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Abcat, I am 90 yo (born 1930) and was at work when the war finally finished (we left school at 14 then). My Grand parents lived in Aston and my Dad tried to get them to stay with us in Shirley but they would not budge. Eric

I lived in Shirley during the war and there was very little bombing in Birmingham after 1940/41 so it would be a fairly safe place to come to after then, when there was still bombing in London plus the V1 and V2's towards the end of the war. I remember we welcomed some London children to our...

Your knowledge of Computers amazes me and makes me realise how little I know. I have a book called 'Windows 10 for Seniors for Dummies' but not much help. We did have free Government funded PC courses on our town centre years ago which I took advantage of but they ceased that ages ago. Still I...

I bought my first 10 inch LP in 1953 for my late Wife while we were in Hong Kong with the RAF she was mad on Frankie Laine, I think it was before Vinyl but it does not seem like Bakelite. It still plays OK despite being 67 years old. Eric

I remember meeting a couple from Canada a few years ago at a meet in the Bull, I still have the Canadian pennant she gave me, I gave them a framed painting of the Bull, not sure whether this was Jenny. Anyway my sincere condolences. Eric

Radiorails, re post 341, that is the old EAS (east) telephone exchange, later having the 327 all figure code, part of the Birmingham (021) telephone system, I worked for PO telephones 1956 t0 1987, although the last 3 years it was privatised and became BT, one of the reasons why I took early...

mw0njm, Yes everything else is in proportion, I cannot understand why he has made the car and cyclist so small. I still like the painting. Personally I would have left both the car and cyclist out of the painting as I finds it distracts from the main subject, the tram, which he has painted very...

I thought it was a lad on the bike but I now realise it is a woman by the figure and pony tail, she like the car is far to small and both feet together instead of one up and one down, I do not want to sound critical of an other wise good painting but as a painter myself I notice these things. Eric

I have heard of him and seen his work (that tram is typical) but know nothing about his background or where he hails from. He is not listed in my Artists hand book. Eric

I like the painting, my only criticism is the foreground car, it looks much to small, compare the size to the background figures also I find it distracting, I would have left it out, that's only my opinion of course. Eric

Cannot help you this time Frothy, except to say it was not me. I like it though. Eric

Learning morse is like riding a bike, once you have mastered it you never forget. I was aircrew wireless operator for 8 years in the RAF 1948 - 56 but because of a weak eye was 'grounded' for the last 12 months and worked in a signal centre at Bletchley where we took messages down on a...

A very Happy birthday and many of them. Eric

Surely the only people who can work from home are office workers, not factory workers, builders, transport workers, those who work in the utilities shop workers etc... it goes on. Eric

was not the ICI/IMI also at one time also called Kynochs ?

I have a daughter and Son in law and a sister and Brother in law neither have a Computer so you can live without them. I did not have one when my Wife was alive 22 years ago, purchased my first one about 18 years ago and would not be without it now but I think you have to be careful you do not...

mikejee and oldMohawk, thanks for enlightening me, don't think I have need for any of them but its nice to know what they are. Eric

I now know what an iPad is, could some kind person tell me, in plain English, what an iPhone and a Tablet is. Eric

Just checked on Argos, just realised my 18 yo great grandson has one, wondered what it was. Eric

Thanks all for explanation, I'm at an age when it difficult to grasp new technologies but I have an idea now what it is. I will stick to my Acer Predator tower PC Windows 10 which I can understand (mostly). I have not even got a mobile phone, I slung that in March when I packed up motoring after...