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This is what these pubs looked like more recently 1) The Old Horns, 2) The Trees (soon to be a MacDonalds, I understand & 3) The Deers Leap):

My Dad had a till exactly like that it was a "National" and he swapped it for a till that had been converted to the decimal system, I'm sure the chap that took it off our hands got the best of the deal. The new "second hand" till was just like Arkwright's, it slammed shut so quickly and it's a...

There are Pillboxes and Stanton shelters at Fradley Airfield (I spent many hours there in the 60s):

I went to the Ben from the mid 70s until it closed as a pub and to the Turks from the late 70s until it too closed down Lyn. I remember that the Burma Star Association used to hold their meetings at the Turks and that both pubs were an integral part of the Aston University students regular pub...

Two of my old haunts too Lyn, the Turks has totally gone now :(.

I agree, I understand that it is a Grade A listed building, so they would struggle to get it demolished, although that doesn't always prevent a demolition...

The Ben Johnson has now become BRGRI on ground level (a purveyor of "premium smashed burgers" as well as the odd milk shake) and King Edward Apartments (12 "prestigious and luxurious" exclusive student rooms @ £150pw). Oh for the days and nights, when it was a jolly good pub! :rolleyes:

A couple of examples of the shampoo sachets and beer shampoo mentioned in #151 & #153 and I seem to recall, there was an egg one too :eek: :

Lyn, you could check with your bank by telephone, to see if they have e-mailed you (assuming they have your e-mail address to do so), but as Mike has suggested, better safe than sorry, particularly if you rarely if at all, receive e-mails from your bank.

On a very bad day perhaps... ;)

Yes, the best policy is 100% to phone the company direct and to leave the possible scam unanswered. That way you have responded to the call, if it was actually a legitimate one.

I received another message last night. Royal Mail: Your package has arrived at the warehouse but cannot be delivered due to incomplete address details please open the link to view ..... Royal Mail wishes you a great day! How fortunate that my package albeit having an incomplete address, did...

The Mayfair:

Sad to see Hirons go. I well remember their shop on Slade Road at Stockland Green.

I read over the weekend that the Times science editor recently received a scam Royal Mail text explaining that a delivery had failed and clicked on it (when his mind was elsewhere), and when asked for the small delivery fee, paid it. This is what happened when he was in the process of reporting...

Sadly, Aston Villa's Charlie Aitken passed away yesterday, aged 81. I thought Charlie would always be there, he was ever present at left back when I was a young lad standing by the railings at the foot of the Holte End, all the way through to my late teens. He was with us through the lows of...

I was there that day. :eek: I remember my friend and I were late getting to the match and arrived at our normal spot behind the goal at the Holte End 5 minutes before kick off. Usually there were about twenty to thirty young chaps that we knew well in the same place, but this time there was only...