Recent content by Barbara Tarbuck

I remember using cans and string as stilts. Those were the days...we had to use our imagination. Not expensive toys

well, I was smug about the birds and the sunflower seeds....we now have rats. They are loving the seeds that fall on the floor!! We do have squirrels but have squirrels but have squirrel proof feeders. However the squirrels are digging up the lawn to bury nuts!! You cant win!!

well, we are now weeks on since I first wrote about there being no/few butterflies. I think I have now seen 3 all summer. We do have a few bats and more bees. The birds are loving the sunflower hearts and the water in the heat. Watching them take 'baths' as well as drinks is very entertaining...

we now are more aware of the risk of skin cancer than we were in the 70's. I agree about the nanny state but do need to be sensible. when out in the sun

dont forget they need water too. I have found using different container depths/sizes a variety of wild life drink from them, including a woodpecker and a rat!! I have still only seen 2 butterflies in my garden in 2026

My Grandad used to be a signalman just outside Blackpool. The signal box has now been demolished

I agree. Royal Mail cant keep postmen/women as the conditions are poor at the moment as well as the pay...........confession, I have been 'tipping' my son this year as our post is delivered twice a week, if we are lucky, by different posties.

yes, cotton reels were used for corking. Thank you for reminding me. I had forgotten that. Again, cost nothing and kept you amused. (I made a mat)

I agree about the chips. Frozen are dreadful. The reason I have these pictures is that I used to work for Wolverhampton council and go into day centers and 'do' reminiscence.

One of my sons is a postman. He works long hours. Pay is poor. He is out in all weathers. Red hot at the moment!! Tip the postman. Christmas and Easter.

ought to be a guessing game of things from long ago

We used to make a tank out of an old wooden cotton reel. Putting notches in and an elastic band through held by matches eother end and then wind it up either end. it then used to travel along. No electronics in those days. Imagination and no cost

Remember these? I have many more as I was born in 1947 and everything that I held so dear is now so much out of date. I remember mum used to say 'during the war' and I used to think 'time gone'

Glad to here there are butterflies in Birmingham. Please send some our way ~ we boarder Staffordshire ~ all gone despite a big garden full of flowers. The bees are few too