Recent content by Ray T

Every series is presently available on BBC iPlayer. You could give the first episode a look to see how you like it.

Me too. I can still smell the oil and sulphur from trainspotting days...

You were treated very unfairly, Stokkie. But it does seem now that Peaky Blinders has managed to make the Brummie accent interesting and even maybe 'sexy' in some quarters. Americans love the series, given how some rave about it on Youtube, where some share their watching of it for the first...

We've had a pair of foxes visiting our communal lawns after midnight before the hedgehogs get here for some time now. I put out tit-bits when I can. Last night they copped for half a roast chicken, which must have put a smile on their furry faces.

Not quite the Zetas, Nico. Zetas were one-piece plastic shaped like the old Vulcan bomber and with very thin flat wings.

Does anybody else remember Zetas from their early 60s Birmingham childhood? They were little delta-winged plastic planes that launched from a small catapult that came with them. They zoomed and soared impressively during their short flights. Quite uncontrollable, though!

Very sad news. I sometimes responded to his posts on Twitter/X and then followed his health situation there, but he didn't reveal much from his hospital bed. Michael was one of the few genuinely knowledgeable antiques experts who didn't suffer fools at all. The antiques world will miss his presence.

I think it really pays to check the success record of Ebay sellers. Around 98-99% is generally OK.

I've just deleted an email purportedly informing me that my Microsoft Cloud storage is full. It provided a tab for me to put it right, etc. Lots wrong with it, first being it used my email name and not my Microsoft account name. Also, I opted out of Cloud storage on set-up. If I'd clicked the...

It wasn't my dad, he was in there in the 50s!

Yes, I used to love roe and chips. It was fish eggs, wasn't it?

Our 1950s back-to-back in Sparkbrook was infested with the little devils.

When I played Birmingham club chess back in the 1960s Tal was a hero of mine. He'd sacrifice pieces in seemingly harmless positions and force resignations after lengthy attacks. He was brilliant.

Tales From The Riverbank, voice-overed by Johnny Morris. My father was a keen fisherman and he once took the day off work to watch it, expecting it to be all about angling. He was most disappointed to find it featured various live action animals running about or riding on model speedboats.

Thank you very much for all your information on "Hicky" and Joyce, Jenni. It's always great to know how people got on after partings of the ways. Our family moved from Long St to Acocks Green around 1965, so that would have been the last time we used the chippy. I hope you're enjoying life in...