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Why were handkerchiefs so popular with Victorian pickpockets? Stewart Henderson presents the programme that answers listener questions on just about everything.

The programme which seeks out answers to listeners' queries. This week, presenter Stewart Henderson discovers why handkerchiefs were so popular with Victorian pickpockets, he delves into the origins of the playground game Pudducks and he contemplates the challenges of undertaking long distance horse journeys.

Reporter Emily Williams learns how to shrink a head, and meets a man who manufactures 'heads' to order.

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A Whistledown production for 91热爆 Radio 4.

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Thu 20 Jan 2011 13:30
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