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    Florence Manton Mystery - lived Woodman Inn & Witton Arms 1881 +

    I have a Mary Manton in my tree.............
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    Computer help

    The problem is that many users don't know what 'profit' is, It's what's left over after all expenses and taxes are paid, so there's nothing to stop the owners/directors paying themselves £millions before profit, or lack of, is calculated.
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    Birmingham buses

    Wilson pre-select gearboxes were fitted to most of the Daimler commercials and buses, likewise to the army scout cars.
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    Hortons in the leather/currier business

    A bit of a tenuous link maybe, David Terry in my tree 1816-1881 is listed as a 'Coach harness maker'
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    Factory Road - building name on death cert.

    Looks like Carver Street which if so is still there in the jewellery quarter.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    About "Schools educating the children," I can imagine the class, 'How to murder your granny'. :)
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Here are few pics of my small seed patch.
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    Hortons in the leather/currier business

    I have some Hortons in my tree: William Horton 1792-1849, his wife Jane Harrison 1790-1867, daughter Sarah Ann Horton1816-1898 and son Joseph William Horton 1829- ? Sarah Ann married to David Terry 1816-1881, their daughter Sarah Terry 1839-? married to Thomas Gibson 1835-? my great granddad.
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    Abbreviations - Army Records

    We had a guy who was an RP, Regimental Policeman, wore a blue beret (before the UN adopted them) not a nice man didn't have a father according to the chaps.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    I got busy with other stuff so it got neglected until this week, I can see leaves that I think are marigold, a thistle and a couple of dandelions have sneaked in, the red at the back are just petals from the rose bushes behind that patch. to the right of the patch I popped in three Tesco...
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    They were mixed seeds , not for the birds for the garden, I raised them to seedlings and planted them out, then came the hail storm and buried them in two inches of ice. these are the survivors. Can't find the packet.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Wanna play name that flower? This is the patch where I planted out seedlings bought in Home Bargains, these survived the hailstorm but the packet didn't. ;)
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    I wonder why anyone would want to cook food in he garden when they've got a perfectly good kitchen. ;)
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    I'm not sure about your set up but on my photos programme a right click will bring up an option to resize, I set mine to 1200 width and it works.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Here's my neglected garden, the cleared patch is where I planted out the seedling that were topped off with 2 inches of hailstones a couple of hours later but some seem to have survived. There's an assortment of seeds I bought in one pack from Home Bargains for £1.00.
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    Things.................

    .............that pop into your head in the middle of the night,:) Last night I thought about Aston's Barton Arms and my grandparents who lived in Barton's Bank..............................but who was Barton?
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Pet dogs can also carry that roundworm Pete. Young children barefoot in gardens with pets are the victims usually they pick up the worms through their soles.
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    Scams: telephone, email, texts 2023, 2024

    Got this in an email today., :rolleyes:
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    Longbridge Factory

    Although it's pretty it was actually not a very nice car to drive.
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Tried the RHs search app. got this. https://www.rhs.org.uk/my-account/identify-plants oops that didn't work but my drag and drop of the photo came up with some possibilities.
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