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Thank you oldMohawk. Information duly noted. Good man.

Hello oldMohawk. Yes I photoed them using the IPad camera. Yes it looks like I've got the IPad lock on. I'm saying this because I've just looked at " lock on " via " Settings " and then " General " and there it seems to tell me that " lock on " is Set.

Dear BernardR. I'm trying to figure out if and where I might be doing something wrong. Doing a ' handstand ' to view won't be popular. Best Wishes.

For a little girl that wanted her own painting " of a horse ". A concocted painting by Roy Blakey. 2013. TO VIEW PAINTING. TAP on top image link.

Dear mhemery. Not quite friend. There was another supply waiting down at the B&B for the next days march. Best Wishes.

Three Birmingham lads on a holiday break. Painting by Roy Blakey. ( 1989 ).

Re: Birmingham History Popping back a bit ( Around Brum ). Little things that used to occur around Birmingham, things that you do not see very much of now and things that we probably won't be seeing anymore. (1) Before drinking mugs became popular the ' Cup and Saucer ' was the order of the...

Re: Birmingham History Carolina, thank you for the photo post. looking at it I think I can ' spot ' my old desk there ( the one with the ' wonky ' leg which one of us had to hold up with our knee ). Only joking lass. Happy memories.

Re: Birmingham History A Schoolboys Story ( 1944 ). Just a little story that on reflection I still have a smile about. The period is 1944 and I am approaching my final year at Peckham Road School, ( Kingstanding ). The school is putting to-gether it's new seasons senior Football Team. One of...

Re: Birmingham History 1950,s - 1960,s. Comical on Reflection. Ballroom dancing had become very popular by way of TV programmes that showed us top level Ballroom Dancing Competitions. Ballroom Dance Schools were getting more popular by the month. All the big Birmingham venues that put on...

Re: Birmingham History 1930,s - 1940,s. Getting this new ' fangled ' electricity worked out. Do you remember seeing that piece of electric wiring that was attached to the bedroom ceiling light , then suspended above the bed and hanging on a bit of string with a little switch dangling just...

Re: Birmingham History SOUNDS of our City that have mostly drifted int History. Its quite remarkable the way things slip away into the past without us hardly noticing it. Just a little collection of some of the typical City sounds we hear no more : (1) The factory ' Work Hooters ' sounding...

Re: Birmingham History A bit of creative inventiveness. Kingstanding. ( 1947 ). I think that I've now pieced together the story of this ' one - off ' event that was improvised by the local lads who made up the " Hill Top Tigers " cycle speedway team. These lads built and raced on a dirt...

Re: Birmingham History What a Lovely Lady. ( Period around 1940 ) Because of damage caused somewhere during a previous night air-raid the water supply in parts of Kingstanding was cut-off for a number of days. A lady living in one house on the north side of Kings Road who found herself not...

Re: Birmingham History Spelling Sweats . ( Don't worry too much ). Peckham Road School Junior ( around 1942 - 1943 ). The English master is delivering an ' English Composition ' lesson to us. Never forget a line of his conversation in which he said to us something like " When you are...

Re: Birmingham History A Second Chance. ( 1950,s ). Going back in time there were some folks, referring to their own education , who would comment " I never had the chance ". They would be remarking in general to their own circumstances during their ' Primary School ' education. Instantcies...

Re: Birmingham History Wow, we've got our own phone. ( 1950's ). Around this period folk could apply to have a telephone installed in their own home. I believe that because of some ' line limitations ' some folk could only be initially offered a ' Party Line ' which meant that they had to '...

Just read your piece Rupert and it brought to mind an occasion when a few of us lads turned up to watch the Model Aircraft perform on the park area around the Powell's pool, Longmoor pool cross roads. It was at the time when propeller model's were driven by wound up elastic ( hand held drills...

These guy's really stood out amongst the others. ( A piece of my National Service ). 1949 - 1950 . At this time the Forces were calling out for ' volunteers ' to under go parachute training under the direction of the Airborne Parachute Regiment. The course was roughly about eight weeks...

Re: Birmingham History " Argus, City Final " A late Saturday night sound around the City. Period : Late 1940's through the 50's. Just had a good night out up the City. Maybe it was a dance at the ' West End ' or maybe a visit to the ' Gaumont ' or the ' Odeon ' cinema . The Bonus to come...