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    Hi can some kind person colourise this please of my grandad 4th from left top row please

    This was done with the MyHeritage app; I think the GIMP version is better but I've never fathomed out how to use it to colourise pics!
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    In the garden 2022

    Lots of aircraft activity this morning!
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    Picture re-touch

    Photo?
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    In the garden 2022

    Greta Garbo? See https://tinyurl.com/3f6cwfhu about half way through the clip.
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    In the garden 2022

    We get lots of Blue Tits in the garden and I assumed they nested either in the hedge on one side of the garden or in the bushes on the other. Wrong! ...........
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    In the garden 2022

    Azaleas looking good again this year.
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    Gone out of fashion

    Bought mine in 1959 when I started Uni. If I remember correctly it cost 4 guineas which was quite a lot then! The rubber feet have long since disintegrated but the box and 24-page instruction manual are still fine.
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    Seven Stars Inn, Solihull

    Not strictly Birmingham but I hope someone will be able to help! A contributor on a Facebook forum has queried the origins of the name of Seven Star Road in Solihull. I recollect reading (or maybe dreaming!) that there was once an inn called The Seven Stars (or similar) on Warwick Road around...
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    In the garden 2022

    I have some beans growing in a pot and this morning there was a wren in full song sitting on top of one of the canes.
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    In the garden 2022

    Well I played the video twice but couldn't smell a thing :laughing:
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    In the garden 2022

    Oh - I overlooked that minor detail :kissing: !
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    In the garden 2022

    A bit early for hydrangeas. More likely to be a Snowball Tree, Viburnum Opulus Roseum see https://tinyurl.com/4zb4jyr2
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    In the garden 2022

    A variety of Anemone (I think - label has gone astray!).
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    Birthday parties of your childhood

    Just noticed your party pic Dave. Christine Gatty married my college friend Brian Duggan in 1963. Brian is now listed as Emeritus (Retired) Professor at the department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong specialising in Materials Science (details on Google). Last saw Brian and...
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    In the garden 2022

    It would be one of these https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/9/abeliophyllum-distichum/details
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    In the garden 2022

    The Magnolias round here are absolutely magnificent this year and my Stellata in the front garden is putting on its best display yet.
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    Chester Road Bridge Accident - Poor Image

    Flood picture improved a bit - not sure if I can do anything with the other one. Later edit - poor attempt!
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    Windows 10

    Network Attached Storage. Hard drive for example attached to the network rather than directly to a pc.
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    Computer help

    The fact that of 8GB Installed Physical Memory there is only 4.52GB available suggests that you are using the on-board graphics rather than having a dedicated graphics card. When using on-board graphics the RAM is shared between the system and the graphics, getting towards 50/50 in your case...
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