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The pubs listed are old but not all lost. Off the top of my head I know the Troc in town is still open and the Hare and Hounds in Kings...

very sad thread, so many of my watering holes now gone, together with the laughter, and comradery!!

Attached link shows some of the old and sadly lost pubs of Birmingham ...

Are there any bird experts here who can suggest what attacked my wildlife camera at 9.15 last night. I had it on our upstairs front...

I don't remember those but there use to be a brick structure at the top of our street, facing down the middle of the road, built on to a...

Does anyone remember the fire alarms on street corners. Bright red posts with a box on the top, It has a glass panel which you could...

Tin-can telephoneFig Le Telephone by T du Moncel Paris 1880

This picture appears on the thread Ladywell Baths in 1913, but there is an old ghost sign on the left.

We have daffodil 11 buds where they have been coming up blind for years. They are ancient. One is a foot high but the rest a few...

Could not blieve it this morning, found at the bottom of the garden the Daffodil bulbs are about 6 inches high. Also flowers on othe bushes

I liked the iron balustrades? on bus stops. A bit like seas side promenade railings. The bus stops signs used to be round. There used to...

Another item of street furniture you don't see anymore is the cast iron barrier situated outside the school entrance to stop us running...

This one's on Court Road, Sparkhill. It's now a residential property, but you can see clearly it was once a corner shop.

Christmas rose. A couple of days ago.

Nocturnal visitor. How can I post videos? Mp4 format isn't accepted and .avi is too large Pete