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I am so glad you two have a sense of humour

As a kid I too joined the Chipper Club, run by Uncle Len. It seemed good idea on the surface; all my school pals were members. Then when I got the conformation through the post and read the Chipper Club rules about doing homework, being good at school, obeying parents and teachers, going to...

The fountain head is curious, possible an upstairs sink or wash basin. Looks like a waste pipe going into it. In fact, is that a bend at the front or another fountain head with a bath waste? The windows have a couple of possibilities, a staircase or looking at the sloping grown the house was...

I recall one of his riding partners was a guy called Wacker Westwood, if that ring a bell?

Hi Andy and welcome to Birmingham History Forum. I remember Hank’s Motorcycles quite well; it was my local shop for motorbike bits. I also remember your mom Beryl who served in the shop, she certainly knew her bikes and mechanics well. Was it Roy and Fred who had the sidecar outfit? Iv seen...

That’s a blast from the past, the white enamel “Billy” can. They were found everywhere, factory’s, steam loco drivers cabs and building sites. I had one as an apprentice and quickly learned the knack of flicking it over my wrist to stir the tea. One guy I knew was giving his can a good spin when...

That looks like an allotment site to me

I remember the Harris family, all of them including mom had bright red hair. David was my age; I used to hang around with him so Tony would have been more your age. Think there was a daughter too.

It looks like the image is from a newspaper article about Heathfield, Bromborough Maternity hospital in Cheshire. My vague recollection of our Heath Field Road hospital was as a rendered Georgian style building

I recognised you immediately Martin. There is quite a striking family resemblance between you, your brothers and dad.

Hi Brian and welcome to BHF. We are always interested in hearing about the Birmingham based engineering enterprises. Tangye did have a worldwide reputation of excellent engineering. I once found a Tangye gas engine on the Greek Island of Santorini

I used to like watching the man on a bike with a ladder on one shoulder and the two panier bags full of replacement gas mantles.

They did not try to insert heated rods; they put them in place then heated with blowlamps or small coke braziers hanging from wires before tightening the nuts. The aim being just to put some tension in the rods but not over stress the building structure.

Absolutly, The Crucial tool will identify the correect compatible memory

The Microsoft Edge computers are like that, no additional memory or hard drives and eveything is solderd in.

That’s really nice to know. Many years ago, I had conversations with the elected members making Birmingham a green more environmentally friendly city. In 2015 we were also voted one of the top ten cities to visit worldwide by the Rough Guid to the World. I made the film for the Rough Guide...

Thanks. I have fixed to link for yout too but there is no information on the page as yet.

The Thunderbolt had two Rolls-Royce R-type V-12 aero engines, so were Birmetal's Industries making parts for Rolls-Royce?

Not all memory modules are compatible or equal and some computers you cannot add anymore either. The supplier Crucial have a tool that you can download that will scan your system and offer you some options to upgrade. https://www.crucial.com/ Crucial don’t now sell direct but get the serial...

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