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I've an Elizabeth Barlow in a family tree I'm putting together, husband Charles Barlow, maiden name Drakeford, any connection ?

My dad worked there and retired @1975, Alf Baker, went by the nickname 'Tiny' he was 6'4" and big built. He had worked the variety halls for a one half of The Rego Twins. Here he is entertaining at the xmas childrens party, I'll find a better picture of the event (on another computer at the...

My great great grandmother was Catherine Christmas Proud and her father was Phineas Proud :)

I challenge you to listen to this without your feet tapping :)

Gets my feet tapping :)

The injection site was age related then, makes sense, more muscle mass in young children's legs than their arms.

Leg? very unusual, normally it was the upper left arm.

I had the TB jab as a nipper then aged 55 and a nurse I developed TB and the lung damage its caused (plus I was a smoker) led to early retirement from nursing. But think back years ago and TB was a death sentence; these days your on up to three antibiotics for three to six months to clear it...

Thats what I'm saying, it can't stop the virus entering your system but it kick starts your systems fight against it which is why you can still infect others and until we all have the jab we'll need to mask up and social distance. The more people that refuse the vaccine the longer it will take...

I only cook chips in lard or dripping, veg oil is devils food :imp:

My wife retired from Mental Health Nursing but went back in March (demands on mental health services have shot through the roof). Last week she did a 12 hour shift inoculating folk at a small local hospital and are managing around 60 people an hour. You do get a high level of protection from...

Just finished both seasons of this Brian Cox plays a ruthless tycoon. Well worth a watch.

VLC plays anything I throw at it. For format conversions I use Handbrake, its free, simple to use and lots of youtube videos for someone new to the software https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php

More research and it seems he fought many battles, was wounded, returned to duty and after all that the weather killed him, he died of exposure :(

I ran the full spectrum of housing growing up. Started in Athole St Highgate, two up two down, outside loo and no bath them moved to a 3 bedroom flat, Balfour House, Cawdor Crescent which had underfloor heating ! My parents divorced and after a few years mom met a smashing fella whom she...

The wife was on duty yesterday, long day shift so I indulged myself and binged on Survivors Perfect viewing for this day and age :)

Birds chippy:) , after swimming and walking home I always had a bag of chips from there, their Cod and chips were fantastic :)

If you've not tried Britbox its well worth £6.99 a month; there is a wealth of classic BBC & ITV shows on there. They just put up 200 classic TV shows...all sorts of stuff there to watch.

This thread got me thinking and looking online at 30s housing ect and on the National Archive site came across some lovely old food images

Collecting film is a hobby so I literally have a couple of thousand to pick and they range across the board in genre and in age. Today I watched Carry On Abroad then the last episode of season 2 The Mandalorian so I'm a bit eclectic in my viewing habits. Yesterday I was on my own so indulged...