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My first computer was also the classic ZX Spectrum, bought second-hand in the mid 80’s. It has all of those pixel art platform programmes like Manic Miner and a few shoot-em ups too and an adventure game based on The Hobbit. I did play around with the Sinclare Basic programming too but amongst...

I have the impression that Phyllis Nicklin either checked or was told of planning applications for demolition. She did seem to capture a lot of stuff that was lost not too long afterwards. She did visit some spots more than once and a few others where the building still stand, so maybe there was...

It is indeed Erdington Library

I recon your right. If it’s the one on the bend of the B4114 Blyth Road I have stood in the same spot as that lad in the picture.

If anyone receives a direct or private message from the member “defanti” saying: Hello, Good morning and how are you? I have an important information and proposal which might interest you to know, I will detail you as soon as I hear from you, contact me immediately Best regards Mr. Koffi...

It’s always sad to hear of the demise of an individual whose served and entertained the public, it’s made the front page of most national newspapers and headlined on TV. What connection with does Prunella Scales have or share with Birmingham.

Richard, in a nutshell some had this idea that you could divide the whole world up into 9-meter squares (correction 3-meter squares) and give each square a unique identifier by using three random words. Saves remembering complex coordinates. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology has...

No just copy it and past it into the what 3 words map on the website https://what3words.com/pretty.needed.chill

Absolutely, here is Proof House Junction on the Digbeth Branch Canal ///drift.fame.exit

In the countryside yes, but I would not rely on this when at sea. Once you establish your location you can share you position with others.

I use it occasionally It quite a simple way of showing, recording or sharing a location with three words based on 9m squares. I find it useful in locating a place without a post code, say a farm track where your going to turn or park then sending the three words to your navigation system

Hi Darkustwo Welcome to Birmingham History Forum. I am sorry to hear about your dad; I know him and have worked with him in the days at the local authority. He’s a good guy who was a spitting image of my granddad too. We would say you could tell he was a Pardoe by his looks. We lost touch many...

I do recall the wooden sets along Slade Road Erdington. They ran from the kerbs to about 6ft out into the road. They had been tarmacked over which was lifting and showing the wooden sets. The center of the road was quite a good surface which I was told was where the old tram tracks were lifted...

There were quarries at Mancetter, Atherstone who employed gangs of women to cut sets for roads. They did it all with hammers by hand and eyed them to size.

Now you have said that I have this very vague recollection of him building a boat, but I could be filling gaps. There was a trend at the time for budding sailors to build the mirror dinghy, a boat you could make form a single sheet of ply y a method of stich and tape.

I recall a guy called Barry who lived on Harcourt Road. He was a carpenter for the Council Housing Department for a while and he built a wooden car in the front garden.

Is it worth collecting some of the berries and potting them up?

I quite liked Tekaloid and used in on my motorbikes. I once had a job to repaint a Mini Moke, the guy I did it for said its already primed but I had no idea what he had used. The Tekaloid finish looked amazing but a few week later he came back because the Tekaloid had lifted of almost...

Well, you must have driven different stuff to me then Pete. I had a triumph bike that was a pain to start and if you drove it, you were lucky to get more than 300 miles before something needed looking at. My Ford Escort was better once rebuilt, but I still have to change oil ever 1,500 miles...