Recent content by davedgibson

I find Lupins hard to grow Lyn as the snails hammer them while they’re growing.

My ‘Electric Flash’ Dahlia has finally opened in my garden. Some people might think Dahlias are old fashioned but I think they’re one of the best flowers to have in a garden for repeat flowering.

Hi Astoness, I deliver around Highgate everyday. The photo I have posted below is the same position I believe as in your first photo? The blocks of flats in the distance were on Sherlock Street and now demolished, which have been replaced by rabbit hutch sized houses!

Hi all! I used to live in Aylesbury Crescent, Kingstanding until 1983 and moved away after my Dad passed away. I remember going to Warren Farm Junior School at the time, and receiving a Golden Jubilee book which I’ve kept for all this time. I’ve attached all the pages of the book for you to...

I lived in Aylesbury Crescent in Kingstanding when I was a kid, and I always remember every garden was separated by a Privet hedge.

A bit of a surprise for me this summer. This Amaryllis was given to us as a Christmas gift, but the soil that it was supplied with in the box turned mouldy in the pot, so I just left it outside throughout the winter thinking it was going to die. To my surprise the bulb sent up a shoot in the...

Yes, go to your App Store on your phone and download ChatGPT. I use this and another app called Canva for restoring all of my old photos. I used to be a photo restorer a while back now using Photoshop. I used to make decent money from it now and then. It would take my almost an hour or more...

Hi all, I’ve improved this image. If you zoom right in you can probably make out the frontage a bit better of the Lord Nelson pub, I think it’s in the centre of the street?

Hi Pedrocut Yes I asked ChatGPT to create an image from an aerial street plan. It’s probably not ideal but just a very rough guess of how it may have looked?

I got spoke to a groundskeeper at The National Trust Calke Abbey, and he said to keep the grass long in a heatwave even if it looks dead, because the long grass helps to protect the soil underneath and stops it turning to dust.

Thank you all for your kind words. I want to share just a couple of photos of Eric; one of him winning the pools, which I believe he’s already told you about, and a second photo of when he was a young man after he fully restored an old Rolls Royce. I believe that Rolls Royce was sold to someone...

Hi all, my uncle Eric Gibson who was a member of this forum, sadly passed away on 25th January this year, he was 90 years old. I know that he loved getting involved on this forum and sharing old stories. I will miss him greatly as he was the last living brother of my father.

Hi all, I’m new to this site. I’ve very recently discovered that my great grandparents, John Thompson and Mary Ann Taylor, both lived at 1 Lord Nelson Yard in 1901, which I presume could be Court 15 behind the Lord Nelson pub on the street map? I would really like to see a real picture of the...