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Rupert - You made a good point regarding the trades and that is affecting a certain group of school leavers here as well. The apprenticeships were valuable and still would be but they are so hard to get into. With most of the schools changing their curriculum to general subjects and no trades...

Life was so simple but rather nice. Not the pressures of today. Mo

Love the card of Blackpool Jean, hope the weather didn't change while they were out in the rowing boats. You must be like me I have old cards and just can't recycle them. They are in a box, I should put them in an album I guess.

Sorry posted twice. Mo

Thanks Beatrice you are right. Maybe Keith will transfer the off topic posts.:)Mo

Stitcher - Your post #67 gives the impression that things were good 60 years ago so why would you want people to be happier now than they were then. There have always been areas of Birmingham or any large city where one would be wise not to go alone or even with someone else. The jobs you had or...

Stitcher - It makes me feel very sad that you have such a negative view of Birmingham and presumably the UK. Our parents must have felt desperate after the war and into the 50's, many had very little money or luxuries. Things gradually improved and as ShardEnder says but that was all you earned...

Nice Peony Patty a little different to ours which aren't out yet but you have the same clematis. :) Mo

He is lovely Chris M. what a lucky chap to have been adopted by you. At the farm I volunteer at we have a turtle which in a big aquarium. I go to one end and say Hi! Buddy and he looks around and and comes over to the that side. You can see he is listening to me when I talk to him, I just love...

Christy - In about 1963 I was thrown by some of my scouting friends into the dirty pool with all my clothes on. I'm not sure who had the biggest shock me or the frogs.:)Mo

This was my brother and dad on the beach at Rhyl 1937

I have a photo of Prince Philip on the steps of the Birmingham Mail Building on his own, may be while the queen was checking out the wool shop. I will find it and scan it. Also I think it was Princess Alexandra who visited the special school on Shenley Fields Road around 1970. I have a photo...

I think I know what he means about being bigger, it is just that there is so much space so the roads are wider. Going into Toronto on the 401 highway there are 6 lanes going in each direction and in some places far more. At intersections another one or two on each side and that is a total of 16...

Without an open fire drying would be hard for several months of the year. When I hang things on coat hangers somewhere in the house to finish drying because they can't go in the tumble dryer, it always reminds me of mom getting ready to go on holiday. Everything got washed, starched, ironed and...

My mom graduated to the twin tub Wendy, what luxury. She had it until the day she died in 1983.:) Mo

It is hard to believe Wendy, now I wonder how many more relatives we have out there. I'm really not very good at the research but I must try harder on all sides of our family. I have always wished I had a large family but moving 3,000 miles makes it smaller if you know what I mean. We really...

How you brought back many memories Jenny. I can remember the luxury of my mom getting an electric washing machine with a roller that went around without having to turn a handle. We always used the washing water to clean scrub the steps. Having the garage was a luxury Jen. My daughter was...

You may have read on May 14th someone on Genes contacted me as they thought we were related. Thanks to Bernie for his help, we now know we are in fact related. Our great grandfathers were brothers. Isn't that amazing. She sent me a scan of the marriage certificate for our great, great...

I bought White Tea last week. One with citrus and the other plain. It isn't as bitter as most teas are without milk. I put a little honey in it and quite like it. Mo

I know it is breaking the law of the forum but that is how interesting facts come out. Will. Who knows maybe your bike will be found. Did it have gears, my bike that I rode until I drove a car didn't. Now I have trouble trying to work out how they work I have so many. Ha!Ha! As dib44 says there...