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Hello Lyn,
Yes, I did ask and unfortunately he also has no recollection of the name you are seeking. Apologies for not being able to assist on this occasion. Regards Chunky.
Hi Pete, Your thread has bought back so many memories. I recall one September dad and I went to Caresws for four days fishing. I recall I caught my first Grayling there, what a beautiful fish.
Dad bought a piece of Edam cheese, which we used on ledgers. Not at all successfu, it went back in the...
Thank you, thank you for bringing back memories of my trips with Dad to Hampton Loade. Fields covered in frost and hot tea and toast from the pub on the river bank. Was it yesterday,,,,,,, no seventy years ago. Alf.
In the 1950’s the shop you list as Weston Chemists, was called W H Wilkins, it did not become Weston’s until mid late 1960’s.
I worked for Weston Chemist for a while. In Brownhills, Erdington Halesowen, The Bullring. Before moving to Northampton and finally to Sheffield. Weston’s were taken...
if you have a tower computer, consider having it upgraded. I have an excellent one man computer repair shop in the next village and for a couple of hundred pounds he upgraded mine, new mother board and processor, and doubled the memory. I then fitted a solid state hard drive. It now runs...
I admire your ability to master the technology, I am also a little bit of a technology guru. However I realised some time ago that digital images are fine nowadays but what will we be leaving for our grandchildren and great grand children. It’s far better to leave them with a box of pictures...
For years I have only ever used Hewlet Packard printers, the last one cost £300 and over its life I had spent over £2000 on ink. (Work related use as well as private use.) almost three years ago I bought an Epson ecotank printer, it was supplied with two sets of ink. I have only recently started...