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I've got a tie clip like these.

Ah, well, we know where The Hollies is (1889 map). It's still there. This row of houses is now shops.

Thralls and bench. The barrels were placed on a bench, so that they were waist-high off the floor - easier to access. If a round barrel is placed on a flat bench, it would roll off. So a thrall would be placed between the barrels, to hold them still. Wooden ones were used long before brick...

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Post-war, by the car; corner of Monument Road and King Edward's Road.

Or, by 1953:

But must have closed by 1952:

Maurice, you now have the foresight. Get out and about with your camera before it's too late.

I remember the pictures in the Solihull News of that day - might have seen them on Facebook a few months back.

Hi Vicki. I'm trying a few shots in the dark at the moment. There is a rumour that after the second world war, when the Crown Jewels were returned to the Tower of London from their hiding place in Windsor Castle, they came to Payton Pepper to have their stones reset. Have you any idea about...

I was a spotty first year at Tudor Grange Grammar School, and Don Gould was our form prefect. After their first appearance on Top of the Pops, he was in school the next day taking our class register. We swamped him with autograph requests.