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They do, I actually prefer the colour version although diehard L&H fans would probably not o_O I have a few of their films with my vintage 9.5mm gauge projector

I have the full set of Laurel & Hardy DVD's and there are two versions of each one so you can see it as original or in colour.

We went to Weston by coach a couple of times to the fantastic Illuminated carnivals in the Autumn, We were picked up near our house in Redditch at 5 pm thinking we would be there in two hours. but no o_O it took 4 hours as it went all round Pershore, Evesham and the back of beyond etc picking...

I've finally binned my inkjet printer, because we don't use it regularly the print head dries up, my wife uses it mostly for her WI meetings agenda etc but with Covid the meetings have been via zoom so no printing required. I know you get told to fire up the printer and print a test page every...

Thank you William, I do have an aptitude for copying things which stood me in good stead for some of the jobs I worked at as a profession. All those paintings were copied from old books, they are all up in the loft somewhere, I would mark the photo out in a grid pattern so I could then upscale a...

if they said baby and not babby they must have been posh :innocent: :innocent:

it's something to do with Olive oil, see here https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/birmingham-black-country-accent-phrases-6477059

Another saying I remember was 'that won't get the babby a new coat'

I expect the angling club ceased to exist decades ago, Not sure of my Great Grandfathers first name but dads was Arthur Alfred so I guess it would be one or the other of those. The cup is totally hand engraved including the pattern but it has no makers mark or anything. if you flick it with your...

That's interesting Pedrocut, I wonder what happened to the pub

Seeing another thread about sports cups reminded me of one that's been handed down in our family, It was won by my Great Grandfather, A NEWEY 1887. I can't find where St.Georges Angling society was based but he was definitely a Brummie

No, it's not me, it's one of many copies I made of the old masters, so it's a self portrait of Rubens, the original is in Windsor castle. I've given my daughter quite a few but here in the hall I have a self portrait of Rembrandt, the front room has two Van Dykes, 'Robert Rich' the 2nd Earl of...

I liked to think so back in the day :innocent: as well as pinball there were bagatelle type machines where you could (unofficially) win money, you had to carefully get 3,4 or 5 balls all in a line and the machine tilt mechanism was set extremely delicate. There was a cafe in Hurst street that...

Another of my interests going right back to the 1960's is pinball machines, I used to play on them everywhere I went and in the 1980's I had a number of ex arcade machines in my garage. These days I have only two here in my 'mancave' :D This one is an all time classic 'Star Trek the next...

Your right, I'm waiting for a small machine power hacksaw and tracking shows it's now delivered, we just a phone call from the seller who is full of apologies, my item has just been collected by Hermes. Seller has 100% feedback so I'm confident it's a genuine error.

We have just received two very heavy boxes taped together, it was a struggle to lift off the step. The label says Ebayn715yzk with our correct address on but not our name is mentioned. I think we may be victims of the brushing scam. It contains 9 heavy rolls of Italian wallpaper and if it is...

My first car was a black Triumph Herald convertible with red interior, I got it from Spot garage, Bristol road Longbridge, £450 I loved that car and learned to drive & passed my test in it. It had twin carbs, wire wheels & I fitted the walnut dashboard with numerous gauges inc rev counter...

I wonder how fast filling stations will disappear when the ban comes into force, I would avoid buying a new diesel as they will almost certainly be a bigger target for higher tax in one form or another. Maybe fuel forecourts will set up charging points in place of pumps or just disappear...

My gen 4 Prius has CVT drive but it's got no belts etc, it works by the sun & planet system which is completely smooth from standing start to maximum speed. I think the Auris hybrid however uses steel belts running over cones

The saying' it would freeze the balls off a brass Monkey' is nearly always misinterpreted. It actually refers to the method of storing cannonballs piled up in a pyramid on a brass casting. In freezing weather the balls would have to be dislodged with a heavy mallet so in actual fact the saying...