Recent content by johnny082

Quite agree Mike - horrible ! Anyone know what plans they have for the hospital site?

How lovely to see the birds returning to our garden. For at least a couple of months we didn't see any, even the pigeons. But for the last two weeks more and more coming, Great Tits, Sparrows and of course the pigeons and magpies. We have two large Cotoneaster bushes that at the moment are full...

Thanks Kieth for your info. It is a Google A/C and I've just logged back into it and all is well. I have never been logged out before and wonder if Google doing it so they can advertised this new AI thing Also thanks to Morturn about the "mrt". Dead easy to use and done in no time with no...

Thanks for all your replies. I've not had time to do anything yet but will try tomorrow

Urgent help wanted please. Don't know if anyone else is having a problem with Email today. Switched it on as usual and the normal page flashes on but then immediately changes to " AI - powered Email for everyone " and asking to create an account. I don't want anything to do with AI but cannot...

Handled a few hundred of thos e bottles when I was "Milk Monitor" Viv. If you was to ask that question in those days Viv, probably you would have been asked " What's Hygiene?

Agree with all Mike has said.Th 1/3 pint milk bottles of milk we had at school always came with cardboard tops but I can't remember any of the milk delivered to the house having cardboard tops. Having said that we always had Stera which had metal tops. We still have evaporated milk with fruit...

I wonder about the legalities of this are. Surely permission needs to be given, even to remove headstones etc. If so by whom? Mabybe like a lot of other things, just a notice put in local papers hoping people don't see it or ignore it

Thanks for that MWS, that was so. Just a little jog of the memory brings back so much

I knew we could rely on you Mark for ome dramatic pictures. Thanks for these

Not sure because it was a long time ago but reminded of Gem St as I read through this. I seem to remember when I asked Mom where my eldest brother was that she said he was at Gem St School. We lived in Erdington but My brother had spacial needs, so I was wondering if Gem St was used for that...

I would not have thought the two Churches were in the same location due to the slope of the road in he second one. It would have to be a real major change fo it to be so different. I find the construction of the white gates on the first one interesting in regards to the hinges The interior of...

Appreciate your photos and info. Mark

To Lynn and others who may be interested in my last post #33 about the Ospreys in Scotland. if you go to Scottish Wild Life Trust Loch of the Lowes They have recently put some lovely short videos on their Blog page of the hatching of the first two eggs and the progress of the first chick, Sadly...

As I said in post 83 once I started using Duck Duck Go instead of Google I get Zero adverts