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I too recall the Ariel Leader and Arrow much berated, all sorts of arguments about they did not have a proper frame etc. I thought they were quite a nice looking bike but the bikers tended to like the big throaty 650 twins with lots of chrome bits to polish. I recall the Arrow had a bit less...

That's a super restoration job. I was an apprentice to a guy who rode one of those.

Just a thought I has is was the garage selling the motorbikes as an own brand? i recall Vale Onslow selling a brand called SOS (The Sid Onslow Special) once.

I wonder if the stream is the River Cole?

That looks super, well done you.

Viv, most of the stuff at the north is football pitches, i later yeas they were only marking the pitches out at the north end. This is where the ancient fields marking tend to be too. We think the markings are still visible in the burnt bit are the allotments. You can also see the tracks of the...

I did a drone survey over Windermere Fields in Wake Green a few weeks back. With a bit of digital processing you can see the previous football pitch markings, some ancient fields marking and the WWII Dig for victory allotments set up by a local school.

Well good luck with that idea, I wonder how it all went?

What crossed my mind is BY - burial, EG – Entombment placing a coffin or cremation urn in an existing vault and Reop E being a reopened existing grave plot.

Indeed sad news, my condolences to all her family and friends.

I wonder if the hydraulic lift ever got built?

Hi and welcome to BHF. There are three schools about 1 Km south of Lindrosa Road in Streetly. The school in the centre is Streetly County Junior Schoor, but I don't know the names of the others.

Yes I would say do Viv just under the right hand side

I think your right Viv it was Gravelly Hill prior to being completely demolished to make way for Spaghetti Junction. The car on the left is outside the Erdington Arms and Slade Road. Tyburn Road on the right.

I vaguely recall those card indexing system they were used in doctors’ surgery’s to fine say all of the patents who were due a blood pressure checks etc. A mechanical database not of course supersede by the computer database.