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I moved so many of those plastic seat shells to be able to carry out my work im sure they were not made at Restall the name Remploy comes to mind as my plastic waterbottle in Army was stamped Remploy which i dumped in favour of aluminium 45 patt bottle

Brushed past him as he was leaving the Grapes Hurst st only been told who it was when i got to bar my mate Roy ran out after him sporting a Villa scarf for a autograph no chance i shouted back he came smiling with his Jasper Carrot signed copy of AH My Part in His Downfall by Spike

Only just seen this i did some work there in 70s on the loading bay just before i joined up all i recall in loading bay was the plastic shells/seats all colours i did see the completed chairs in dispatch i recall the West Indian foreman only because he bore my name

There was a motorcycle shop on Hawthorn rd next to post office brought my last bike from there

Used to buy my Hondas from a shop opposite Perry Barr park the name escapes me

also sold rubber moulds for garden gnomes which i made loads Also great books

I missed out on saying i saw the Omen there

interesting what did they make

1 Sound Of Music/Grandma 2 Ice Station Zebra/Dad 3 Waterloo/Jack Jones 4 Tora Tora Tora/Mate 5 Bridge To Far/Date

It was 15p to sit iin the first 3 rows as teen

Posted before on another thread both of these lamps are wartime Brum made LMS 1944 SR 1940 They have cut no corners in manufacturing of these lamps Brass/Steel/Tin and Clear glass at a time scraping railings pots and pans etc

I find vintage railway books Ian Allen etc are the best copies in good condition available on line not silly money

The railway lamps of mine have posted on other threads had a light reducer that was fitted to the lamp i have only ever seen one and that was shed/homemade

Ref Medals IWM is withdrawing all VCs from display the only place you will able to view a VC will be in a regimental museum and most of those will be paste i feel sorry for the families who have donated VC groups

This one just surfaced sure i have some more ie older ones

Happy Birthday Viv

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