HI YA LIZ , AND RUPURT, ITS NICE TO KNOW YOU HAVEN,T LOST YOUR ACCENT, LIZ, I USED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT I WAS FROM THE SOUTH , ITS JUST THE CASE OF EDUCATION, I HAVE PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT I AM A RETIRED PUBLICAN , AND I HAVE TRAVELLED THE BREAST OF THHE LAND IN MY THIRTY YEARS IN THE TRADE , AND THERE IS ALOT OF PEOPLE DON,T KNOW WHEN THEY MEET A BRUMMMIE, THEY AUTOMATICALY THINK OF BLACK COUNTRY FOLK , YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN LIKE,, OR A SOUTHERN , WERE A PROUD BUNCH AINT WE ; RUPURT, ITS A TRUE TO FORM WHAT YOU SAY IN YOUR STATEMENT, A GOOD RESPONSE, I ENNJOYED READING YOUR STATEMENT, I KNOW THE BLU,ES ARE SURPOSE TO REPRESNT BRUM , AND A FLAG SHIP FOR B,HAM, AND I AM A TRU BRUMMIE ,THROUH AND THROUH , BUT I AM A DEDICATED AND HARDEND VILLA FAN , BECOS I WAS DRAGGED UP IN ASTON ALL OUR GENERATIONS OF AUNTS AND UNCLES AND COUSINS, TRULY SUPPORTED THEM , MY OLDEST BROTHER RON WAS AN APPRENTICE FOR THE OLD MEB AT CHESTER STREET AS A SPARKIE, HE HAD THE PLEASURSE OF PUTTING UP THERE VERY 1 ST FLOOD LIGHTS AT VILLA PARK, ALSO THE GREAT JOHNIE DIXON AND HIS BROTHER, USED TO THE DRIVING OF DELIVERY,S FOR MY GREAT GRAND FATHER OUT OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON MY GRAND FATHERS ARE THE JELF,S CATERING RESTURANTS AND COFFEE SHOPS,WHOM DONE ALL THE BIG FUNCTION,S IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM DEPARTMENTS, WE,LLL OUR KID I,M GONNA SHOVE OFF NOW AND GET ME A PIECE OF SOMTHINK TO ATE, SEE YAH TERAH,, BEST WISHES ASTONIAN, ;;;;;;;