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Games, Hobbies & Interests

Learning Zone ~ Games, Hobbies & Interests

Some of our readers have asked that we have one page where they can find all the web sites that we use frequently for the 'Moose in the Hoose' project. You will find some of our most popular sites in the 'Quick Links' & 'Edinburgh' sections on the left side of the page. Other links are grouped together under topic headings. Click on the topic & you will jump down the page where you will be able to see all the web sites in that category. Please let us know anything else you would like to see added.

Animals

Cats that look like Hitler
The Infinite Cat
The Gorilla Foundation
Foxy Biddy.com - Lovely pictures of starlings in flight & lots more.
Edinburgh Zoo
BBC >> Science & Nature >> Animals
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Books

AbeBooks ~ "the world's largest marketplace for new, used, rare, and out-of-print books"
Amazon ~ Online bookshop ^ Top of page ^

Discussion Forums / Chat Rooms

Saga Zone ~ Getting chatting online!
Baby Boomer Bistro ~ More chat, brought to you by Age Concern... ^ Top of page ^

Edinburgh - What's On

Edinburgh Festival's Calvalcade
Edinburgh Military Tattoo ~ Go to The Tattoo Experience >> Tattoo Videos... ^ Top of page ^

Family History

Surname Profiler
BBC ~ Family History
GenUKI ~ Getting Started
Scotland's People
The Scottish Genealogy Society
GenUKI ~ Scotland
GenUKI ~ Uk & Ireland
Edinburgh Central Library ~ The Edinburgh Room
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Games, Puzzles & Crosswords

Jigzone: Jigsaw Puzzles
Chess online
Best Crosswords
Dominoes online ~You need to register - but it doesn't cost
Noughts & Crosses
Sudoku
JigSawDoku ~ this is good fun & quite easy to do

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Maps

Google Maps
Streetmap.co.uk
Multimap.com
Old Maps
Old Maps of Edinburgh ^ Top of page ^

Mouse Skills

Everyday Computing
SeniorNet Mouse Exercises
Mousercise
Mousing Around ^ Top of page ^

Music

Doris Day
StinaLisa.com ~ Music from the 40's, 50's, 60's & more!
JD Hays Crooners Collection ~ Listed alphabetically by first name, includes easy listening, jazz, rhythm & blues, country, pop, oldies & vintage from the 1930's - 1970's. Try to ignore the adverts!
InCallander - Scottish songs ~ Some lovely recordings of Scottish songs by Ali Reid.
English Songs
Scottish Songs
Indian Music ~ a large amount of music (lots of busy adverts too!)
Briarcliff Juke Box 1956-1960
BBC ~ Music
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