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    Duchess Place Three ? Or Edgbaston House ?

    They were originally large houses and some were turned into small hotels before they were demolished to make way for car parking facilities for the offices.
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    Duchess Place Three ? Or Edgbaston House ?

    It was the first time I had ever heard of a Mezzanine floor
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    Birmingham Cinemas

    It still wont compare with our memories
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    Aston hippodrome

    I have just watched the TV programme about Mountbatten and they said his wife Edwina had an affair with him for a long time.
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    Birmingham Christmas of the past

    I know when our postman has been, rubber bands on the drive!
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    Birmingham Christmas of the past

    I have already seen an advert for Valentine's day.
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    Google Lens

    This is what I now get on mylaptop. (Rocky Lane photo is an example)
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    Google Lens

    Its on my laptop not my phone
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    Google Lens

    From today I have noticed that if Im trying to find info on a photograph its coming up as Google Lens (instead of just Google). All it does is show comparisons of the original photo with no info. Has anyone else had this?
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    Irving, Washington Irving (Rip Van Winkle)

    I was in Peter Leather's course of Re-writing the History of Birmingham and my subject was The Argent Centre. In it I wrote 'In 1818 an American born business man named Henry Van Wart lived in a large house on Newhall Hill. It had a big garden with a drive entrance facing onto what is now known...
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    Irving, Washington Irving (Rip Van Winkle)

    Henry Van Warts house where Rip Van Winkle was wrote.
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    John Rabone & Sons of Hockley rulers tapes and tools

    Logo
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    "Assayer" "Sweep and bullion"

    An assayer determines the proportions of metal in ore
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    School Discipline

    At my daughters school she rings round to the parents if children havent turned up after a couple of days
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    Finding addresses on the 1939 census

    My Aunt and Uncle were living at No 49 at that time
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    British Home Stores BHS

    I always went to their cafe on a Saturday when I went shopping with my mom
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    Weather: Winter snow 1967/68 or 1968/69

    1963 clearing the snow at the Blues Ground
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    Printer and printing problems

    Yes correct I print out address labels for Xmas cards. I could do it on my HP printer which I gave away (duh). Its on a Word document.
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    Printer and printing problems

    Yes I do
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    Printer and printing problems

    Epson XP-352 Printer have been given this printer (new) but I cannot get it to print address labels, any ideas to help to be able to print them? Thanks
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