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    Posties Wake The bull Pub Loveday St 28th june 12 pm

    Penny - The British Library offers, I believe, the opportunity to have websites archived on a reasonably regular basis. Am not up-to-date on the details but my own staffshomeguard.co.uk website (containing a significant amount of data) is on that list, has certainly been archived several times...
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    Posties Wake The bull Pub Loveday St 28th june 12 pm

    A somewhat belated (sorry) note to update members about the recent get-together at the Bull in memory of Jim/Postie. As most members will know, Jim owned and was responsible for the Forum for more than 15 years and we all owe him a great debt for having taken it over when it was in serious...
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    Any old Brummies moved to the USA?

    Very sorry to learn of your loss, oldbrit. It must be still very raw for you. But just plod on, as I’m sure you are doing. Eventually things DO soften a bit, of course, but it takes time for the bleakness to fade….. Look after yourself and carry on keeping in touch with all your friends here...
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    Happy Birthday Cookie273 (Eric)

    All the very best, Eric. Chris
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    Sutton Coldfield

    That's all a great shame. I think it's called "progress". Chris
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    Posties Wake The bull Pub Loveday St 28th june 12 pm

    Currently hoping to be there...... Chris
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    Happy Birthday Alberta

    Happy Birthday and have a lovely day, Alberta. Chris
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    Happy birthday Richard Dye

    Blimey, it's all USA-based birthdays at the moment! Happy birthday, Richard, and all the very best. Chris
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    happy birthday to oldbrit

    A very happy birthday and all the best, John! Chris
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    Pop up Adverts 2025

    Thanks, Warren. (And thanks to members for bringing this problem to general notice). Chris
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    Pop up Adverts 2025

    Thanks for pointing this out, Mark. With your comment, on top of other helpful reports in this thread, there does seem to be some sort of pattern of change happening at the moment with regard to adverts. I myself have noticed some differences, including the insertion of adverts within a thread...
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    Sutton Road

    Gravelly Hill is being half-suggested. The road is certainly sloping away from us as we look at it........... Are there any gradients in Sutton Road? Chris
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    Moor street To The Dardanelles: Gallipoli & Birmingham.Presented by Ian Binnie

    Thanks, Mike. (If the link provided doesn't work - as it doesn't for me - try this one: https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/branches/united-kingdom/birmingham/events/moor-street-to-the-dardanelles-gallipoli-birmingham-ian-binnie/ ) Chris
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    Seventy-five Years Ago Today....(and eventually Eighty!)

    Thanks. I hadn't heard of this before but it seems to have been a normal thing for schoolchildren so that they could be identified in case they were separated from parents in an air-raid and and could be reunited. Pretty sure I didn't have one. That might be because we lived on the outskirts of...
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    Seventy-five Years Ago Today....(and eventually Eighty!)

    Thanks, johnny082. Don't remember the silver tags. Any further information about how and where used, please? Perhaps an image of yours? Chris
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