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    I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    Me too, no Microwave, no work on a Sunday, Roast dinner . No decking. No patio heater. Partner still darns and mends. Makes attractive...
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    I Am Nico reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That’s fantastic Peter. What a lot of memories…. We just need a Time Machine now to go back to those good old days. Apart from the...
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    I Am Nico reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Lemonella you're the first young lady I've heard complain about the clothes of the 60's
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    I Am Nico reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Makes you feel great to be a Brummie
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    I Am Nico reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    NIco perhaps I should have said imitators , copycats trying to relive those fantastic days long after they'd gone . It's a bit like...
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    Some 1897 illustrations of activities at the school. Source: British Newspaper Archive
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    We know where one is. But the squirrel lives there too in a row of fir trees and pigeons. I was dive bombed by them in my youth they...
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    I have just watched the blackbird drive off the squirrel across three gardens dive bombing and pecking. Not noisy though, has anyone...
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    I Am Nico reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The woodpecker calls around tea time here every day at the moment….
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    I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    I loved the revolution and the music being able to express that and the freedom of speech. The bra burning. The Greenham Common protest...
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    I Am Nico reacted to Tinpot's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The young people in the 60’s had optimism that things could be changed. They were not afraid to express themselves. We were not going to...
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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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