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    Anyone still got a piano

    My late departed friend earned a music degree in piano playing as a youngster her father bought her a baby grand piano as gift for 'sticking at it' she played the church organ for over fifty years at most of the weddings and funerals of the locals. Her piano is now for sale as part of her...
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    WARNING. Midlands historical Data

    https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/revolut-bank-transfer-scam-aryj55l66MBL
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    Slogging Gangs Aston & Birmingham (1850-1920)

    I have a criminal Giblin in my tree.
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    Alma -Elma Gibson.

    That's the one I was looking for Janice, her brother Ken also passed. So far I seem to be the only one of my generation still alive.
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    Alma -Elma Gibson.

    Thanks for your input Janice.
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    Alma -Elma Gibson.

    That's right Janice, Alf junior also attended mom's funeral, Elma's the mystery, Like all the Gibsons there are a lot of them listed as Alma or Elma all over the world.
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    Alma -Elma Gibson.

    Not sure now I had to log out and do something more pressing, need to go again when time permits.
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    Alma -Elma Gibson.

    I had cousins, twins Kenneth and Alma Gibson born in 1935 I always thought it was Alma but seems it was actually Elma., I found Ken easy enough but struggled with his twin sister, He is shown in the 1939 register with his parents Alf and Rebecca but Elma isn't, so where was she and where since...
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    D.N.A. TESTING

    Read somewhere yesterday that 23 & Me has gone bust.
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    D.N.A. TESTING

    I heard that the companies are not really providing verifiable DNA results, people say going to several different providers get different results from each. Who is checking?
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    1952 - Hockley to Rednal

    Had quite a few rides on those trams, we all used to gather in the open front upstairs and sing our heads off.
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    Proposed new building Gas Street

    God daylight is enough to provide solar power, even through the winter my 12 panels have always supplied some, I have a storage battery too and it's 100% charged by mid morning on the sunny days we've had this week so I am upgrading to more capacity on Tuesday. My electric bill is tiny, only...
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    Proposed new building Gas Street

    So off down the pub then. :)
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    Jasper Carrott

    I listened to him on the earphones on a BA flight to the USA, got a few of funny looks from some other passengers, sort of "Whats he chuckling at?"
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    Aston Brass Foundries

    I wonder if that's a case of poor spelling by the writer, Kettle Mettle metal. ;)
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    Cadbury's Bournville Factory

    Still got the bruises Monique?
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    Motive Power Depots

    This might interest you Heartland, I've been thee every time I visited my daughter: https://www.borail.org/
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    Worst car of the 1960's

    The British car companies back in the 50s/60s tried their best to tackle rust prevention, I did a tour of the Morris works in 1958 they had huge vats of acids and preventatives, the cars were mounted on a spit like a pig roast and dipped/rotated in each vat before drying and painting. Rootes had...
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    Old English/Latin/Dog Latin

    No need to be sorry, I'm a lifelong motor mechanic so if you can't put a spanner on it I'm out of my depth.
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    Old English/Latin/Dog Latin

    Here you go.....................:) https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/help
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