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  1. OtherHalf

    Electoral roll query

    sorry Craig dont really know here is the legal definition DWELLING HOUSE - A building inhabited by man. A part of a house is, in one sense, a dwelling house; for example, where two or more persons rent off the owner different parts of a house, so as to have among them the whole house, and...
  2. OtherHalf

    Evening in Corfu

    Now your spoiling us Eric:)great pic as always:)
  3. OtherHalf

    Albert Speer His Battle with Truth

    a few years ago I Read a fair bit about Albert Speer and a few others at the same time Authors like ajp taylor and others about events leading to Dunkirk etc and at the time I was an avid reader I wished I had kept it up :) Albert Speer believed the Nuremberg court's judgement was fair and...
  4. OtherHalf

    Winter Trees

    Nice one Eric made me shiver :)
  5. OtherHalf

    65 Years On

    The Dutch have a fine way of ensuring that the children appreciate their freedom and how it came about. On May 5th(Liberation Day) each year the children lay flowers on the graves of all the airmen of whatever nation who made the supreme sacrifice in Holland. Old Boy what a great way of...
  6. OtherHalf

    Help with photo PLEASE !!!

    I wasn't far off then:) great work on pics again people :Dnice
  7. OtherHalf

    Pub crawl thursday 23rd anybody?

    [QUOTE Thats very nice of you Tim if i still lived in Brum i would definitely take up the offer Mossy:cool: too true and he knows every pub worthwhile Tim :D nice offer thanks
  8. OtherHalf

    Poor scan of GT Granddad, any hope

    one more go maybe a little more detail ?:)
  9. OtherHalf

    Acocks Green Police Station 100 yrs old

    been inside it many a time :rolleyes: in the course of work that is ..the traffic officer with the bike I beleive is one who I have been with on a number of occasions accidents stolen vehicles etc I thought he was based at Chelmsley ? Solihull :)
  10. OtherHalf

    Maybe beyond help.

    dont look too close Jean :rolleyes:great job by Printmeister ..here is my effort
  11. OtherHalf

    Help with photo PLEASE !!!

    great improvement guys and the picture is a scene very reminiscent of a lot of group pictures in pubs thought it was earlier than 70 :rolleyes: great pic thanks
  12. OtherHalf

    Another Where is this?

    Best laugh I have had today Old boy ..Maggie has a chance when you leave caption on ...we have all done it ,,,great pic
  13. OtherHalf

    Poor scan of GT Granddad, any hope

    Another go a bit darker:rolleyes:
  14. OtherHalf

    NASA Fly Me To The Moon

    One Theory among many.:). been watching too many conspiracy progs Big Gee :D I remember the landing well but for the life of me cant remember where I watched it and with who :rolleyes: too much drink I think in them days :D
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    Poor scan of GT Granddad, any hope

    How sad is that Alf Iremember the song as well :D
  16. OtherHalf

    Poor scan of GT Granddad, any hope

    maybe someone can improve on this some members work wonders bit like the double diamond advert:)
  17. OtherHalf

    Oldbury 1950 Map. Help Please

    Heather not what you want..:rolleyes: but just as a bit of trivia from Wiki .. 1910 Accles & Pollock built the world's first all-metal aircraft, the Mayfly, in their Oldbury factory, using a steel tubing structure :) more trivia .. The Accles-Turrell was an English automobile built between 1899...
  18. OtherHalf

    Photo tidy up.

    great improvements to all the pictures one thing about the modern PC is the ability to improve on the original photos and maybe add to the memories a little bit and still be able to keep the original :)nice work all :)
  19. OtherHalf

    For Soldiers Lost in Afghanistan

    Bernard link here for Suez and if you follow other links gives background to war in Middle east since 1948.https://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.html ...once again that was a war about politics Nassers objection to not getting funds for the aswan dam our objection to him nationalising the...
  20. OtherHalf

    what a long time aga

    we used the Corn Cob for a while when we came back from banger racing the gaffer there even gave me a triumph acclaim to race ..did a great car jump:rolleyes:
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