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I think the "riveted neatly" refers to the fact if an expensive piece of china got cracked or broken they use to drill and rivet it so that it could continue to used or displayed

Just in case anybody doesn't know this. After you have done your WINDOWS 10 upgrade and if you are happy with it don't forget to do a disc clean up as "windows OLD" folder will take up a chunk of memory maybe 20 + GBs which if you haven't got a massive hard drive is taking up a lot of...

The VILLA CROSS went over to bingo then was set on fire during the Handsworth Riots and demolished

thanks for the compliment, glad you all enjoyed them

A few More Memories LEWIS'S LTD> Just a quickie, Mr French was the Manager of the HOUSE STATIONERY dep’t, and he and the lad who worked with him used to dish out all the bags and string etc, so down you went with your requisition and if you asked for 6 rolls of Sellotape he would give you 3...

Just a few more memories of LEWIS'S LTD. It All Happened By Chance! Originally on leaving school I'd had no thoughts about working at Lewis's, in fact I had secured a job at MORGAN & BALLS High Class Tailors in New Street for the princely sum of £3 per week, but on my way back to catch my...

A Photo thought to have been taken around Christmas 1938, venue could be The West End Cinema. Some of the people are Managers of Birmingham Cinemas, and some are believed to work for Trade suppliers. If anyone knows any of the people with no name and can fill in the blanks please do. Back Row...

Fantastic set of pics, I remember my Grandfather walking me through the park when he went to the Library, and taking me to see the banana tree in the green houses, later on I took the girl friend on the boats for a row round the lake. The house by this time was a small tea room and the rest of...

If you can connect to the Internet, but no web pages open when connected, follow the steps below. Ping an Internet address Open a Windows command line or open a terminal shell, depending on your operating system. At a prompt, type: ping computerhope.com No response from computerhope.com If...

Cannot Connect to Web Pages Ping an Internet address Open a Windows command line or open a terminal shell, depending on your operating system. At a prompt, type: ping computerhope.com No response from computerhope.com If you do not receive a response, try pinging the computerhope.com IP...

A few pics of the ROYALTY

Pictures of the CAPITOL before and after extending the auditorium, notice the projection room is now situated on the roof over the balcony lounge whereas it was underneath the balcony when it was originally opened.

photos of the PLAZA Stockland Green

it looks like the photos have all disappeared here they are again for those who enjoy looking at them.

if all else fails there is always THUNDERBIRD email which is easy to set up and is fairly consistent with its appearance. Link Here https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/

THE ROOKERY PICTURE PALACE. Rookery Road Handsworth opened in April 1914 with the film the White Witch, it seated 700. It was advertised as the Coolest House In The Midlands" In 1920 it became the headquaters of the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association, it close down in February 1957 and the...

THE ROOKERY PICTURE PALACE. Rookery Road Handsworth opened in April 1914 with the film the White Witch, it seated 700. It was advertised as the Coolest House In The Midlands" In 1920 it became the headquaters of the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association, it closed down in February 1957 and the...

There was always a misconception with regard to admission price to a cinema, the admission price is to view the film, there are seats for you when available, in the old days when the cinemas were very busy quite often people stood at the back to view the film when all the seats were taken...

Just a reminder for anyone who doesn't like the new windows tiles and prefers the old type layout. just a reminder for anyone who doesn't like the windows 10 tiles. This is how my Windows 10 desktop looks (Similar to Windows 7) This was achieved by installing CLASSIC SHELL...