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  1. Morturn

    Birmingham Lamp posts, ORIGINAL Colour please?

    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.
  2. Morturn

    Snow Hill Station

    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.
  3. Morturn

    Laptop Memory Upgrade

    Absolutly, The Crucial tool will identify the correect compatible memory
  4. Morturn

    Laptop Memory Upgrade

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

    Birmingham named UK's first official Nature City!

    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...
  6. Morturn

    The Birmid

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

    The Birmid

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

    Laptop Memory Upgrade

    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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    George Dixons Grammar School

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  10. Morturn

    Its Michaelwicks birthday

    Happy birthday Michael have a super day
  11. Morturn

    Nostalgia

    You can indeed, but most bikes today have chain guards and we don't wear bell bottoms to ride
  12. Morturn

    Actors and actresses born in brum

    I met Maggie Moon many years ago when she went under the name Sandie Ann Lee, really pleasant person. I had always thought of her as a singer than actress. I think her dad was a fireman
  13. Morturn

    Aston Viaduct 1850's

    Is that furthest left building Aston Hall?
  14. Morturn

    Birmingham Lamp posts, ORIGINAL Colour please?

    I agree too, in the 60's the gas lamps were cream and maroon
  15. Morturn

    IN OUR GARDENS 2025

    Hope you make a speedy recovery Richard.
  16. Morturn

    Railway staff at Chester Road station

    When I was young in the 60’s and when Erdington station was a group of wooden buildings, they won best kept station of the year on several occasions and were runners up on other years. They hung all of the certificates on the ticket office wall on the Lichfield bound side of the station.
  17. Morturn

    Happy Birthday Cookie273 (Eric)

    Happy birthday Eric, have a super day
  18. Morturn

    happy birthday izzy eckerslike

    Happy birthday Izzy have a super day
  19. Morturn

    Gas Street basin painting

    I agree, Eric's painting are a joy to look at.
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