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    H W Wards Lathe Makers, Selly Oak. Any ex Apprentices out there?

    Never worked at Wards but in early 1970's was "head hunted"! Goodness knows why! Recommended via North Birmingham Tech.
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    Computer help please 2025

    Something different, charity shop purchase so probably quite old! Seal binoculars with digital camera, model DG 0527627, has a CD-ROM, remember those. CD-Rom references Arcsoft Photo Impression 4.0. If I download a more modern version of Arcsoft Photo Impression am I likely to be able to use...
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    Computer help please 2025

    This has been my experience up to now but won't cooperate just now.
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    What was the demographic of your childhood street?

    What do todays youngsters do for such jobs Few papers delivered, virtually no milk and bread deliveries. Shops very much on the decline.
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    Temple Row

    My half sisters lived in Temple Row at The Clarendon Hotel in early 1960's Wonder if you remember the family?
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    What was the demographic of your childhood street?

    Birmingham Council Estates, Tyseley 1940-48 Wide range of ages,in small cul-de-sac. Garretts Green, (Kent's Moat)1948-1965 post war estate, lots of young families in cul-de-sac.
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    Computer help please 2025

    Thats of interest,thank you. At the moment I have cheapo cartridges and being told, by the printer, that new cartridges required. When I try to scan get the "Scanner Busy" message. .,
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    Computer help please 2025

    That pretty well sums up what has been my approach but as Andrew says "it's gone spitful". Won't play because I don't use it as a printer I haven't replaced the cartridges so Epson not getting an income. Sort of fair enough I suppose.
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    Computer help please 2025

    you are right, i-phone photo "good enough"
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    Computer help please 2025

    Thanks Andrew, Keep getting "Scanner Busy" Hate it when something use to work. Then my wife says that about me!
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    Computer help please 2025

    Could be I'm having a senior moment, I'm entitled! But I can't get scanner to work. a) It wants new cartridges, I don't want to print I want to scan, so I don't want to put new ones in. I never use it as a printer. I need to bypass this. I am using Windows with a Epson SX445W. I am trying to...
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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    I thought the drum of cable was a corrugated iron shed, that view of Harding's bakery was from the Church Rd side, in 1950's I would occasionally go to the bakery to buy bread.
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    All Saints Church Kings Heath

    Do recall public loos on pavement outside. And by the way married there in 1965,
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    Cars

    Use to drive across France on holiday in 1960's and I think we had to carry a set of bulbs by law, but then in those days they had yellow lens on their head lights so things change! Main dealer prices are always "different" remember needing a drive shaft for a Citroen ZX and being quoted £350(in...
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    Sheldon

    Fairly certain that the shops were there when I lived there and that was from 1948!
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