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    Covid vaccination process

    Both our letters arrived in the post on the same day as we were contacted by our surgery.
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    Covid vaccination process

    My husband, who is almost 69, was called yesterday. His appointment is at Hertford theatre tomorrow.
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    Covid vaccination process

    We have bought hand Sanitiser from the Shakespeare gin distillery. In Stratford upon Avon. It is sold in some of the local shops. We went on a tour of the small distillery last year and were shown how the alcohol was used so that nothing was wasted in the process.
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    Covid vaccination process

    I have just been for my AZ jab at the theatre in Hertford. Really efficient. Marshalls to greet and show you where to sit and wait and then direct you to the next area. There were 6 inoculation stations. Everyone was very welcoming and friendly whilst maintaining professionalism. The jab did...
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    Birmingham College Of Food And Domestic Arts

    A few years after me. Did you make a career out of hospitality?
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    Growing Up In Brum - Roy Blakey Inspired.

    There is a name for these relationships, fictive kin. I also had aunties and uncles who were friends and neighbours. I still think of them as aunty and uncle even though I am now 70.
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    City Mental Hospital Lodge road

    Thank you. I didn't realise that it was the Winson Green asylum in 1918. I will have to do some more research.
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    City Mental Hospital Lodge road

    Does anyone have any information about this hospital? I have just found out that my Grandfather died there in October 1918. Thank you
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    John Street Lozells

    My Great aunt and uncle, Charlie and Cis Bradley lived at 39a John St. Not sure when they moved in but they were there in 1939 and Until their deaths in 1960s. I used to visit with my Mum and Nan in the 50s and 60s. I had heard that it used to be a pub but know nothing more about the house. Is...
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    Old style food still going strong

    I still enjoy the occasional crisp sandwich. Fresh white sliced with butter and tomato ketchup. It doesn't taste the same in a healthy eating version, although I do use low fat butter and weightwatchers crisps if I can get them.
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    Occupations That Have Faded Away

    Yes. I had the the exact same experiences preparing worksheets with banda machines in the 70s and 80s. Both hand and electric versions. Science and geography teachers took great pride in their multi coloured banda worksheets.
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    Old style food still going strong

    One of my comfort favourites is cheese on toast with baked beans and poached egg on top cooked by my husband.
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    Old style food still going strong

    My mum used to fry slices of leftover Christmas pudding!
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    Old style food still going strong

    Just about to put ours in the oven now. Serving with fried egg on top.
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    Black Country Museum

    good to see Black country museum on yesterday's early evening national news, ITV I think.
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    Birmingham Place Name Origins

    I have just looked up Cheswick in my dictionary of place names and it means a farm where cheese is made. Could there have been a dairy farm there?
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    Birmingham College Of Food And Domestic Arts

    I as on housekeeping/catering C&G 147 and 151 also HCI nutrition. I started the thread in 2016. did you continue with a career in food?
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    Birmingham College Of Food And Domestic Arts

    Yes I do I remember my 18 th birthday there in December 1968! and I remember standing in line for Prince Phillip. Which course were you on? Carolann
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    Occupations That Have Faded Away

    I used to teach my pupils that having transferable skills would make them more employable in the future. When jobs become defunct people need to avoid becoming deskilled and must try to draw on any, and all, skills they have acquired. This advice is becoming more and more relevant today. The...
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    Lahai-roi The Grange 42 Park Hill Moseley

    It is possible by DNA, as shown by a recent case of a man who was found on the embankment in London as a baby during the second world war. Julia Bell did extensive research and he has now found out who his parents were and has met up with family. A DNA test with Ancestry and the help of a...
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