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Ann - lovely photo's. I notice in the second pic that the lady is wearing a pocket-watch in a special wrist pouch. I have only rarely seen these 'conversion' devices and I've never seen one in a photo' before! I'm sure that this would be of interest to horologists and collectors. This is the...

I was caned at school, it certainly served to quell my worse instincts . It also gave me pause to consider other possibilities, and other people. Because an element of fear existed, it allowed me the opportunity to become receptive to the ideas of other more sensible people. My twenty-odd...

Until we put back the 'PUNITIVE' into 'punishment' nothing will change; except that it might worsen even more so. I spent twenty-odd years working with young criminals and I'm convinced that 'liberal ideas' are worse than nothing, unless backed-up by the threat of real punishment! You can only...

I've added it to my list of 'favourites' - thank you!

Our local garage attendant still fills the tanks, but it's made a bit pointless by having to get out of the car to use my credit-card....but, if you have cash, and need no change, it's highly civilised!

Bernard...that's so sad; how can you not read/enjoy a rattling good yarn? As someone once said : ''The novel holds many truths, but others (books) have merely opinion'' ...I may not have got it quite right there, but it's basically that. But if you want a beltingly good non-fiction book...

Bernard, you are right! Perhaps this could become a regular thread? Sharing books and opinions of books can be almost as enjoyable as reading them. Like you, I cannot imagine a world without books...I certainly would not wish to live in such a one! I've just rediscovered a Victorian...

I didn't even realise that there were no longer any Belisha beacons until I mentioned this post to a friend last evening...when did they cease to exist?

Thanks Jennyann - it's an excellent site...very useful!

''The Folk Singer'' by Tommy Roe.....I swapped (didn't buy!) a three-coloured 'biro-type' pen for it. Unfortunately, I had to play it on an ancient ''His Master's Voice'' wind-up gramophone which used steel needles (kept in a swing-out corner-box)....the volume was controlled by one of my old...

''Beer at home means Davenports!'' .....if only I'd known; I'd have stayed in more! ;)

Thanks Shera, I really appreciate your help. I'll have to check-out my sources....it looks like I've got the wrong forename. Ta. Regards, JohnO

A mate of mine had one of these in the late sixties/possibly early seventies....a whole load of second-hand pilots came over on a boat and were sold somewhere in the midlands.

Thanks Shera. It being an odd sort of name, I didn't think there'd be many about. I'm interested in a Mary-Ann Gudgeon...dating the latter half of the 19th, century, and possIbly into the early 20th. That's all I have at present. Ta. JohnO

Does anyone know of any 'Gudgeon' family in Brum ? Ta, JohnO.

What beer do people drink in Birmingham these days? Is it the one-size-fits-all Yorkshire rubbish; or foreign lagers? Up in the North-East we've now lost almost all of our regional beers; it's just John Smiths, Tetley, Stones or other similar invaders.