of history are being uncovered.
Engines of our Ingenuity has lots of short essays about philosophy, science and technology, good reading, excellent on-site search engine.
From the early 80's is David Singmaster's Cubic Circular in its entire five issues now on
the Web. Issue 1,
Issue 2,
Issue 3,
Issue 4,
Issue 5
TI99/4A Book Getting Started with the TI99/4A- a book written in 1983 about an early home computer from Texas.
Between poorly designed web sites and poor deliveries I have just about given up on buying goods on the Internet- over the years the buying experience has deteriorated to where it has
become an INconvenience and getting a bus to the shops is less stressful. If you have good Internet shopping experiences, congratulations! But it isn't for me anymore.
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