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    I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    Our grandchildren are 50/50, they are somewhat happy but because they are spoilt they think they are hard done by and losing a parent...
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    I Am Nico reacted to MWS's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't disagree with a lot of what you say but it's nothing new. Expectations grow with every generation and my nan disapproved of what...
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    What I mean (in my opinion) is we only got brainwashed for petty things then. They didn't break the bank. And my family tended to not...
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    I Am Nico reacted to MWS's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    How do you know they weren't, maybe you've been brainwashed to believe that they weren't brainwashed.
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    For me I came at the end of the 60s which I loved the 70s and the 80s even early 90s. Loved the music and fashions & haircuts as you...
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    I Am Nico reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    9 mins 22 secs into the video nice to see my dad sitting in the acorn pub wheeler street...he was on his dinner break having a pint and...
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    I Am Nico reacted to Keith R's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Mine is between kitchen and bathroom windows.
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    Our first RSPB box nothing nested in it but they roosted in it in the winter. We had great tits eventually and It fell apart after a...
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    I Am Nico reacted to Keith R's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This box has been used for over 30 years....
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    Wish we didn't get pigeons, just had the plum tree trimmed it's gone mad. Pigeons poo everywhere . They are cooing all day. I don't...
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    I Am Nico reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We don't get starlings. Robins, blue tits, blackbirds and pigeons
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    The borage came back, all the herbs have. A profusion of primroses bluebells and lily of the valley. Lilac is struggling I think it is...
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    We don't get any now, or sparrows or wagtails we don't get lots of varieties now.
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    I Am Nico reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We have a similar starling problem Smudger. When our grapevines have fruit they arrive in big numbers, just before they fly off for...
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    I read that the invasive foreign ladybirds are the ones that come in other our houses as they don;t like the cold. Don't know how true...
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