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Lovely Steve. Always loved the sunsets in Scotland on our many visits there

Andrew, you're a gentleman - not many of us left !!!!

Just had a look on line and see they are described as "windowsill Orchids". £14.99 for three bulbs [plus postage of course]

Our doctors was a Dr. Butler and his wife, on Reservoir Road at Stockland Green. His surgery was an ordinary house just near the shops. Like others we just turned up and waited our turn. Mom had a long term sickness and saw him regularly for which he charged her 10 shillings a month. I was about...

It's one of our great grandchildren's fifth birthday today and it reminds me of mine in 1936 when my parents bought me a scooter with "wire spoked wheels". How posh I felt as everyone else had them with tin plate wheels. They had it from [I think] Halfords on High Street Erdington. If I remember...

Same her Richard, remember her so well

Thanks so much for your contribution to the history of your family and for the referral to Staffs Home guard article. I found it most interesting particularly as just after the war I went on a holiday to Holland arranged by Handsworth Technical school. We sailed from Harwich on one of the troop...

Ospreys For many years I have enjoyed watching the Ospreys at various sites in Scotland during our many holidays there. Due to age can no longer visit Scotland, but enjoy every day looking at the live videos of them on their nests. Whilst some of the sites have closed there is one run by the...

Welcome Vilma. I suppose it was scary in a way, but I think we just got on with life. I am so glad we have such good memories of all we had in those days and indeed of all the memories created by this wonderful Birmingham History site.

Only just come across this thread. How wonderful the memories like cookie. I used to go with Mom every Saturday morning and also remember Pimm's. I remember going on the Saturday after it was bombed and the sad feeling I had. If I remember right, after it reopened, presumably the council, put an...

I'm sure it's not toad spawn which is in long strings. Wonder if it is frog spawn pulled out by a bird or something and has died off. Not a clue otherwise

The polyanthus has several flowers on one stalk whilst the primrose has one flower on each stalk

And many think they are hard done by these days. Don't know the meaning of hardship

Could it be that the relatives of George Hancock could not afford a headstone [or too mean to buy one], and by the time they received money from his estate the memory of him had passed

Saw the heron come down into the garden for the first time this year. Chased off, as after my fish again. Will have to reset the heron scarer again, a water jet shoots out at him when he lands on the pool. The only problem is, if we forget to turn the water off as we go out of the conservatory...

Morturn, he looks as though he's had a few too many Heavy snow here in Brownhills since 6.30am

Any ideas what the chains were used for in the last photo

Great improvement in tos photos Can any tell me what the metalwork on his belt was used for?

Only just come across this thread. My Auntie Ollie [Olivier Wiggins] lived in Lozells Street. Not sure if it was 92/96. I was only little when we used to visit her regularly during the 1930s and onwards. My eldest cousin Marjorie got married during the early years of the war. She had her wedding...

Richards remark about cheap plants from supermarkets reminds me of three strawberry plants we bought from a DIY store closing down, about 20 years ago. 50p each. We have taken the runners off each year and replanted, and now getting pounds off every year. Watching a pair of Blackbirds this...