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    Longbridge Factory

    Although it's pretty it was actually not a very nice car to drive.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Tried the RHs search app. got this. https://www.rhs.org.uk/my-account/identify-plants oops that didn't work but my drag and drop of the photo came up with some possibilities.
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    Great Barr Schools - Aldridge Road And Great Barr Comprehensive

    Not him then Canta. Frank Payne was probably in his late forties when I knew him.
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    Great Barr Schools - Aldridge Road And Great Barr Comprehensive

    My science master at Peckham Road in the late 40s was a Mr F H Payne. Could it be the same man?
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    I think the lizard is a common skink ...........................I did say 'I think' :)
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    Scouts Cubs Boys Brigade Girl Guides Brownies

    My recollection of the Sutton Park one is 'it rained a lot'.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    http://www.wine-making-guides.com/nettle_wine.htmlNettle wine Mick
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    Kingsthorne Cranbourne Rd School

    That's certainly how I remember it, except for the painted play markings. Caretaker's house at the right front, infants to the left juniors to the right and the front corners the respective heads offices.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    A story in the press today saying that those bird feeders left uncleaned and the droppings from them are spreading parasites that kill the birds.
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    House prices 1960s

    Similar to this Richard but mine had three bedrooms and was at No 212 https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/details/england-122847023-17611108?s=6490d1a44aa3a78a4ccdbc151a73faaa3cff1956b7688ffe5d33e475379f5cc5#/
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    House prices 1960s

    Mine a semi detached 3 bed in Great Barr sold for £3,000 in 1965 .
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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    I wonder if all this change has really made the city any more prosperous.
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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Just a question about the name Vittoria Street, was it a spelling mistake in the distant past or was Vittoria some notable local? :blush:
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    Old horns pub

    I remember the Horns of Queslett from when 'I were a lad'. Those scales used to be quite common in chemist shops back then.
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    Lanchester Cars

    The owner became King George V1..............unexpectedly.
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    Lucas Yuasa batteries Forman’s Road Sparkhill

    Must be OK I guess, they've been there for quite a few years.
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    Lucas Yuasa batteries Forman’s Road Sparkhill

    I have nephews working for Yuasa in Australia.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Yes I guess so but I suspect the roots will be tangled with the Yucca roots so I'm reluctant to rip them up. The Yucca has been popping up there since I came here thirty years ago this is the only other thing to pop up in the patch except a few dandelions.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    'tis all academic now, I took the strimmer to it and ripped its heads off. I can see the Yucca now.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Someone has just told me it's Herb Robert considered a weed Janice part of the Geranium family so on the same page as you. :)
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