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Thanks for the phots. So far so good. The hand cut dovetails indicate its possibly pre 1895 and the hardwood draw sides and bottoms indicate its English. American draws tend to be made in popular. That single board wide draw bottom looks great too. Can I ask you for a picture of the underside...

happy birthday Anthea, have an amazing day

If you take that bottom centre draw out and photograph the dovetail joints on the front and back corners, we can get a better guess at its age and authenticity.

I have wacked the contrast up so the image looks pants, but it makes the text stand out a bit better.

It seems it was a generic term for quite a few chronic conditions, the hospital at Jaffray Hospital in Birmingham was one such place too. Further details here https://historic-hospitals.com/2015/10/07/hospitals-for-incurables-the-former-longmore-hospital-edinburgh/

Just wondering about what they mean by incurable females?

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I can remember Penns Lane Station just like in your photos. I recall they built a Kingdom Hall on part of the site.

Yes, you advance the injection timing and with a bit (quite a lot) of luck it will kick into reverse.

The picture top life showing Mr Humphries is also showing the infamous Bolinder Diesel Engine. I know them well, and you took your life into your own hands when starting a Bolinder Engine up.

Yes its a super kits. Thanks also, ill pop along later in the week and have a look.

Thanks Mark, much appreciated. I am not a regular modeler; I just do the occasional kit that has an underlying interest I would like to study. This one it was really all about the Merlin engine. There used to be one in the Newhall Street science museum that I would admire as a kid with an open...

I think it was around about that yes. It was a schoolgirl call Hazel Hill who calculated the spray pattern and proved that the original gun configuration would not work. Apparently, the Spitfire had to hit an enemy with at least 300 rounds. With the pilot only having a 2 second window to do this...

Airfix are still going strong despite rival company’s making super model kits too. Its seems the model making fraternity like the base kits and then buy and add a load of modifications like photo etched parts of very fine detail. There is also a whole market of high quality paints for model kits...

It should still work if it can run OS 16. Delete the eBay app from your phone, Open the iOS app store and Search for eBay Install eBay* *If your device has iOS 16 the app store will say you need iOS 17 (see screenshot), but it should still download a version to your phone.

That’s an incredibly small sample size for something that quite important. It came across to me as 60 pages of well padded out lacklustre more of the same.

I watched my dad waste his retirement; he did not want to spend any money. When I retired, I got a dog and built a forever workshop. Never had a dull day since retiring. Its great for this type of work.

Here it is all assembled. It is certainly a utility piece, functional and top quality materials. All the draw fronts and rails are quarter saw oak. As you rightly point out Richard, cleaning and repair is in order of the day. Just seen a label inside, a price tag from an antique dealer in...

Thanks, this does look like a Card Index System of some kind.

I have been given for restoration an interesting piece of office furniture made by Smiths Systems Co Birmingham. As a Birmingham company I am also quite interested in it background, who Smiths Systems Co were, what else did they make and are they still trading. There are already quite a few...