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20 I’ve got one of those! Cigarette holder case.

Have you tried searching the land registry www.gov.uk? It is free but you may have to register. Often contains good information. Photo from Google Maps.

Keith If you’re still looking for your folder/files try this: Open file explorer and navigate to This PC>Local Disc>users In the menu at the top of the page select View>Show>Hidden Items (In case the folder has somehow become hidden) In the box marked ‘Search Users’ enter the name of the...

Keith R Did you find them?

Can anyone please tell me the previous use of this building? I suspect it was once a cinema but it is so long since I was in this area I can't recall its name!

I have a clump of flowering current shrubs which were here when I bought the house 40 odd years ago but over the years they have gradually deteriorated and last year just looked like a row of sticks with a few leaves and flowers attached. So last autumn I decided I would dig them up in the...

My helpers clearing the moss from my front lawn

Happy Birthday Viv. Hope you have a great day.

Acocks Green

Coldlands wood is still there, a favourite for dog walkers although a bit muddy in wet weather! It runs behind the houses in St Helens Road.

I don't think this windmill has any connection with the Lode Lane mill shown in post #10. The layout of the land is wrong as the area around Lode Lane Mill is relatively hilly whereas this windmill is in fairly flat open countryside. After a bit of digging I discovered that St Bernard's Road was...

Silhill Hall's owners up to the'60's were the Forster family. My brother was friends with the son John and I remember collecting him from a party there late '50's or early '60's. I think the family had spent quite a bit of money on the place and the room which housed the party was beautiful...

My rhododendron seems to think it's spring again!

Hi Smudger. Have you sorted it yet? If not, is the sound coming out of the speakers distorted or is the noise coming from the computer?