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There is a Machin Road that runs between Sutton New Road and Summer Road, Erdington.

Witton Lakes had a dedicated model yacht club for this type of model. It was based in an old Nissan Hut adjacent to the café and park keeper’s hut

Me too but you had to watch out for that greasy middle bit from the cars and ride to one side.

The National School was opposite Woolworths and Barnabas Road.

We popped into Avoncroft Museum today to take a look at their Christmas Through Time event. I always pop into the prefab when they have events like this on. The lady who looks after the prefab is amazing. She lives and breathes the 1940s era and is extremely knowledgeable about the time and...

What crossed my mind with this is prior to 1914 divorce was rare. It was considered a scandal and only for the wealthy. There were a lot of legal restrictions requiring proof of adultery or violence to the truly desperate. So an alternative was to have your spouse committed to an asylum or other...

Just a thought. Did Butlins build the Tower Ballroom? It certainly had that look and feel of a Butlins holiday dance and entertainment center and Butlins was into entertainment still evolving ideas around it.

Hi and Welcome to Birmingham History Forum. BazzM has not been on the forum since May 22, 2021 so amy not respond to your message

Hi Gill and welcome to Birmingham History forum. I don’t have a direct answer to your questions but a few places and pointers to look at are: The Bill Dargue website tells you a little about Cat Hill, Warmley. I am also aware that the area around the Plants Brook valley was use for steel...

I suspect that may be Witton lakes.

Viv the bay windows are in the courtyard and are still there

My grandmother had some china cups and saucers where the saucers were quite deep. She said they were for drinking tea from

Well I made a couple of Christmas puddings for the kids following a recipe form Mrs Beetons book of home management. Interestingly, no sugar in the recipe and it uses breadcrumbs not flour. Steamed for 5 hours it is amazingly tasty and hopefully will improved by Chrismas .

I recall there were problems when jacking up the Allegro. I did see a sign in one garage insisting that it had to be jacked dup with the customer own jack. Another story was that if jacked up with the doors open, they would not shut properly again. Most certainly some of the earlier models did...

Possibly pigeons. They were a staple back then

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Happy birthday have a super day

A friend had one where we managed to squeeze 6 of us into it once for a laff. It was a bit of devilment after seeing an advert on TV advising people not to overcrowd their car. Its a wonder we did not get stopped

A long shat but worth a go here: https://www.findagrave.com/

The roof construction of the ‘flight shed’ sounds like it was patent ‘Lamella’ roof, quite often seen in the construction of aircraft hangers. They were a good way of erecting a cost effective structure that covered a wide open space.