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Next to Clarendon Chambers, was Clarendon Hotel, more a "pub" in it's latter years, my dad was "gaffer" when it closed down in early 1960's

The electoral rolls show James as follows: 1922,1925 1 Crown Avenue, Birchfield Road with James Nathaniel & Martha Woodfield 1927, No 4...

Mike, am i right to associate this view with "The Austin Village" https://www.austinvillage.org/ "Sure" I used to walk alongside...

Interesting Jim. I agree that the blue panel would have looked very uninspiring if it weren't for the mural. It also became a...

A friend was doing an artist impression of Auchinleck House from the original drawings for Murrayfield Real Estate. He thought the brick...

Its never been straightforward in my memory. In imperial, if you asked for a piece of 4 be 2 (4x2) then sawn would be 4 inches by 2...

As a DIY person I remember in late 1970's having to buy timber in metric feet, each 300mm long, mind you I am fairly certain the same...

When first married in 1968 we lived in Stockfield Rd just a few minutes walk from this library, being free to use it was used regularly...

My wife worked in an office at Cadbury's in around 1970, as a woman she was on temporary staff, the men were graded permanent. Always...

An interview nine years ago with Anne Whitworth, who has just died. It is aimed at those interested in computer history, but she was...

An aerial view of Shirley Racecourse from 1938. Credit: britainfromabove

My Mom who grew up and went to school in Shirley used to tell the story of how the school was let out early on race days so they could...

There was also a Roman dig right by the stream /river that ran along the bottom of the golf course before the m42 was built, we used to...

Hard to imagine now that on the land opposite Notcutts Garden Centre until the 1940's was a horse racing course. Later it became the...

Recent Sir Nigel Gresley and Clun Castle…