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Strange thing about 'equality' a few years ago on an afternoon out in Bristol I saw a notice board outside a jobs agency, "Wanted office clerks £6.00 per hour', further down the board 'Wanted HGV drivers £4.50 per hour.' how could that be a true reflection of equality?

Two bob councillors who spend like millionaires and expect the taxpayer to foot the bill when it all goes belly up.

Most of the roads around there were named after London boroughs, I was born and brought up in Hurlingham, we had Sidcup, Crayford, Cranbourne, Harringay etc etc. all round us, the ones with local names were from former farms such as Warren Farm and Brooklyn Farm

One of our mechanics had a mate who worked there, he took a prop shaft in for repair and they played a joke on him, half filled it with paint, damn near shook the car to pieces when he fitted it.

I've actually got C&A trousers in my wardrobe, good enough to wear for 'best'. ;)

Not a drinker myself but went through that corner door at the Bricklayer's many times to get couple of bottles of 'nut brown' for the ma in law.

The actual Goodrich Castle is here in the Forest between Coleford and Ross on Wye.. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/goodrich-castle/

I have a Renault Zoe, electric so.............for the moment no road tax. (Can't last forever) I too have to 'tax' it every year I assume just to keep tracks of the ownership.

They were a bit spread out after arriving from Cork Janice after the famine. Thanks. Here's the young lady.

Here we go.

Yes you're possibly correct, my cousin now in her grave did a lot of the Coughlin history that's probably where the photo came from. I suppose I might take up Ancestry's latest offer and have another go at the tree.

I have a photo with written on the back Harriet Coughlin aged 18, My mother's maiden name was Coughlin so I looked Harriet up on the Family search site and this came up but to go further I need to pay the National Archives fee, anyone know better? Name Harriet Coughlin Sex Female Age 3...

Take a look at this company for today's battery swapping. https://www.januselectric.com.au/

I'm in Bream so this is as near as local that you can get, here in the village we have the 'Flour Mills' railway repair business where they fix up locos from all over the UK...

Difficult to be sure but maybe Royal Signals Corps

In my filing cabinet I have all of mine from 1954 to date, a plain cardboard army one through the reds and beiges to the paper and plastic ones.

I just think of what the place would look like with today's fashions, all the ladies in mini skirts, tattoos and rings in their cheeks lips and noses.

Where was the gas stored on the bus? I recall the wartime ones with a trailer and cars with a gasbag on the roof.

We had a cigarette machine at our shop but it didn't sell many cigarettes, the pub opposite had one too, someone stole it. :oops:

I've never had a problem with Windows since I bought my first computer for my business from Dixons back in around 1984, never bothered with all the other nerdy set ups.