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What about when Olive Oil was only ever used to put in your ear...not to cook with. My dad swore by "Blackjack"....What was it can you still get it? He also swore by "Andrews Liver Salts" and I am convinced on top of the beer he drank they ripped his insides to pieces. If we had a cold then it...

Jean....if you get ten Morris Men together and ask that question you will get 10 answers. Of course only i know the real answer. It has nothing to do with paganism, the bells and sticks are not to ward off spirits, it has nothing to do with fertility. The Moorish connection is doubtful. All...

Don't recognise the team. As a mortris dancer (lapsed) each team has its own "Uniform". In Bham we have "Green Man" Erdington and "Jockey morris". I danced with "Shakespeare" Stratford U Avon.

Only know of Mike thru this forum,,,,never met him , but suspect if I have a glass of wine with him on Wednesday night at 2100hrs, he'll understand.

I am sure i have said this before but am I the only one who despairs at our market in THE Bullring. Been there today. We live on the edge of Worcestershire....only two stalls selling English Plums. One stall selling english apples. In the asparagus season you can naver find it on sale. The there...

Margot out of "The Good Life" had her first job there and "Johnny remember me" by John Leyton was started as a storyline. The Show was awful...we called it "compost" in our house.

My Great Gran Jane and husband Michael Crowe were quite wealthy and she was a daughter of thomas and Mary Moran. The type on the newspaper is v difficult to read but can't find Jane.

The thing about Burton's and John Collier etc was that the cutting was all done by machine at the mills up north, so iff the measurements werent right then the suit would be a mess. I was a "Wannabee" Mod, but couldn't afford all the clothes. I was watching "The Avengers" and when the credits...

My school mate was killed in a road accident. His mom and dad owned a greengroceries almost next door to Jolly's on the Walsall Rd, opposite the co-op at tower hill. I helped out and worked evenings and saturday morning. Phil and Fred were the owners, lovely people.

I used to stand on the corner of Farm St and Wheeler st by the greengrocers and wait for clocking off at Lucasses and meeting my mom. When the gares were opened it was like Villa Park at Final Whistle.

"He was in his oil tot"? Yes my Mom always said it . What the Hell does it mean??

In Bewdley last saturday. Love the town but its just full of Pubs now. When I was a kid and we holidayed in our bungalow at Northwood Halt, there were only a couple of pubs and Dad and uncle had to walk all up the lane and through the field after having quite a few pints. Where have all the...

Visited the burma Railway last year when in Thailand, saw how they had to get through solid rock with picks and odd bits of dynamite. I know we shouldnt dwell in the past and i was born after the war but I can never forgive the japs, the koreans who ran the prisons and were evil warders, and the...

I left Brum in 1970's. in 1982 went to Southport. they had a Kardohma there as well. Best coffee ever just like brum, could never make it as good at home.

At Beeches juniors they used to get cocoa in winter...........luxury,.................sheer luxury.

JD Wetherspoon expand cos they create big megapubs, enjoy economies of scale and sell cheap beer (I'm not knocking them). Not much relevance to the village pub, or local. Of course habits are changing thats because of government social engineering, and if they reduce the drink drive limits any...

Thank you Government. The smoking ban has attacked one of the finest parts of real british culture......the pub!!!!

When I worked at Jag/Rov/Triumph we had a place called Haseley Manor which was a training school....is it the same?

Am I alone in thinking that our Markets are not what they were (I suppose nothing is), The Veg market has a limited range of food, the displays are poor compared to other markets, the Traders swear at each other at the tops of their voices,there is no Asian or Chinese produce,In the fish market...

Dennis you may be right. Personally I don't believe everything I read in the papers. When someone from the local authority writes and denies the allegations and proves that they are mis quoted, the papers never report it. hence we hear C**P about not being allowed to fly the flag, which of...