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  1. leonardjob

    Views About Our Modern Markets

    Ive noticed as well in fruit market lots of stuff sold by the tray....no weight shown Many years ago my mother embarrassed me in Newtown Row Market when the fruit shop (Meakins???) served her apples off the back and when he refused to serve off the front she tipped them out and told him what to...
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    Elderflower Drinks

    Thanks Ladylinda can't wait to try them will be out thisafta to get some elderflowers.
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    Elderflower Drinks

    Any recipes for Elderflower cordial. I did one last year with average sucess...it turned out V Cloudy and a bit unpresentable. Tasted OK though.
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    Views About Our Modern Markets

    Just heard on Midlands News Bull ring Turnover down on last year, traders blaming the buses. As a fairly regular market visitor, my opinion is that the market is in permanent decline. The asian Community do not use it but prefer their owbn shops. If you go in on the train and but veg then you...
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    Purging.

    My dad called it "Opening Medicine". Like most of his generation he thought that constipation was the worst thing that could happen to you.
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    Great Russell Street

    my nan had the shop in front of court 29.
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    Children's Radio Programmes

    Gilly Gilly Osenphepher, catsanella bogan by the seaeaeaeaea
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    Tower street

    My Nan lived at 4 court 2 Tower St, Was Elizabeth Jennings.
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    Birmingham boxers

    Hi John can't help but will I be meeting you on May 21st??
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    Black Patch

    Although Charlie had no birth certificate , did his mother and father??? If so it is doubtful that they were gypsies I would think
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    Hide and seek

    We said acky 123 which I believe is drom the french a Qui 123.
  12. leonardjob

    Frankfort street, Hockley

    Hi Irene, Ive asked this before ....was it true what they said about the way blacky raven prepared his penny winkles. MY Family lived next door to the ravens at one point. They were Crowes and had Rookes nearby so it was Ravens, Crowes and Rookes.
  13. leonardjob

    Dudley Road Hospital - Peter Walker

    Was,t the Wukouse called Somerfield or something. I seem to remember my nan saying "Your not putting me their"
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    Enid Goodwin Dance School Perry Barr

    My wife and I went in 1969 so that we could dance the first dance at our wedding. Her mother , my mother in Law met her second husband there and won lots of medals. The Buddy Holly song "Brown eyed Handsome man" was our Quickstep music. Glad its still open.
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    Situation Comedy

    Thought "Sykes" was always good, gentle, humourous and even believable. Saw the one with Peter Sellers in in the "Hattie" fest a few weeks ago.
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    Situation Comedy

    And Bernard bresslaw (can't remember his characters name) said..."I only Arsked"
  17. leonardjob

    Situation Comedy

    I believe Jimmy Jewel andHilda Baker hated each other and never spoke to each other off camera.
  18. leonardjob

    Situation Comedy

    in "the good life" which I used to love. How come barbara without any ids didn't work before they went self dufficient and yet they had that big Home Counties house with no mortgage??
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    Situation Comedy

  20. leonardjob

    get your sausages

    Sausages If this is looked on as advertising I aplogise but it is something we can be proud of I think. I remember a discussion some months ago but can't find it. https://www.waltersmithff.co.uk/Shared/financial-times-sausage-test.pdf
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