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    devonjim replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2025.
    With the warm, no hot weather there has been a marked increase of butterflies, some I recognise, these include comma, red admiral...
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    devonjim replied to the thread The car.
    It's almost 65 years to the day since I passed my driving test, for some forty years I worked in motor industry and I have never bought...
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    devonjim reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread The car with Appreciate Appreciate.
    a reliant would be useless here it would not go along some rds:D:D
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    devonjim replied to the thread Empire Theatre.Stirchley.
    Went past here to and from work in 1970's never occurred to me that it hadn't always been a garage.
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    devonjim reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Empire Theatre.Stirchley with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I've often wondered about the history of this building on Pershore Road, Stirchley. It opened in1912 as the Empire Theatre. and was...
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    devonjim reacted to boilerman's post in the thread The car with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Its like a stealth bomber. Can it be seen?:grinning:
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    devonjim reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Aston's Cars with Haha Haha.
    A bit like the elizabethan codpiece
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    devonjim reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Aston's Cars with Appreciate Appreciate.
    What is an SUV? An SUV is a sports utility vehicle. So, what is a sports utility vehicle? Well, this description has come to refer to a...
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    devonjim replied to the thread Aston's Cars.
    Not on theme but just wanted to ask a "car" question. What is an SUV? I know it's a sports utility vehicle but every other car is...
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    devonjim reacted to oldbrit's post in the thread Any old Brummies moved to the USA? with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I left Brum in 1957 to seek fame and fortune in America, well, I have. One out of two, not bad Eh!! I became a US citizen in the 1980s...
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    devonjim reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Hardings Royal Steam bakery with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This picture appears on numerous sites and is used by one in Canada for a short fiction story with the horse named Arabelle and the...
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    devonjim replied to the thread Happy Birthday Cookie273 (Eric).
    Congratulations! Have a great day!
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    devonjim replied to the thread Lucas products and services.
    In the commentary there was a claim that the mini was the World's first front-wheel drive car, there were Citroens quite a few years...
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    devonjim reacted to Eric Gibson's post in the thread Lucas products and services with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Try this:
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    devonjim replied to the thread Lucas products and services.
    The garage in Tyseley was Gethin's not Gittin's. Well I was only 7 or 8 when I lived there!
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