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Thanks it looks super

They look to me like the streetside houses of a row of back to backs.

Where is this please?

The Phyllis Nicklin collection was almost binned as having no interest when her filing cabinet was opened. Fortunately, while some images did end up in the bin, a lot were preserved.

I have a memory of that gatehouse having a small gas flame on the wall in the foyer for people to light cigarettes. There was a small sign adjacent to it, but I cannot recall what it said

Richard, I agree entirely with you on quality. I’m on the back foot with Cadburys products now as I don’t eat anything with sugar in (only 100% chocolate), so can only rely on other who say their chocolate is not as good. There does seem to be a common theme that it has alterd for the worse and...

I suspect they are constantly on the look out to reduce production costs and produce down to a cost as opposed to product to a quality. Certainly, cheaper seed oils and other ingredients and additives help drive down cost. With the flavour slowly changing over time not too amny people notice.

They are still there. I do not recall them in the past and think they are a more recent decorative addition.

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I’ve just been out with my dog, but I did avoid going into the woods with the risk of falling trees. All the dogs seemed extra lively, which apparently is quite common with groups of dog when it windy. Maybe its all the new smells blowing in.

Happy birthday, have a super day

You maybe right. I do know that some of the commercial building in the town had accommodation for caretakers. I think it was some offices on Temple Street that had a flat on the top flow, but sure you could see the off house on the roof of adjacent building too.You maybe right. I do know that...

In the days of working horses on the cut it was quite common aparanlty to just work the horses till they droped dead.

Does anyone know or have any suggestions as to the origin of Gone for a Burton? A couple I had heard are: Gone for a beer (Burton on Trent being the heart of the brewing industry) An RAF phrase to say someone had died in a crash Gone to join the armed forces. There was a suggestion that...

Just to let Birmingham History Forum members know, The Birmingham project will be exhibited in The Central Library Gallery from Saturday 25th January 2025 and on show until mid-April. The exhibition s free, so please do pop in and enjoy what is a super Birmingham community project.

It was indeed Pete, half a day to tax a car, if you were lucky to have the right forms, stand in the right queues and have the right money…… I did some UXB exploring in that old school as a kid.

If you lived opposite the school would you remeber the Newton family?

Thanks, thats the one I remeber as a kid.

Thanks for your kind offer of information. Unfortunately, member Jennyann passed away a while back, hence her avatar is showing “gone but not forgotten”

Happy birthday, have a super day