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Having a massive tidy up of our back patch, got a team of guys hedge trimming etc lots of wonderful power tools, not cheap but I think worth it.

That was pre Pebble Mill. Sept '63 my five mins of fame, on the 6pm evening news.

Indeed sad news. Advised readily with my efforts at ancestry. RIP and condolences to family and friends.

The Clarendon on the corner of Temple Row/Temple St. was a free house as was the George in the Tree in Balsall Common. They belonged to the same company, I think the Twist Group.

I went to work there straight from school in 1958, was a wonderful place to go, a lake for lunch time strolls, or even skating in the winter of '63, romances flourished! Trees to collect conkers, an adjacent riding staple, so much better than going to school! Bit inconvenient for public...

For a few years around 1960 Umberslade was the R&D home of Wilmot Breeden Ltd. I was bussed out there daily by Eatonways from the Yew Tree Yardley

Have a good day.Thanks for your presence!

The service at our local PO, a small village shop, accepting cash from local shop keepers and providing cash for residents replaces the need for a bank. Twenty five years ago we had four banks but since covid most of us use plastic, the banks really are not needed. I don't use on line banking...

They spent £2M changing the name to Consignia in 2001, who remembers that? Don't forget that Post Office is a separate company from Royal Mail.

All I remember is that they had wooden slatted seats that were most uncomfortable

It seems that was what uncles were for, my dad's youngest brother taught me the basics, of photography and eventually I converted the redundant coalhouse to my own darkroom.

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Use to go to a Chinese Restaurant called Henry's in the Square. Chef was a dab hand at carving carrots and tomatoes. also went to a concert in the Church that featured a choir called Black Voices, my daughter tells me that concerts are sstill held in the church only recently she saw Fleetwood...

One plus, monthly bill for gas a mere £10.

Always thought Rudge were based in Coventry? Interesting link below! https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/tour/rudge-cycle-co-the-early-years/