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I was in Key Hill Cemetery yesterday and noticed Phyllis Nicklins grandfathers grave marker on on of the Guinea Graves. Viv has identified some of here ancestors, so am wondering about posting the photo I took?

I popped out to Key Hill Cemetery today and did a 3D render of one of the many Guinea Grave markers. https://skfb.ly/pBs7t Around 80-100 people would have been buried up these markers.

Hi Andy, I know this guy and hes very good: https://bluebadge.co.uk/places_visited.html

Richard It looks like by the style of the hosues that replaced it, it must have gone in the 1930's

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Verbina is another one I grow for the bees, it just seesmt o go on floowering the whole summer

The “John Bull” printing set was a classic children’s toy.

You could buy “Caps” for cap guns in little rolls coiled up in a small round paper box. We used to fold them over, double or triple etc to make a louder bang. One day I struck a whole box with a big stone, the resulting band nearly deafening me.

I’ve had plenty of bumblebees. I grow lots of lavender and a few other bee friendly plants, that keeps them happy

That’s interesting Pete. I did notice out local blackbird looking a bit ragged so he must be in the moulting season then

Its not been demolished, its been repurposed again as Issacs Leagal Services now. https://maps.app.goo.gl/yUSvKN7RxH51mWf19

I have been to one of these events, it was quite good with lots of reenactors interacting with the visitors.

I had one and remember all the solid rods and roof. It was a bit fiddley and, in all honesty, I would make a start and never finish it.

Nice photos Mark. The Canon nifty 50 f1.4 is a really good lens for stuff like this. The images quality does stand out and it has a beautiful shallow depth of field that you can use to isolate background clutter.

There was an aeroplane cockpit like the one in your photo at the Newhall Street Museum right at the far end of the museum where you crossed over a redundant canal arm to the building that housed the Spitfire and Hurricane. I remember it because as a curious kid I was just bursting to sit in it...

The one thing I remember about childhood toys was the advertising and artwork on the box depicted how you will have an amazing experience way over and above anything you could imagine and with a high degree of realism.

There just happens to be a Wiki entry for Bingley Hall here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingley_Hall

The NEC was the replacemnt

Happy birthday Janice have a super day x

I had a similar pair in the early 70s’ dare I admit. They felt like I was about 7 feet tall