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This autumn will see the 75th anniversary of the opening of Mapledene. Are there any plans to celebrate this? In the 50th anniversary year there was an open day for the general public which attracted a lot of ex-pupils.

Google StreetView is your friend, (mostly!) Keble Grove

You don't say who is providing email services to your wife or how she gets to use it. If she is using Google's 'gmail' then just type in 'gmail' in the address bar in the browser and Google Gmail will offer you your account but also allow you 'use another account', select that then put in your...

A bit of Mapledene that 'no-one' noticed as it was above the Junior school entrance and we nearly always came in via the playground. I think it shows children being 'enlightened', seeking 'knowledge', (a sunflower in a book) and 'learning', the Aladdin-style oil lamp. (The old school road sign...

The lady with the guitar was surely Miss Parker, teacher of 1/3 at the time. Some familiar faces here but no recollection of ever seeing you guys in action. In fact the only performance that I remember on the stage was that of a visiting show that brought their own mini-stage as most schools...

Over at 'Ghost Signs' mention has been made of 'Barbers Tea'. Has anyone else noticed how our traditional Barber's pole, (as in hair cutter), has been quietly changed over the years? The story that I was told as a child was that barbers used to engage in the odd bit of surgery and their white...

It has never been my intention to say anything against the forum and I go along with the general gist of your comments, (obviously personal circumstances differ). I don't see that it can do any harm to provide easy access to some information about the forum both for potential members and...

Clearly some users know more about how this site operates and who owns it than I do. I assume this is information has been shared during meetings in person. All I am suggesting is that there should be an 'about' section perhaps along the lines of "This site is a labour of love run by father and...

Perhaps I am missing it but it would be nice if there was an easily found section 'About This Forum', the 'who, what, why', so people could know what they might be donating to and why. Are we being asked to fund an individual, an informal grouping, a charity or a business? Is there a continuity...

Citroën Dyane 6

English is curious. Suppliers of tea, meat, cloth, paper etc. refer to their products in the singular even though they actually supply more than one variety. Suppliers of biscuits, cars or vegetables use the plural form though, so we have Tetley Tea but Carr's Biscuits. Insert the word 'company'...

F.W. Woolworth is another company that fought a losing battle with its customers! Better to have a mangled version of ones name on the public's lips than none at all.

Greengrocers get accused of putting in apostrophes where they aren't needed, grocers just leave them out? [Barbers Tea]

Nowadays the major supermarkets in Birmingham will 'sell' the budding scrap metal dealer a collecting trolley for only £1! Meanwhile the established scrap metal dealers are subjected to ever more controls or are forced to move premises to make way for new developments. I must say the free...

There are some images of a BCT route map here.