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It has had 4.3 million views to date. ;)

Ozzy and Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath, were a big part of the recent new kit launch video by Aston Villa. If you haven't seen it yet, it brought a smile to many faces :laughing:, it was very nice to see the boys playing themselves and having such fun again...

There is a more recent thread that is well worth a look. It has photos/information on this graveyard and is titled: Park Street Burial Ground

Further to my previous post. I have found the following from "A brief history of the Midland Gliding Club" (1) & "UK Airfields & Airports" (2) : "a training ground was acquired at Handsworth, Birmingham where pilots enjoyed very short downhill flights in bungee launched primary gliders. At the...

I used to always check the time on the clock on the Rotunda, when I was coming into town on the bus. I was usually "fashionably" late. :scream:

I see that former England batsman David Lloyd (Bumble), has written about this in his "Bumble On The Test" column in today's "Mail on Sunday", under the headline "Restore The Cats": "Great uproar at The Wellington pub on Bennett's Hill, where the owners have banned the two cats Malt and Hops...

Was there once an airfield on the site of Handsworth Golf Course, or on part of it for gliders (in the 1930s)?

As the petition now has over 4,500 signatures, it would be interesting to know how that compares with the number of any actual complaints Black Country Ale may have received, for them to feel able to use the term "many" when referring to people who do not want the unsolicited company of a cat...

I've played there many years ago. Lots of trees and a bit of water, as I remember all to well.... There is an 11 minute film available on YouTube that shows the course hole by hole: 365. Handsworth Golf Club. Smithy 100 Golf Courses in a Year

Thanks Lyn. I think I had assumed from a quick read, that this would have had to have been a part of a blanket ban, which would have impacted on all "Black Country Ale" pubs. Not that I'm suggesting they would be after their blankets too! ;) I note the reference to pint or sandwich in my last...

Update from Black Country Ales Facebook page (taken from Cats of Birmingham posted last night) :

When I go to The Bull next, I will let my fellow quiz attendees know about this. All Black Country Ales cats (including the one at The Bull below) should stay in place, as Mike has rightly said, it's the board at BCA that need to go, with their tails between their legs! This cat (Ellie) is...

My wife has just had a local BBC News alert on her mobile about the cat's at the Welly Lyn, which shows that the news is getting around. The cat at The Bull belonged to Rose (the previous landlady) and stayed behind, as it had grown so accustomed to being there. BBC link...

I have been doing that too. After posting nothing seems to have happened, but by refreshing the page, it is clear that the post has actually been added to the thread and I just copy and delete below the thread, rather than post it again, which had previously resulted in a couple of duplicate posts.

Those dogs are confident they will get a much needed drink from them. Perhaps, that's why I was always told to give the taps a wipe before I put my mouth around it? I didn't always... ;)

Thanks for highlighting this. What harm do these cats do? I think that it's rather nice to have them around and they've spent many years in these pubs, after all. It can't be about food hygiene in the pubs, because the Welly doesn't serve food and if that is the reason, far better having a cat...

I would think it is likely to be silver, although it could possibly be EPNS (as were several I found at home, that had been subject to similar tarnishing). Difficult to be sure from the hallmarks visible, pity Nicola didn't have the luck to find the sale catalogue entry, along with the spoon.